Guild Wars 2

Hi ArenaNet, I was just wondering if a casual dualing-pvp arena would ever be added to the game world. Right now it is really hard to dual with a friend anywhere inside the game world. So could you possibly add a casual arena somewhere in the game so that people with friends can just 1v1 eachother just for fun without being rewarded anything. Just to test eachothers professions and builds against eachother.

You can build an arena in a Guild Hall and set yourself to team colour/free-for-all. Takes a lot of resources to get there, but it’s worth it.

You can also go to sPvP private arenas where someone might have an arena set up for 1v1s.

That cost resources, as you say. I am asking for something that does not require such hassle, wasting gold and other currencies just to fight each other casually 1v1? Noone of my friends like that, and neither do I.

Also with guild hall arenas, you cannot use builds…. Or as I’ve heard.

Anet probably gated duel arenas behind grind for the reason of player retention. Nevertheless, if what you want comes to fruition, we would all benefit.

With guild hall arenas, you use PvE gear/builds + food, exactly as in WvW. You can just ask around for a guild that will have the arena for use, that don’t require repping. In the meantime, resources and gold you collect can go toward building your own guild hall.

WvW won’t be an option as I assume you and your friends would play on the same server.

The only other option is to find dueling servers in sPvP. Some don’t have passwords, and some guilds host these while happily providing the password to its members. The difference in sPvP is that you use standardized gear, but things should work largely the same.

Just use up a slot in 1 of your 5 guild choices.

Ok, thanks for the answer, I will try that. But I still don’t see why anyone should waste gold for 1v1 (the guild hall arena) when 5v5 and other setups for PvP are free and give rewards. Not that I am asking for any rewards.

The community has been asking for this for a long time. Players have quit the game because they were tired of waiting for 1 vs 1 balance and recognition. I still hold by 1 vs 1 and 5 vs 5 balance together to complete the game along with the constant addition of game modes to attract a larger community. If a dueling version of ranked attracts 1000 players it is highly likely that they will participate in other game modes when a bit bored of 1 vs 1 just as the 5 vs 5 players wont log after board of 5 vs 5 because 1 vs 1 is available. This argument extends for adding 2 vs 2 3 vs 3 4 vs 4 death matches/3 round matches/capture the flag. The more playable options the more players.

I believe three major things drive pvp games.

1 Frequent class balance from 1 vs 1 to 8 vs 8
2 Frequent content updates (new skills new classes new weapons new sigils etc)
3 A large variety of ways to play the game.

(Note: Frequency is no longer than 4 months)

Games that achieve just two of these three are successful. The most successful esports use these three things.