Guild Wars 2

not sure where to put this, but i think the spvp section would be best. i think that anet needs to bring in a “duel” option. where two people can request / accept / deny a 1v1 duel with a fellow player. this would be awesome. or maybe incorporate an area where this is possible if you don’t want everyone running around fighting. something like a “duel zone” perhaps.

It will be possible if you want to pay money for a private server.. lol

Last I heard they were “working on it” low priority. What that means? Nobody knows… might have to wait til expansion time.

I’m wary of the implementation of duels to be honest. You think the imba cries are bad now? Just wait until the dueling system comes.

Eh, its all to be taken with a grain of salt. Anyone who is half intelligent will realize the game isn’t balanced around 1v1. It would just be a fun thing to do and a great way to easily test out builds.

It would be great and generate better feedback for 1v1 balance.

shaolin.9716:

It would be great and generate better feedback for 1v1 balance.

Heh.. 1v1 balance. Seems like bad game design if the balance you want is 1v1. But, capture points means you either balance 1v1 or don’t balance at all. Odd thing it is.

Unfortunately, MMO game designers seem too focused on the “it’s an MMO so it must be balanced on groups” mentality. I’m sure a game with an amazing combat system like GW2 targeting players who like to play solo competitively would have tremendous success. Although the game is “rock, paper, scissor” with 1v1 balancing work you can grind your rock, fold your paper, and unsharpen your scissors up to a point where skill becomes more important than the minimized imbalances.

Diage.6451:

It will be possible if you want to pay money for a private server.. lol

Gems, which is the likely currency to be used, doesn’t necessarily cost money.

But it will force all the PvPers to PvE in order to get gold to buy gems. I don’t want to PvE. I want to PvP.

Paid Tournaments will offer gems to the victors.

a dueling system requiring money or farming

ESPORTS

Actually MMO designers make the mistake of busting there kitten to make it balanced around 1v1, which is what ruins them. Pve is no fun if the classes are balanced around 1v1. Besides, if they do introduce 1v1 dueling, there will be tons of screaming babies on the forums crying nerf

Also do keep in mind, that this is only a temporary solution. They have said they will implement dueling, they just have priorities ahead of that.