Instead of getting rid of dual wielding completely, I think it could be implemented as an armor ability. This would keep the game fresh and preserve the flow of the game that 343 is going for without isolating the many fans of dual wielding.
This could be implemented a few ways:
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A player with the dual wield armor ability can choose a sidearm in their loadout that will only be used when using the armor ability. Example: the player’s secondary weapon is an SMG and his “third” weapon is a plasma pistol, which can only be used when the armor ability is activated.
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If a player has the dual wield armor ability, an additional option will pop up when they approach a sidearm on the map (Hold LB to dual wield magnum) and once picked up, the time will start ticking on the armor ability.
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Somewhat of a combination of the two. The player will have an option to pick up and store an additional sidearm to be used whenever the player activates the Armor ability, rather than it being automatically activated when the player picks it up (Hold Y to swap dual weapon with Spiker)
The armor ability would last 20-30 seconds and would have a relatively long cool down time. The armor ability would be activated by clicking the armor ability button once and would remain active until clicked again or the time runs out. Obviously, you could stop dual wielding to reduce the cool down time if you didn’t need the full duration of the armor ability.
What do you guys think?
Don’t think its such a great idea. It would be such an underpowered ability (depending on the weapons available to use while dual wielding).In all honesty, dual wielding should only come into the game if it’s passive.
Another problem is imagine the pistol resembles the Halo 1 God pistol…that added with a plasma pistol = most noob friendly combo in the universe of the world (yes, universe of the world :))
I respectfully disagree OP.
That would be almost as useless as Hologram.
Duel wielding =/= Good sandbox
that would be very cool, but its unfortunately not going to happen 
I don’t think dual wielding belongs in Halo 4. It seems to make gameplay much more fair and clean.
> That would be almost as useless as Hologram.
you would be surprised how many people are derp enough to fall for hologram.
I would love it. The “competitive” players will hear “dual wield” and instantly rage…but I’m all for Sandbox. Eh, them having a lot more weapons should make up for lack of dual wielding though. Hopefully more than H3, which was insane =)
If dual-wielding is in at all, it shouldn’t require an AA. AA’s are actual pieces of equipment in the Halo universe, a spartan does not need an additional piece of equipment to dual-wield. If dual-wielding is in at all, I think it should either be a base ability(unless the full D-pad is being used, we do have the buttons), or a custom games option.
Armor abilities have a length of time they can be used. How would dual wielding work with that
I think you should be able to dual wield small weapons with big weapons, but never two big or two medium size weapons. I have always wanted to dual wield a sword and plasma weapon at the same time, for machinima and other purposes, it would just look so badass, but I don’t think it would be best for matchmaking, it should strictly remain in custom games and maybe other non-ranked matchmaking games just for awesome game-play, you would feel like a badass running through the map with a plasma rifle and a sword killing anything that gets in your way. Man this would be great for machinima!
I can guarente that 343i has already thought of this before, tested it, and it failed.
If it was good for the game it would have been announced or will be announced.
It really depends on if the SMG is coming back and if they have enough dual wieldable weapons. Interesting idea though.
Duel wielding should be a custom game option, though. There could be a gametype called ‘duels’ where you can duel wield, and the gametype rebalances the sandbox for duel wielding.
> > That would be almost as useless as Hologram.
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> you would be surprised how many people are derp enough to fall for hologram.
Hologram is the bomb dawg.
I agree, I’d like to do the noob combo again this time with plasma pistol plus DMR.
An AA for using both hands? That seems way to complex for something that should be a natural thing to do. Thats like saying a Spartan, who is physically and mentally superior to normal humans, can’t place another gun in his/her hand without an external device/plug (i.e the AA).
Then we’ve got issues with balance on those said guns that can be dual wielded. A good to decent player can do a lot of damage with noob combos.
I know your grasping for straws OP but dual wielding isn’t in Halo 4.