I am so glad they hot fixed castrum but, did nothing to the duel. It wasn't like people were in shout saying trap ce don't enter castrum soon, but there is nothing we can do about the bullshit rng system that is associated with the duel or the oversight that players might complete them multiple times for rewards. Another sword of the south won the lotto and took another chance and failed. So not only did the deny another person the chance to obtain sword of the south or a new player to experience the fight, but they also didn't give the mettle buff. Part of me can't blame them. It's super fun content when you get in. I have always wanted some ultimate style solo content, just not behind some rng wall. The other part of me is why do you let us complete it more than once, it just inflates the lotto pool and more and more people are going to qualify. Like hotfix this. Make it so you can't compete more than once after you have defeated the duel. Then next time you do solo duels that are challenging put them in an instance or something, that we can actually experience and refight them without feeling like a dick because we want to do fun content, sitting on the sideline watching is cool for like the first 10, then it's brooding over the system and toxicity when people of different skill levels get selected after sitting in bodjza for a week hoping for one chance at a duel.
Also since I am on my rant, it always funny how like 2 people are the skirmish to spawn the CE then 40+ register for it. Like, give us priority for the duel granted we meet the regular qualification, if we helped spawn it. Get these players out of the base and help spawn them if they want to do them. Or coming out castrum after a 3 part chain to yank the spot enjoying the spoils of castrum and the duel back to back. The requirement to get selected for the duel vs the actual duel itself is night and day. The Chocobo fight is "the hardest one" and it's just getting easier for people to qualify for the duel. It needs a better qualifying system over all.
Finally, can we really not just let everyone who qualified fight the duel. Like the boss just say whos next and a new player gets to go. Have a waiting area or something where people can apply buffs and the fight starts when you get in, except for the first one keep it with the 2-minute cd so the player can buff or w/e. Like it's not going to extend these fight too long 50% are going to die in the first 30 seconds if not more. The others are going to progress or beat the duel. Then if you lock them out after they beat it once it will keep the flow going. I would much rather have to wait for another random CE and let everyone get a chance then to keep going with this current system. It doesn't even make sense, do you accept the duel, yes. Oh, you weren't chosen. Another player dies, oh well I guess we will let him escape cause he didn't choose to fight me.

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