Im thinking of re starting a Shield sword nord, but is it annoying fighting dragons that wont land if you don't invest in archery or magic?

As a dual wield assassin, I just lead a dragon into an open area so he has a place to land and then let loose with two blades.

They always land briefly for me. Just dodge the flames until it lands and then start attacking it, repeat until it dies.

you could focus on the main story until you get the dragonrend shout,

For PURE Melee fighters, it can be annoying, unless you invest in items that help your frost and fire resistance. In the case of a Nord, you'll really only need to invest in fire resistance, as your inherent frost resistance is good enough for most of the lower level dragons.

Basically, with dragons, a pure melee fighter needs to wait it out and use shouts against the dragons until they get frustrated and land. THEY will land eventually, especially if they can't really damage you with their frost/fire breath.

Then you move in and wail on 'em.

I hide behind a tree and watch the sky and my compass for the red dot. once the dragon lands i whirlwind out then blast with shield and hatchet away.. takes a few repetitions and I save during the fight just in case

nope, im a sword and shield guy, i just wait till it lands, really easy to kill a dragon with sword and shield, just shield bash ^^