1v1 duels please!

[Jingai]

I too, like my Enki and Arie got pretty jaded by the dueling set up in other MMO's. For me it was mostly the ultimate level of tardation those in WoW would go to when I said I wasn't interested.
That being said, I love Enki's idea of there being maybe a place FOR such contests, like IN the Gold Saucer or even a special instance within Halatali since that's kinda' what the place was for.
I fully agree with Arie that no it doesn't NEED to be there, but I wouldn't mind seeing it in some degree since my IC background is that of a wandering Martial Artist who loves to partake in "Street Fights" to test herself.
I wouldn't mind seeing duels if they were handled in a way that prevented griefing and trolls and fit in with the universe we're all playing in. ^^

[Kikosho]

Some mountains are sure made out of these molehills...

We've already said that SE can simply make it so you can opt out automatically from all duel requests. They could also just add a player status similar to Busy, where it shows that you are willing to duel other players. Being able to duel out in the open world would be fun as you would have all kinds of scenery at your disposal. Along with that, eventually the community will designate an area to meet up and just duel for fun, SE can even add a fighting ring out in the open field for this purpose.

Having players able to participate in the Colosseum would also be an option (the battlefield is already ingame) with gear caps to equalize gear and an restricted mode. Hell, SE can add some flare to it and players themselves could become famous Gladiators by participating in a tournament or monthly ranking in the Colosseum.

[Darsho]

1v1 me rust m8 il rek u

[Yumi_umi]

If SE disabled cross class abilities then i think classes would technically be more balanced than having access to skills that are not native to their class.
I'm looking at you sch with swiftcast summon. Without eos/ selene sch would get rekt.

1v1 would probably more blacklist space as ppl would get picky on who to fight even if there was an option toturn off requests.
Get spammed in shout for declining a fight, get spammed by tells " 1v1 me bro " .
Maybe SE will add it in 3.0+ when they get their pvp act together lol

[Charisma]

Please dont add a Name change feature, because players are going to abuse it.

Please dont add Free Company name change feature, because players are going to abuse it.

Please dont add 1vs1 Duels, because players are going to abuse it.

Can people find any other reason, to be against simple features?

[Rhaja]

In the couple of years I've played WoW, I've never had an experience where duelist would ruin my experience. In fact it became a past time for me and my fiance to sit out front of the alliance main city and watch the duelist go at it. We'd get an invite, and after being declined they'd go else where.

I personally love this game, and would love to be able to duel my FC mates in area's such as the ruins of Nym, the red ice area of coerthas, and especially on some of the floating islands coming in Heavens Ward. You ever have a duel which results in both members being knocked off a cliff, turning the fight into some DBZ free fall only to be saved by that protrusion from the cliff? Or to duel complete stranger who had his PVP flag on, and get low levels to stop and watch the the rounds?

Duels in the open world can lead to some amazing fights that cannot be replicated in battle grounds or dungeons. That leads to me having more fun. Is my fun not as important as yours? If they go the route WoW did, the most they could do is send you tells. Black list for the day, do your thing, and everything is solved. We're not asking for ganking. We're not asking for griefing. We simply want the option to duel with our friends in the open world. Not being locked in a bland coliseum.

[MageBlack]

Thought this was coming in the Golden Saucer at some point? either way, I would love to see this, I know that in any 1v1 situation I come into in FL I always come out on top. If it starts completely even at any rate. I would also like to see a PvE Coliseum where you have 1/2/3/4v unlimited enemies back to back. see how long you last and have ranked ladders. Probably not explaining that last one right but I hope I at least get the gist of things across.

[Kuwagami]

duels wouldn't be a great addition to this game. Not because it wouldn't add anything or "insert XXX reason about how bad and toxic wild PvP is", but because of job balance.

"But don't bring that here it has no importance"

It has. A lot. some classes are just too cheated in 1v1 situations (namely, scholar) to allow any form of 1v1 to come. This game has been created with a team approach, which means the classes are totally unbalanced when it comes to solo playing (SCH or SMN > all) but as a group, the balance is nearly perfect. It would result in only 2 things :

A) people stop 1v1 totally. No one ever uses this feature because it's either "you're in the right job" or "you're wrecked" so they just stop thinking about it

B) the community becomes insanely toxic with people ganking people who just want to play their way through the game, insults, bashing, shaming, etc... Things that happen in all the other MMOs I know with wild PvP.

I'm not sure if you want that for the game, but I'm sure I don't. B is out of the question. As for A... well, Wolf's den is already a unused feature because people don't like it. I'd rather SE fix this before trying to add an other unused feature

[Vitaly]

I don't want 1v1 pvp system. I want a pk system where we can just go out and kill random players and troll them

[XNihili]

If there is a real "need" for 1v1 pvp, they should add it as a sub part of the pvp Den of thingie.
No to the "I challenge you here and now because you pulled the hunt NM early and I shall shame you in front of the people and if you refuse, I will stalk you for days".