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I think dual wield is almost always better than 1h or 2h weapons.
- You get passive bonusses from 2 items instead of 1 (like +attributes)
- special attacks (spells that cause physical damage) are based on the damage of the equipment you have equipped.

suggestion to make it more balanced:
- dual wielding gives a penalty in hit chance. You need skill points to compensate this (like BG2 or KotoR 1+2)
- 2h weapon skill gives damage bonus (use bigger weapons to hit harder)
- 1h skill gives a bonus to crit chance, you get a higher chance to cause more damage for less AP.