DEV REQUEST:DUEL/SPAR system

[Euramon]

So just call it sparring? Surely swordsman and martial artists spar in the FF universe?

Don't know if anyone has said this yet, because 11 pages is alot to read through. But I remember accidentally and on purpose hitting my own team in many of the old FF games (Never really played 11)

Myself, it would not bother me if they did offer a auto deny and maybe the text could be seen if the auto deny is turned off. IE: SoandSo and challenged you to a duel.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Append: Open world PvP is the reason I don't play alot of MMOs. Forcing it on me isn't going to change my mind on the matter.

Who is forcing it on you?

[Tiggy]

Who is forcing it on you?

It changes some of the tone and attitude of much of the community making it much more confrontational and competitive. That much would be forced on everyone regardless if they participate or not.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

It changes some of the tone and attitude of much of the community making it much more confrontational and competitive. That much would be forced on everyone regardless if they participate or not.

I mean, that is a real question. If you mean you get offended by "seeing" someone fight, then please grow up. (If you don't, then ignore this!) There are many things in the world a lot worse.

Anyways, they were talking about adding contested content to the game. Which is PvP, so I guess if that offends you you should probably quit anyways.

Although, you might as well quit now because crafting is already a sort of "PvP" since your selling your goods versus other players. Does that offend you?

Not that i'm telling you to quit for real. I just don't see why people play games when they don't have fun, and get offended when other people have fun.

Competition is human nature, and it is already competitive. Look at raids.

The forums are confrontational and they are part of the game, as you can see. Things on the forums can change how the game works. So its already a thing.

As a role-player, I see fighting every single day pretty much. Although its from role-playing if we had a feature like this it could enhance my role-play experience and make it more immersive. Although it could also make it less so if people have characters who don't use the skills. However it could be useful for events, instead of spamming chat with emotes you could just have spars and fights.

[Norna]

I haven't read most of the thread but...

Instead of completely open world, why not open up the Coliseum in Ul'dah for 1vs1 matches? Maybe have it possible to enter once you reach Gladiator level 30 to encourage people to try a tanking class?

[Nektulos-Tuor]

I haven't read most of the thread but...

Instead of completely open world, why not open up the Coliseum in Ul'dah for 1vs1 matches? Maybe have it possible to enter once you reach Gladiator level 30 to encourage people to try a tanking class?

Why? Sparring isn't just held in one place. People spar all over the place because the environment is important to it. You will never learn to fight if you don't learn about the environments you could fight in. Most duels in real life take place outside, in unfamiliar places.

Dueling and Sparring is a lot different, and nobody is talking about Gladiators here, Gladiator combat is much different then that.

However, why does it have to be 1v1? It should go up to 10v10, or 20v20, ect ect.

[kpxmanifesto]

It changes some of the tone and attitude of much of the community making it much more confrontational and competitive. That much would be forced on everyone regardless if they participate or not.

I don't think anything gets more confrontational and competitive than hardcore raiding in this game. Dueling is something just to help pass the time.

[Crystel_Leah]

Bumping for dueling

[Kallera]

I don't think anything gets more confrontational and competitive than hardcore raiding in this game. Dueling is something just to help pass the time.

Yeah, I think its safe to say there's nothing really at stake with a sparring system.

[Alacran]

This game is simply getting more popular, more options can only be a good thing. Missing a duel/ spar mode (something in a great deal of this games competitors), in my opinion is detrimental. Not only does it fit the Lore of a fantasy themed game (every one duels in the msq people) it would (as many have pointed out) offer something to do on the down time of raids, dungeons, hunts, ect... We are going to Ishgard ladies and gents, a place on knights, where honor and martial skill is paramount. What better place, what better expansion than this to see such a feature?