what about using two hands and you can have a sheld or something in the second hand
and when you hold a torch it lights an area around you.
that would be awsome!
Notch doesn't want torches to give off lights will you hold them because he plans to implement lanterns. As for having 2 hands, it would be cool but that's not how Minecraft was meant to made. If they added a shield slot for armour then they would have to decrease the amount of defense each piece of amour gives you.
and when you hold a torch it lights an area around you.
that would be awsome!