Guild Wars 2

Some friends want to play an mmo with me, I suggested GW2 because it is awesome, but they want to be able to duel in pve (like you can in WoW/Rift/etc).

When I last played GW2 there was no duelling in pve, just wondering if that function has been added yet?

Maybe, check one of the other threads on this topic.

There’s WvW. That’s….sort of…dueling in PvE?

Nope. The player base is somewhat divided whether it should be added or dueling parties should just go and do 1 on 1 PvP in the mists. At least there it would be a matter of skill and not equipment or level differences.

Behellagh.1468:

Nope. The player base is somewhat divided whether it should be added or dueling parties should just go and do 1 on 1 PvP in the mists. At least there it would be a matter of skill and not equipment or level differences.

Darn it, looks like they will make me play Rift then- personally I hate that tab-targeting kittene. I have been trying to convince them that you can just jump in a empty spvp server for duels, but they say its too much hassle when all they want is a bit of a diversion and fun.

DaShi.1368:

Maybe, check one of the other threads on this topic.

I searched for “dueling” in the gw2 forum search and came up with nothing relevant, which is why I am asking. But thanks for the great help.

Arikyali.5804:

There’s WvW. That’s….sort of…dueling in PvE?

Can you fight people on your own team in WvW?

Yasha.5963:

Arikyali.5804:

There’s WvW. That’s….sort of…dueling in PvE?

Can you fight people on your own team in WvW?

Nope, you can’t. But sPvP isn’t much of a hassle to move in and out of. You click one button, and you’re in the Mists (PvP area). Click another, you’re back out.

I think you can also set up your own, permanent, PvP arena, and just duel when you wish. I never actually set one up myself, but it should only take a few minutes. After it’s set up, just hop in there whenever you want.

Dueling in PvE….thats just a matter of time before a hack surfices where any player can get killed by another in PvE. A certain South Park episode comes to mind.
So nty, play WvW and PvP.

dagrdagaz.4913:

Dueling in PvE….thats just a matter of time before a hack surfices where any player can get killed by another in PvE. A certain South Park episode comes to mind.
So nty, play WvW and PvP.

That’s precisely the type of absurd answers you’re gonna get from the forum boyz here OP.
So you’re asking in the wrong place.
Anyway, about the duel question. NO, there isn’t. They have a custom arena feature available with gems which will become pointless if they implement dueling in open world.

Arikyali.5804:

Yasha.5963:

Arikyali.5804:

There’s WvW. That’s….sort of…dueling in PvE?

Can you fight people on your own team in WvW?

Nope, you can’t. But sPvP isn’t much of a hassle to move in and out of. You click one button, and you’re in the Mists (PvP area). Click another, you’re back out.

I think you can also set up your own, permanent, PvP arena, and just duel when you wish. I never actually set one up myself, but it should only take a few minutes. After it’s set up, just hop in there whenever you want.

Its actually quite a bit more complex than just pressing “duel”, but anyway-

Can you now set up your own permanent spvp servers? Last time I played you had to pay cash to nab a server and even so it was time limited, so you had to keep on paying to keep a server up. Has that changed?

Yasha.5963:

DaShi.1368:

Maybe, check one of the other threads on this topic.

I searched for “dueling” in the gw2 forum search and came up with nothing relevant, which is why I am asking. But thanks for the great help.

Forum search has been broken for an eternity. Use Google instead: ‘site:forum-en.guildwars2.com duels’

I guess I’ll first preface with, you’re welcome for the bump.

This is something I’ve never understood, why some folks want to duel. I can at least see why people like to PvP. But, I’m sure no one understands why I like some of the things I like, and am sad that they were either changed or taken away since release (and wish we had the development team/management back instead of the live team/management, but I digress), so I guess I’m indifferent and hope you get it?

notebene.3190:

I guess I’ll first preface with, you’re welcome for the bump.

This is something I’ve never understood, why some folks want to duel. I can at least see why people like to PvP. But, I’m sure no one understands why I like some of the things I like, and am sad that they were either changed or taken away since release (and wish we had the development team/management back instead of the live team/management, but I digress), so I guess I’m indifferent and hope you get it?

So why did you even bother to post? Your comment has nothing to do with my OP anyway- there is nothing to be indifferent or passionate about, I was just asking if duelling had been implemented in GW2 yet.

There was a recent long thread about dueling which you can read here OP – PvE dueling - to get a good idea of what people think about it, both pro and con.

Yasha.5963:

notebene.3190:

I guess I’ll first preface with, you’re welcome for the bump.

This is something I’ve never understood, why some folks want to duel. I can at least see why people like to PvP. But, I’m sure no one understands why I like some of the things I like, and am sad that they were either changed or taken away since release (and wish we had the development team/management back instead of the live team/management, but I digress), so I guess I’m indifferent and hope you get it?

So why did you even bother to post? Your comment has nothing to do with my OP anyway- there is nothing to be indifferent or passionate about, I was just asking if duelling had been implemented in GW2 yet.

I guess to offer support from someone who wasn’t directly interested in it, as I can’t see why it would hurt anything, and also be curious as to why some folks enjoy it?

Astral Projections.7320:

There was a recent long thread about dueling which you can read here OP – PvE dueling - to get a good idea of what people think about it, both pro and con.

Thank you.

notebene.3190:

Yasha.5963:

notebene.3190:

I guess I’ll first preface with, you’re welcome for the bump.

This is something I’ve never understood, why some folks want to duel. I can at least see why people like to PvP. But, I’m sure no one understands why I like some of the things I like, and am sad that they were either changed or taken away since release (and wish we had the development team/management back instead of the live team/management, but I digress), so I guess I’m indifferent and hope you get it?

So why did you even bother to post? Your comment has nothing to do with my OP anyway- there is nothing to be indifferent or passionate about, I was just asking if duelling had been implemented in GW2 yet.

I guess to offer support from someone who wasn’t directly interested in it, as I can’t see why it would hurt anything, and also be curious as to why some folks enjoy it?

Oh I see, I misinterpreted your post then. I thought you were telling me to basically get stuffed, lol. Re-reading your initial post after your second post I see what you are talking about. So… apologies!

Just to clarify what I’m on about- I want my friends to play GW2 and not another mmo (because I like GW2 best) but they like to duel with me for fun and as a diversion as we are questing around.

I might have to end up just buying it for them if I can’t convince them that the alternatives (spvp) in GW2 are easy enough to muck around in. To be honest it was a miracle that I got them to stop playing minecraft for a while….

Anyway sorry again I misread what you meant!

Astral Projections.7320:

There was a recent long thread about dueling which you can read here OP – PvE dueling - to get a good idea of what people think about it, both pro and con.

Thanks I’ll take a look.