1vs1 Duel Battles

[Hiruke]

People always complain about this and that about class balance whenever the idea is brought up. Often times it involves BLM and how cast interrupts work in PvP. I can see the concerns for that, but...

Does every feature have to be so perfectly balanced? I'd rather this feature exist for fun and be terribly imbalanced than to have it not exist at all. Just don't tie anything to it - no achievements, ratings, points, or whatever else.

I wanted it, want it, and will always want it.

You clearly don't play BLM, then. It's basically an automatic loss. BLM only functions as a support to other people. It's like being in a real life battle and sending an archer to fight some cavalry point blank. It doesn't work out. Also, how casters work in FFXIV PvP is the stupidest thing I've ever seen. You're essentially useless unless you can get the rest of your team to constantly attack whoever is attacking you in particular. Good luck with that.

[Vandril]

You clearly don't play BLM, then. It's basically an automatic loss. BLM only functions as a support to other people. It's like being in a real life battle and sending an archer to fight some cavalry point blank. It doesn't work out. Also, how casters work in FFXIV PvP is the stupidest thing I've ever seen. You're essentially useless unless you can get the rest of your team to constantly attack whoever is attacking you in particular. Good luck with that.

I've clearly never played BLM because...I said that most people bring up attack-interrupts as a balancing concern for 1v1 dueling? You realize I never agreed with nor disagreed with this concept, right? And that all I did was mention that it's often brought up as a concern in topics like this?

The very point of my previous post was that this imbalance in 1v1 for dueling shouldn't even begin to factor into the decision of whether or not duels are a good feature for the game. If it's an "automatic loss", then you don't have to 1v1 as a BLM against a Melee in a duel, should the feature exist. Dueling would be all about enjoyment and practice...and roleplay, I suppose.