A thought on dueling

[Gemina]

Could they be made to happen... anywhere? Outside of a sanctuary of course. But anywhere, anytime, two players can battle it out?

Even if it can't, I am very interested on thoughts about that.

[Vidu]

I like PvP, but open PvP like that... please No. Just No.
Even if we would get some sort of option to turn it off (as in: not being able to be randomly attacked by some idiot while gathering/questing/just standing around afking or basically playing the game) I still dont see the point of it and cant imagine it being a good fit. Community is toxic enough at it is already, we dont need people killing other people before engaging a hunt mob - and I cant see how that would fit the "lore". Seeing how the devs/lore-team already had a hardtime putting in some sort of "lore" for "friendly" PvP in frontlines, I cant imagine them letting us murder our comrads outside of the battlegrounds.

Also! With the dice-feature we have, you can already battle stuff out! Just roll the dice and do the math! #penandpaper

[Kitfox]

Dueling is pointless as the classes aren't balanced for 1 vs 1.

[Gemma]

Still always thought it would be cool to duel in the Coliseum in Ul'dah. Could have spectators there as well, but of course its at the wolves den cause that's where all forms of PvP will be -_-

[myahele]

I think you need to challenge a person to a duel and have that other person accept before both can fight. If so, open world PvP can be a thing and we won't have to worry about getting killed while crafting, gathering or afking.

Though whether or not such a system is possible for them, who knows, since the current system you have to be in the Dueling Square. Maybe they can expand it for more zones

[Gemina]

I like PvP, but open PvP like that... please No. Just No.
Even if we would get some sort of option to turn it off (as in: not being able to be randomly attacked by some idiot while gathering/questing/just standing around afking or basically playing the game) I still dont see the point of it and cant imagine it being a good fit. Community is toxic enough at it is already, we dont need people killing other people before engaging a hunt mob - and I cant see how that would fit the "lore". Seeing how the devs/lore-team already had a hardtime putting in some sort of "lore" for "friendly" PvP in frontlines, I cant imagine them letting us murder our comrads outside of the battlegrounds.

Also! With the dice-feature we have, you can already battle stuff out! Just roll the dice and do the math! #penandpaper

Well, FWIW we wouldn't be able to just randomly attack another player. It would have to be initiated from one player to another, and the other player would have to accept. PvP rules still apply, which is why I'm not sure it can be done in the open world. I know this is a bit of a thought provoking topic, but I was just curious the thoughts of others about it. Wasn't sure if good, bad, or ugly.

[Ametrine]

If it's fun and successful, maybe, as you have to prompt someone for it. Maybe add Dueling friendly areas in each city, such as the colosseum in Ul'dah and the Proving Grounds in Ishgard.

[Griffey]

Dueling is pointless as the classes aren't balanced for 1 vs 1.

Missing the point. It's not a competitive piece of content, it's just a fun way to pass the time, settle a dispute or just beat up your friends. It's not supposed to be balanced.

Back on topic, it would be good to make other duelling areas. The arena in Foundation where you engaged in Trial by Combat in the MSQ would be a cool place to fight.

[Rhindas]

If and only if they simultaneously added the ability to auto-reject and hide any requests for it, I would not be upset if they started allowing duels outside of the Wolf's Den. Thanks to WoW, and more specifically Goldshire, the ability to request a duel anywhere (and repeatedly) is not something I want to see here but I know people do and if I'm allowed to opt out, hey, that's fine with me.

[CaptainLagbeard]

Dueling is pointless as the classes aren't balanced for 1 vs 1.

The only even remotely balanced dueling I can think of would be between tanks or two of the same ranged class...