LE The Ability to block/parry with 1h weapon

[Zarana]

I have to say I disagree on this one. I really like the new system of one button for left hand and one for right. If you have a single handed weapon, you still use your other hand to hold the weapon if you want to block, or you use a shield.

 

That's exactly why I want a block feature while having a spell in my left hand. I can already do it now! All I have to do ist open up my favorites menu, unselect the spell from my left hand, close the favorites menu, block. Then after I blocked and/or hit/got hit I can turn around, press 3 for heal, heal, and then I have to open up the favorites menu again and unselect heal to be able to block again. Sure I'm using my left hand to block, I'm just looking for a mod that let's me just block without all that tedium!

 

I favorited shiled on 1, and to have a empty left hand I press 1 twice, its better than nothing. But blcoking with shield is better ;)

So the hotkeys are enough to change fast from casting to blocking.

 

This doesn't work with spells. If you press the hotkey for a spell you already have in your left hand, it gets put in your right hand as well and after that it does nothing.

[DiabolusUrsus]

At the very least, I'd like to up the blocking capabilities of using a weapon a bit. I understand that shields are more effective, but I honestly like the aesthetic of using only a sword, and a one-handed one at that. Perhaps apply shield perks to blocking in general? I know that this wouldn't be perfectly 'realistic,' but this is a fantasy RPG we're talking about here. I want a badass character that can parry all sorts of s*** with his/her sword. I don't know how possible it'd be, but perhaps a quicktime counter-striking combat system? In other words, block at the right time, and hit attack at the right time and you execute a perfect parry-counterblow combination? That would be epic, as far as I'm concerned.

 

A slightly off-topic idea, applying a ward effect to one-handed blocking. In other words, when you block one-handed it puts up a shield that will block both physical and magical damage, whilst depleting magicka, as though you were focusing your magical energy into a parrying effort. That might be interesting to try out.