PVP Coliseum Content

[Martyr]

I like these ideas a lot.

A couple of things that I think could add to it. I think having each individual fight be an instanced event would help. Then we could have a board of sorts set up at the entrance to the coliseum that would show all the fights set to go in the next five minutes and allow you to teleport to the specific instance that you want to spectate.

Something that I think might help would be the ability to block /tells or /shouts or any sort of communication between the combatants and the spectators/outside world once the match is set. Might make it so that betting is a more viable thing. Set it up so that /say and such could only be heard by the combatants inside the arena, so that pre-match taunting could still commence, but making it so that it would be harder to rig events. Parties could still talk normally in the party channel if there are 2 vs. 2 matches and such. If they wanted to add to the atmosphere, they could make it so that the default emotes could still be heard normally between the combatants and the spectators, so you could get a 'roar of the crowd' type feel to the combat.

Also, betting would be more feasible if you could bet on the match, but only between individuals spectating. Not some huge pool that everyone bets into, but allow a specific action available only while spectating that allows you to offer a bet to another individual spectating, then automatically move the wager to the winning party once the match has been resolved. Would allow people to still gamble and get that 'coliseum/gladiator thrill,' but would also make it much harder to rig on a large scale. Would also be fun to add a couple of 'leaderboards' for this. One for win/losses and such with players, but also a leaderboard based on individual winnings from side-bets. Would be fun to receive a bet request from someone, check their name on the leaderboards, and see that they're positive 40 million gil or something ridiculous.

So, in a condensed version, my ideas are:

-Make coliseum battles instanced.
-Have a board that allows spectators to choose which instanced fight they want to spectate.
-Block communication between arena combatants and the outside world, with the exception of default emotes.
-Allow betting, but only between individual spectators.
-Add a leaderboard for arena win/losses as well as for side-bet winnings.

Anyway, these are all great ideas that I've been reading so far! I'm not much of a PvPer, but I could definitely see myself wasting time watching high-level matches between other players. And, as an RPer, this would be a great way to spend time on a guild outing, or just as another way to resolve in-character conflict!