and that gave me an idea! how about you start a new game as a wimp and he is so inexperienced at the start of the game your combat is really sloppy like you don't swing so fast, and you stumble while trying to hit, if you try to block something you get knocked back or something or stagger.. stuff like that, but as you get better at combat and gain points at it you start getting into it and become a ruthless killing machine!
would be also nice you have a parry system like dark souls or if you hit your enemy's weapon while he is attacking both weapons get deflected back or just the weaker opponent gets deflected.
i'm done *bow*