Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-31507215-20170829180734

Notes:
 * I have read the FAQ, WntS, etc.
 * I could not find an endorsed suggestion on this, so if my idea is not original, I apologize.
 * As stated by the title, this suggestion is a about dual-wielding. Because I am approaching it differently, I don't think that it should be a problem, but if it is, let me know.
 * Usable shields will be a part of this suggestion. If (having read the whole suggestion) a Moderator or Admin wants me to remove those parts, I will.

Lots of people want dual wielding. Be it a sword and shield, two daggers, or two fistfuls of cookies, the draw is understandable. In Vanilla Minecraft, versions 1.9 and up, you can dual wield items. It does this by having an extra slot for your non-dominant hand, in which you can put any item. You can still use this item, but cannot attack with it. Although this does work well, I can't imagine that it would be easy to code. So, here is an alternative that would be simpler, if not easier.

How it Works
Instead of adding a whole new inventory slot, a truckload of new items would be added. These items would be combinations of two other items, and, as such, for the purposes of this suggestion, I will call them "combo items".

Basic Rules for All Combo Items
Combo Items would be crafted on a crafting table with two, undamaged items. This would only work for certain combos of items; for example, you (sadly) would not be able to combine two lemon cakes, but you could combine two bronze daggers.

When held, a combo item would display like the two separate items, one in your right hand, the other in your left. If both of them are weapons, they would each have their own cool-down timer.

As you use a combo item, it would lose durability. Ideally, there would be a durability bar for each item, and when one broke, you would get the remaining item back, but to keep it simple (and I am very open to suggestion on this) the durability of the combo item would be the same as the durability of the two items combined; when it breaks, both items are lost.

List of Combo Items
Here is a list of item combos that I have come up with. They are mainly examples, but if you have an idea for another one, post it in the comments and I will add it.

Daggers

This would be a dagger held in each hand. It would be crafted with two of the same type of dagger.

Left Click: Attack with dagger in left hand

Right Click: Attack with dagger in right hand

Sword and Shield

I know that shields do not currently exist, but there are all sorts of suggestions on them, so I won't worry about shields here. Anyway, it would be crafted with a sword (of any type) and a shield, and would look like a sword in the right hand, and a shield in the left.

Left Click: Attack with the sword.

Right Click: Block with the shield.

Sword and Dagger

This would be a sword in the right hand and a dagger in the left hand. To craft this combo, you would use a sword and a dagger of the same faction. If it is a non-faction sword, such as bronze, then you would use a bronze dagger. If it is a sword from a mannish faction, then an iron dagger would be used.

Left Click: Attack with sword

Right Click: (Mevans' Choice) Attack or Block with dagger

So, that's my suggestion. Thanks for reading! If you have any thoughts, additions, or (constructive) criticism, please post it in the comments.

P.S. Fun Fact! I came up with this idea pretty close to a year after Minecraft first came out. 