Well, in the beginning, I quite enjoyed fighting with one weapon, it was quite effective, with some potions...
I wanted to get a shield too, but for background purposes... I plan to ''test'' the one-handed skill on one of my characters once I finish the game, so I can see what one-handed skill can do in the long run.
But... I think this one-handed skill and whit shield skill was not such a bad idea...
Well, you HAVE to pay for the with-shield skill of course. In this case, to pay less, it's better to continue with the one-handed skill, and once you can buy the with-shield skill from the punished soldier doing the dishes in the citadel ( only cost 900 gold pieces for with-shield slashing-crushing-piercing skill, it's cheaper than in the battlefields ) then you can unlearn the one-handed skill.
That's what I did. It cost like 4000 gold pieces to unleran the skill of both characters. But to buy the skills I wanted it only took like 1300 gold pieces.
Well it can be frustrating if you don't know in the beginning that wearing a shield while being specialised in the one-handed skill disables the points you put in that skill ( many people didn't notice it like me ), but personnaly, for me it's not that bad.
I'm talking for myself of course, I don't want to put my opinion in other people's throat ( did I get this sentence right? )
But I can't help me think that separating One-handed and With-shield added a bit of ... realism in the game...
I mean... train yourself in the use of a sword during a week, and then, wear a heavy shield on you're other arm, and then try to fight like that... You'll be off balance pretty soon I suppose <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
In the other way, train yourself in the use of a sword AND shield, and then try fighting WITHOUT the shield... I think you'll feel yourself a bit... ''unprotected'' <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />.
To force myself NOT to write a page-long post, I'll have to admit I was pretty confused by this skill-separation in the beginning also, but I got used to it.
Of course not everybody thinks like me, and I'm a weirdo anyway <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />
