Originally Posted by NeutroniumDragon
While that's true, the off-hand blade was primarily used for parrying and/or trapping the opponent's weapon. It might be used to stab when the combatants were pressed together with their weapons locked (the most dangerous situation for both to be in), but at that point the person wasn't striking with their main weapon. This was also typically being done in situations where neither person was wearing much if any armor.

Actually using two weapons at the same time for offense just isn't terribly effective in practice, in large part because the blows that actually matter require that you put power behind them and you can do that about as quickly with one weapon as you can with two. (Trying to put power behind two weapons simultaneously results in neither having much force.)


A lot of weapons and combat styles that will be present in this game (and are present in other games) are not the best options for combat. This isn't a combat reality simulator though. As noted above, throughout history some people actually used two weapons to fight and that's more than enough.