Instead of holding LT you hold LT + RT to block with Twin Blades

what? you cant block with weapons? thats below my understanding.. lol funny joke

Wrong! You can also block with a weapon, you just need to hold one of them up at a time. So, technically, you can block while dual-wielding because it takes less than a second to put away one of those swords, then block, then pull the weapon back up.

You just can't block while dual-wield attacking.

Depends on how the combat system is implemented. IIRC in Oblivion you can only block with shields. In FO3 and FONV you can block using 1 or 2 handed melee weapons and you could also block unarmed. There were no Shields in either of the fallouts.

Highly incorrect. They have already confirmed you are able to block with a single weapon, however, you can not block while holding two weapons at the same time. Having a shield is logically the most viable resource for blocking, but is still accessible to a single 1-H or a 2-H weapon. You also need to take into account that dual-wielding significantly increases your damage output with weapons. In order to keep one play-style from being over-powered, they all need their pro's and con's.

Exactly, it is like being a living, mobile and hostile cuisinart....................

Dual wield for personal gratification satisfaction thing. So cool


I thought it was the other way around
A chick impresses the boys with high perks in 1H and dual wielding

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saucy

Well if you have 2 swords, then the right trigger is right hand and the left trigger is right hand. But if you have a torch in your left hand then whats the left trigger going to do? you can attack with a torch so you are just going to block. Im sure you block with your righthanded weapon and not the torch also BTW

You can block with weapons, just not while dual wielding...it's likely done for balance reasons and the damage output easily makes up for defenses that you can get elsewhere anyway (armor and/or spells for example).

I don't believe that is the case, it was suspected to be way back when but not any more.

Why did I come back to the Skyrim forum?

quick character, light armor--> hit and a move couple steps away, you still have the advantage.

strong character, heavy armor--> high hp, amazing damage.

Why block when you can kill?

*sigh*

1. Put away your left weapon.
2. Block with your right weapon.
3. Ready your left weapon.

How hard can it be...

Could be hard. If you can't put away your weapon and instantly block, then your amazing idea won't work. Also, would you really want to constantly be putting away and re-equipping your weapon?

I don't know, why would anyone want to pause their own attacks to receive the enemy's flurries with a block? I'm saying that it's not impossible to block, it's just a little more limited than having just that 1 weapon constantly or a shield. It's a circumstantial tactic, similar to wearing no armor when you're a stealth character, because the circumstance makes it either partially or even fully redundant (depending).

If you're dual-wielding, you're not going to want to block because you need to take advantage of the fact that you got two weapons. Attack, don't defend. That's the name of the game.

I would assume there are also type of unblockable attacks, such as magic possibly, and other forms as well i would assume? so in the instance you're fighting mages only or what have you, killing them quickly is key considering you're defenseless either way.

Also, some times the best defense is a good offense, you may think that fighting 10 enemies a shield would be necessary, however you are always going to be defense less when attacking, so that would leave many more opportunities to be attacked in those instances when you are dispatching your enemies. However, if you kill them twice as fast (considering you can't attack as fast plus you're spending time blocking, so shield is always slower) you can take out a good number of the weaker enemies quickly while dual wielding, allowing you to then deal with the more difficult enemies in a 1 on 1 scenario instead of them having many allies when you are forced to fight them doing damage to you while you attempt to fell the larger foe that will inevitably pose a higher risk when you are attacking.

Then there is simply the personal choice fact, some of us like the look/feel of 2 swords and will stick with them despite some of the short comings while others prefer to be more of a tank, either way why would BS eliminate a style of play that some people are bound to want?

I expect dual wielding will do great damage, but fare less well versus higher level foes or more numerous foe.

Your body simply cannot tank the damage from the more dangerous enemies by itself, and without any way to avoid the damage you're surely going to perish

Certainly dual leach problem solved for the dragon and for the multi enemies id say get your dancing boots on.

why don't you just enchant your weapons with absorb health? problem solved!

I can't agree, I think you should be able to block with dual wield but not black & take no damage or stagger. THe shield you get the ability to block arrows, shield bash, block & not take damage(after certain level I think) & high success to block or that's how it should be!