like caliburs for instance 2 of them swinging at once would do double damage and u could have a shadow weapon with an elemental weapon at once (ik u probably wouldn't wanna do that one but it was an example)
just u have to own both weapons first is the only catch
there is a problem though and that is : powerful weapons such as DA that would kinda ruin it cause multiplying DA damage by 2 would create an almost unbeatable amount of damage
show what u think about it
Two swords with different elements like other is element and other shadow.
when you press right mousebutton it attack with right blade, opposite with left one, and when you press both it charges and triggers charge attack like with anything else. but you wont be able to move and block.
And you would be able to block but shield would be only 50% of shields health.
Also it would be ridicilously op at pvp when you have strike booster and fast dual element blades, overkill.
I prefer things like they are now. :)
The only way this will ever work without unbalance and all the other stuff i dont want to mention again is if we have one tecnical sword that visaully looks like 2.
What Juances said exactly.
It would be called "The Twin x Blades" or something like that and your shield would just be put on your back and serve no purpose whatsoever. Now that would make it easier to implement.
Balancing is another issue. My idea is have your shield button a 20 second cooldown (or so) instant spin attack like a calibur spin attack that does extremely low damage but knocks things away from you and stuns them for a second? Or maybe not stun them just knock them back. This way you cannot just get cornered and simply die because you are unable to quickly shield bump out.
The trick would be executing the 20 second cooldown at the right times so you don't waste it. I see this maybe being 30 seconds or more.
The charge attack is kind of obvious could be like a double attack at the same time, doing 2 hits at the same time and 100% increases damage per hit (so 400%) such a high percentage to balance the fact that you have no shield. No fancy stuff to this charge attack that makes it take long. Just a normal charge attack (like the proto sword) that is quick and uses both weapons.
And its normal attacks should be fast and more hits than a regular 3 hit sword (6 hits if you want to be boring and just double it)
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Sorry to ruin your guys' dual wielding ideas but this is why it would never get implemented into the game: You could quickly switch to another weapon that uses your shield in the other hand and shield an attack like you had your shield in the first place, then quickly switch back to your dual wielded weapons to do damage again.
We already use both of our hands so this would not work(unless you want to have no shield). Also different swords have different attack speeds and animations that would not work with 2 swords.