1v1 duels please!

[Arielyanna]

You are 100% right.

They are NOT needed.
But they would be a GREAT addition to the game, and add a lot to the PvP side of the game, which, believe or not, is a thing.

I never sad that PVP isn't needed. Group PVP is fine and is locked to one area only which is great. 1v1 Duels everywhere else except sanctuaries... THAT I don't want. How would they be a great addition? To cite the two games I used before as examples (DCUO and SWTOR), people were getting challenged to duels EVERYWHERE... It was not fun, to be in the middle of a fight with trash mobs, then have my character pause as a pop up appears, challenging me to a duel... and by the time you decline it, your dead... and the idiot who challenged you is there laughing.

[Sunako]

1v1 Duels simply are not needed in XIV. That is my point.

I think this game do really not need many things like personal housing or marriage system etc but I have nothing against it. Let players have fun in this game in their own way. Nobody force you do the duels. You can keep doing pve as much you want. If some players want duel somewhere that should not hurt you at all.

Edit:Who said dueling is supposed 2 happen everywhere? You can que for it from duty finder(like wolves den) or make special area for dueling.

[Enkidoh]

Arie's point is though is such a system inevitably devolves into a means for idiots with chips on their shoulders going around hassling players - challenging them to duels and then hassling the person for turning them down, like Arie it put me off playing TOR as I got so sick of of the name calling from morons who kept challenging me (funnily enough, I was a Jedi Consular and they were almost always Republican Troopers!).

Having said that, if it was a limited, highly restricted event in, say, the Colosseum or in the Gold Saucer, and not part of the main game, then it could be fun. But definitely a big NO to just coming up to some random person and requesting a duel with them simply to over-inflate their e-peen.

[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

[Slappah]

It was not fun, to be in the middle of a fight with trash mobs, then have my character pause as a pop up appears, challenging me to a duel... and by the time you decline it, your dead... and the idiot who challenged you is there laughing.

That's seriously your complaint?

Here's a fix.

When someone issues you a duel no matter wait, it only appears as the small minimized confirmation window. Like the little box that appears when you hit wait for the duty finder.

You just assume that if someone issues you a duel you're going to be unable to take any actions until hitting accept or decline? That's kind of silly don't you think. That's not how it would be and you know it.

[Arielyanna]

That's seriously your complaint?

Here's a fix.

When someone issues you a duel no matter wait, it only appears as the small minimized confirmation window. Like the little box that appears when you hit wait for the duty finder.

You just assume that if someone issues you a duel you're going to be unable to take any actions until hitting accept or decline? That's kind of silly don't you think. That's not how it would be and you know it.

That's only ONE example. I could go into more detail, but honestly I can't be bothered. You haven't played DCUO have you? When I used to play it on PS3, I had a window appear right in the middle of the screen saying "Such and such wishes to challenge you to a duel. Do you accept? Yes / No". Same with SWTOR. I'm not saying that IF SE did decide to include 1v1 duels that they'd use a similar pop up like the other two games have, but it would still be a nuisance. Even when you go into DF, you still get that big window in the screen, until you hit Wait or close it, THEN the smaller one pops up on the side of the screen out of the way.

Look assume all you want. If SE brings it in, I hope they also make it fair to those who do NOT want to 1v1 with random idiots. Like Enkidoh said, have the duels in one specific area and NOT in the field.

[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?