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So, let's take a 5th Lvl Human Fighter with an 18 Str, 15 Dex.
5 Feats (Human,1st,3rd,5th,F1,F2,F4) I made him a TWF Archetype,btw, which adds +1/+1 when using 2 weapons.
I have him at +11, or +9/9 with TWF (WF,+1 Swords), +6 Damage (Double Slice)
Both options have Double Slice, WF and WS for all sword attacks concerned.
So... I was looking at someone's 'Dual-Wielding Longsword' guy, with the -4/-4, and said to myself. Well, the dif is -2... Why not just take a Light weapon in the offhand, and Power Attack. Now, PA is only giving a +2 Dam on the off hand, but it still looks like this.
Using 2 Longswords without PA
+8/+8 1D8+8/1D8+8
Using LS/SS with PA
+8/+8 1D8+12/1D6+10
You could take WF and WS out of the equation for the SS (thus only a 1 Feat 'Tax', and have the SS attacks +7 1D6+8
Still a pretty nice +4 to damage on the main weapon, and a slight variance on the off-hand. Huge game-breaker? Obviously not, but I thought it interesting.
-Uriel
That's why you don't dual wield longswords, you dual wield shortswords, kukris, or whatever else that's a light weapon. Taking a -2/-2 penalty on both attacks for a 1 point damage gain is never worth it.
You could do the 1h/light, but then you'd get bonus for weapon focus/spec only once, so it's still not worth it.
5th level fighter, 20 str, 7 feats:
TWF, PA, Double slice, Focus (main), spec (main), iron will, imp. init.
5 BaB + 5 Str +1 weaptrain +1 magic/masterwork +1 for main -2 PA - TWF
Damage bonus is +5 str, +1 training, +2 spec for main, +1 magic for one weapon, +4/+2 PA.
:
Long/Long - +7/+7, 1d8+13/1d8+10
Long/Short - +9/+8, 1d8+13/1d6+8
Short/Short - +9/+9, 1d6+13/1d6+10
DPR vs AC 18 (standard for CR5), disregarding crits:
L/L - 0.5*17.5 + 0.5*14.5 = 8.75 + 7.25 = 16
L/S - 0.6*17.5 + 0.55*11.5 = 10.5 + 6.325 = 16.8
S/S - 0.6*16.5 + 0.6*13.5 = 9.9 + 8.1 = 18