Guild Wars 2

arenanet could you just enable duels? 1v1 you know that kind of thing that many people like? this would help a lot in increasing the player skills in fights …i don’t think to be the only one that finds that thing missing…everyone loves duels (exept from the jump-guys they only like jumping puzzles)

Its best to hold of on new threads with like suggestions until tomorrow. Tomorrow we’ll have a big blog telling us what to expect soon, so after that we can ask anything not explained for the future.

oh i didn’t knew that , thx

Syrul.4352:

arenanet could you just enable duels? 1v1 you know that kind of thing that many people like? this would help a lot in increasing the player skills in fights …i don’t think to be the only one that finds that thing missing…everyone loves duels (exept from the jump-guys they only like jumping puzzles)

Actually, there are some unbalanced things about duels, so it might get a little frustrating.

2v2 is much more balanced than 1v1(and even conquest) even with the imbalances it does have. Warrior Hambow obviously has its upperhand in 2v2, but overall its pretty fun and has a lot of different viable comps. (Spirit rangers are also very popular in 2v2)

redslion.9675:

Actually, there are some unbalanced things about duels, so it might get a little frustrating.

????
This is an MMO.
MMOs don’t care about anything short of constant extreme imbalances (4v5s, cheese-CC/condi spams, excx)
If you build a spec to duel in this game, it will be generally playable against other duel specs.

garethh.3518:

redslion.9675:

Actually, there are some unbalanced things about duels, so it might get a little frustrating.

????
This is an MMO.
MMOs don’t care about anything short of constant extreme imbalances (4v5s, cheese-CC/condi spams, excx)
If you build a spec to duel in this game, it will be generally playable against other duel specs.

This is the overall truth. You have to build for what you want to do. You can’t throw your 70 points wherever you like and grab a few utilities and expect to win. You can’t do that in tpvp neither. You have to know what you’re building for, and every class can 1v1 just fine:

Mesmers: Phants / PU / Shatter(shatter less than the others)
Necromancer: Condies / MM
Elementalist: Arcane Burst / Somewhat still effective is D/D 30w/30a
Warrior :
Guardian: Meditation DPS
Ranger: Spirits / BM
Engineer: Turrets / Hgh / Powerburst
Thief: Perma stealth / Sword+Dagger evade / Others

Just have to build for it.

ronpierce.2760:

garethh.3518:

redslion.9675:

Actually, there are some unbalanced things about duels, so it might get a little frustrating.

????
This is an MMO.
MMOs don’t care about anything short of constant extreme imbalances (4v5s, cheese-CC/condi spams, excx)
If you build a spec to duel in this game, it will be generally playable against other duel specs.

This is the overall truth. You have to build for what you want to do. You can’t throw your 70 points wherever you like and grab a few utilities and expect to win. You can’t do that in tpvp neither. You have to know what you’re building for, and every class can 1v1 just fine:

Mesmers: Phants / PU / Shatter(shatter less than the others)
Necromancer: Condies / MM
Elementalist: Arcane Burst / Somewhat still effective is D/D 30w/30a
Warrior :
Guardian: Meditation DPS
Ranger: Spirits / BM
Engineer: Turrets / Hgh / Powerburst
Thief: Perma stealth / Sword+Dagger evade / Others

Just have to build for it.

You didn’t fill warrior, though. I’d probably bet on condi bunker or hammer tank for these.

Problem is that some things would be unfun in 1v1. Like stealth spamming, cc spamming, AI spam. Just like… take all the things people have complained about and make them mandatory.