DEV REQUEST:DUEL/SPAR system

[Nalien]

I don't like PvP and no amount of duel request spam is going to change that. But if duels go open world, and there's no means of filtering myself out of that chaos, then there's going to be problems.

A solid portion of this entire thread has been us (PvPers) suggesting ways in which duels can be implemented without PvE players getting sent requests. Way I see it you should have no complaints, unless you think there is a problem with the numerous suggestions that have been presented in this thread?

Off the top of my head;
-Locking sending and accepting duel requests behind a certain PvP Rank, or a certain quest.
-Having an opt in process in which you need to select that you want to receive duel requests.
-Locking sending duel requests behind the Friendlist.
-Using the Blacklist for its intended purpose rather than simply having it as the RMT List.

I'm sure there were more. Heck, the majority of people cluster to places like Revenant's Toll, where we don't even want duels in the first place. Our own suggestion prevents sending duel requests in that location...

Wolves' Den and the Coliseum are nice and all, but they'd have to be instanced. Aside from the fact that it would be annoying to go "Want to duel?" and then have to travel to these locations, rather than taking a couple steps outside Revenant's Toll and being good to go, there is also the issue of space. Either they're instanced or we get a cluster f*ck of people dueling there, one of the main selling points for duels (to me) is the ability to watch and do them between queues, instances would destroy that utility. Then there is the issue of battlefield variety, (almost) anywhere in Eorzea offers an incredibly wealth of locations to duel in. Wolves' Den and the Coliseum offer the same boring ring...