Some help for a noob

[Kevin]

Ok, then what is the point of dual-wielding at all? I have read several guides about dual-wielding from what looks like very experienced players. Rishiana's Guide to Fury touts dual-wield.... If there really is no benefit to dual-wield normally, is it just a question of doing it only with the right gear, meaning until you hit 60 and have appropriate gear it is pretty much just a matter of taste and more difficult to maintain with having to upgrade 2 slots instead of one?
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Dual weild will generally allow a protection spec (assuming they have 1H weapon spec) to do more damage than using a 2 Hander.

Bloodthirst in the fury tree is based on your attack power, not your weapon damage so weapon speed and damage range don't matter for that attack either.

Dual weild has a smoother rage generation curve than using a big two hander. Even when I knew I wanted to use a two hander I would often dual weild to build rage then swap to the big 2 Hander to dump it out. I've even toyed with this with my current MS build.

When I was leveling my warrior I had horrible luck in finding a good 2 hander for most of his leveling career and since I generally don't rerun instances to get some specific item (I run them for the quests then move on) or spend money on the AH or even twink all that much I usually did more damage with a dual wield than I did with a two hander because my one handed weapons were just better.

The other factor is that dual wield will generally generate more rage for you. Your white damage is in general higher (even though the changes were made to try and keep it in line with same level 2 handers, and especially so with 1H weapon spec) with dual weild than a 2 hander (but it is all gear dependent) so you generate rage faster. Your rage using skills don't hit as hard but they do land faster.

But yeah in the end it is generally a matter of taste, spec, and what you find for gear. It was designed that way so one type of warrior wasn't clearly better than another.