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The advantage of dualwielding is that you can have one more attack and use two weapons special abilities, that has been said already. For example, you can dualwield flail of ages to slow the enemy, and mace of disruption to kill undead (great combination). When you get more powerful weapons, you definately want to let him use his skills in two handed sword. The disadvantage with dualwielding is that you get THACO penalty -4 to your offhand (2 proficiency points, otherwise -2 if you have 3 slots).
Since Minsc get ++two handed sword, ++mace, ++long bow, ++two weapon style already from the beginning, and will probably only get 3-4 more proficiency points, you need to make a choice. You can't have them both. I think you should get one point in flail, and two points in two handed style, since he already has points in two handed sword and long bow. There are some really good two handed swords out there, and since you like to use long bow, this is a good choice.
About the shields (Ramon): Just because you dualwield or use two handed sword doesn't mean you can't use shields for protection against a little more difficult monsters. I switch all the time with my characters depending on the situation.
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