DEV REQUEST:DUEL/SPAR system

[ExiaQuanta]

I could see it now. Person 1 is mid teleport. person 2 cancels person 1's teleport by issuing a duel request. person 1 declines and proceeds to teleport again. person 2 again issues another request canceling the teleport. person 1 runs away from person 2 while person 2 is calling person 1 a noob in shout chat at the same time chasing person 1 canceling all teleports. person 1 comes to forums complaining about said stuff. forum bashes person 1 for not reading that there is auto-decline or for not going into afk mode or busy mode.

Nothing gets solved.


eh im bored.

[AzraelX]

I could see it now. Person 1 is mid teleport. person 2 cancels person 1's teleport by issuing a duel request. person 1 declines and proceeds to teleport again. person 2 again issues another request canceling the teleport. person 1 runs away from person 2 while person 2 is calling person 1 a noob in shout chat at the same time chasing person 1 canceling all teleports. person 1 comes to forums complaining about said stuff. forum bashes person 1 for not reading that there is auto-decline or for not going into afk mode or busy mode.

Nothing gets solved.




eh im bored.

The option to IGNORE all duel invites would be present

[Crystel_Leah]

This type of system could be great in all honesty. People have been asking for a dueling system (Not open world PvP) and myself as an RP'er would love to see this implemented.

Just don't allow duels in Cities and towns and only allow them in open spaces in the world. Also make it so a few meters from the city is a no Dueling zone, that way people aren't zoning out of a city into the middle of a duel. There could also be certain areas in cities set aside for duels like the Ul'dah coliseum could open up as a duel only area inside the city which can be reserved for private duels. Say, make it an instanced area where you can have a 1 on 1 up to an 8 on 8.

Just make it to where we can automatically decline duels if we don't feel up to it and all will be well.

I don't like cat people. I think they're an eyesore.

[Chiramu]

This is a very good idea and gives a PVP environment for PVPers where they cannot ruin the game for people who do not want to PVP . They could also expand on the idea and include a larger amount of people for the duelling environment.

[Nalien]

This is a very good idea and gives a PVP environment for PVPers where they cannot ruin the game for people who do not want to PVP . They could also expand on the idea and include a larger amount of people for the duelling environment.

I'm toying with the idea that they could just take the Wolves Den zone used in the instanced 4v4 fights and just make that an open world zone. No new assets required, the place is already tested for PvP, it would be very simple to implement. Either a free-for-all zone or a "Duels are allowed here" zone. Wouldn't quite be as good as having regular, and frequent, scheduled PvP events at improving queue times, but I imagine it would help. People go there for some quick PvP satisfaction, a large group forms there and they decide to queue, effectively adding a large amount of people to the queue in one go to speed up the queues. Alternatively people can just go there to pass the time while waiting.

Either way, PvPers would be able to actively PvP, rather than waiting upwards of 30 minutes to PvP for 5.

[bbrooks189]

Please allow duels. Sitting in queue is so boring it will give people something to do. Allow auto decline and dont balance around it sure, but it would jsut be a great way to fill time/improve

[Apoptic]

There are some very odd people who play this game, and insist that things that are pretty much universal to MMO's have no place in FF. The fact that a duel system does not even exist shocked me when I first started playing the game, and its continued absence is just weird. PVP in general in this game lacks depth and there should be more of it. One BG is simply not enough.

And to all the people who complain that duels would be "noisy", are you kidding me?

This game is great but to insist that there is not room for improvement is ignorant. The chat system in this game for instance; why in 2015 is shout the accepted form of zone chat? Primitive design.

Sorry if this post was too "noisy" lol.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Please allow duels. Sitting in queue is so boring it will give people something to do. Allow auto decline and dont balance around it sure, but it would jsut be a great way to fill time/improve

Yep, and then we can have even more people complain that the queue system is too short while they're dueling, just like how crafters kept complaining about it when doing delicate crafting and TT players also complaining about the same thing

[bbrooks189]

Yep, and then we can have even more people complain that the queue system is too short

Yes because that is a big problem in game

[Nalien]

Yes because that is a big problem in game

One they're apparently looking to fix, too;

Greetings,

We are looking into improving the Duty Finder as we move forward and we're checking whether or not we can provide measures for when players are matched while being engaged in content (for example, Triple Triad matches, during cutscenes, while crafting, etc.). Hang tight a bit longer and if we should receive more information, we'll be sure to pass it along.