[Suggestion] Casual Dueling

[Vulcann]

oh god no, i remember in everquest 2 when people would just spam duel invite while you were trying to shop and what not.

[Saintly]

If there's an option to auto-decline duels sure.

Yet, i cant say i fully support the idea tho.
Last thing we need are daily "QQ nerf/buff X class cause its too stronk in 1v1!" threads.

[Akonyl]

I imagine that the way this game handles PVP (by giving you unique actions) probably makes this a bit prohibitive (especially with all the other weird stuff in XIV), wouldn't be surprised if there's no way to swap movesets without going through a loading zone or something.

[DrWho2010]

you would have to be transported to a zone that had pvp actions enabled. it's why you can only pvp in the Wolves Den right now anyways. anywhere else would not be possible.

[pclarkson85]

Yea FFXIV needs more MMO -ish stuff, Anything to get players out in the world and interact Im for, I wish FFXIV would get away from the "hub" design. Would like more world feel, ya know?

[Kamatsu]

I would strongly against this. There is nothing more annoying in an MMO than having some jerk chase you around spamming a dueling request at you...

Some MMOs have had to resort to a setting to auto-decline these...

Thank goodness FFXIV limits dueling to a specific location.

ESO sadly added 1v1 duels as well. As expected, they happen constantly in area's people need to move through / go to / etc so cause a lot of graphical clutter throughout towns. Not only that, they did also have to add in the 'auto decline' option because as expected... ppl would spam everyone with duel request's - you couldn't port into a city and get to the shops without having to spam click "decline" from ppl spamming duel request's.

And yes, when the auto-decline happened... some resort to being offensive and rude in general/zone chat about it.

To those who say "just block them!" - the block list is of limited size, so depending on just how many ppl end up being jerks... you might have a filled block list, especially if you also block gil selling bots (I do, then clear the block list every 3-4 months).

And to the "Oh noes, something shouldn't be added because you don't like it!" person... I reverse that and say - why should this be added just because you like it? I admit I've always rolled my eyes at this type of argument... because it applies equally to both sides, yet the ppl who push this nonsense never seem to see that fact.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

And to the "Oh noes, something shouldn't be added because you don't like it!" person... I reverse that and say - why should this be added just because you like it? I admit I've always rolled my eyes at this type of argument... because it applies equally to both sides, yet the ppl who push this nonsense never seem to see that fact.

It's the same as the "you dont pay my sub" people. Yeah, and are you offering to pay mine so you can do whatever you want to?

[LeoLupinos]

I would strongly against this. There is nothing more annoying in an MMO than having some jerk chase you around spamming a dueling request at you...

Some MMOs have had to resort to a setting to auto-decline these...

Thank goodness FFXIV limits dueling to a specific location.

This is not the way anyone should be dealing with it.
Don't want duel? Set "Busy". Same effect for trade requests.
Got harassed for not doing PVP? Report, blacklist.

We should not all be punished over a minority of bad players. It's the same as restricting Chat function for only one place because some players harass other players. Not the right way to deal with it.

I think casual dueling should only be prohibited inside city. All other maps should be able to casual dueling. Think of all the amazing cenarios for a fight? And on top of that, players that don't want duel or get busy status can stay in city.

[TheMightyMollusk]

If there were specific dueling grounds where it was enabled, and thus anyone who wants to opt out can just choose not to go there? Sure, why not. Just like Triple Triad being restricted to certain locations.

If it were anywhere someone felt like throwing down a challenge? Not interested. It got old in WoW to have high-level people pushing low-levels into it just for shits and giggles, and it'd get old here.

[TwiibieTwuu]

I understand why some folks are getting upset. But like I mentioned it could be locked behind an NPC. And while set to "off" no one can send you an invite.
Heck could even add a setting which makes only friends/party/FC can challenge you.

While I'm not a hardcore pvper I do enjoy the concept of beating up my friends in a rp setting!
And something I love about PvP in MMOs is that sometimes the community can come together for large "battle" events. Imagine a bunch of "adventurers" fighting a group of players dressed in the Garelean uniform! Large scale community battles over the salt flats of Ala Mhigo. Or the open plains of the steppe.