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IMHO i think that duelling is not a good idea because there are many builds that you cant counter in 1v1
people will start kittenin about how unfair this is, to nerv this and that and of course to buff their own class so they will become invincible…
im sure that its allready to late for my 2 cents but just think about it!
So? They do this anyway. Dueling wouldn’t change that. IF anything, not having a spec for 1v1 and purposefully fighting 1v1 would do nothing but make you better at it. It’s still good practice.
Besides adding dueling to the game doesn’t force anybody to do it. As I said before, making a 3rd option to block the duel requests will cut down on somebody who is spamming. Or it could even be a UI toggle on/off.
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You can already duel go into the mists pic a empty room with a few of your friends and take turns dueling. Yes others may come in the room but you just have to tell them your dueling and most will join in. /map is seen by both teams for this reason im sure.
This isn’t dueling. And you can tell other players to back off all day long. They generally don’t listen. Believe me I’ve tried this. I don’t care for it.
For right now I just want a way to 1v1 w/a friend guildie. It’s good practice to spar. After all that’s what martial artists call it. Sparing.
Though it’d be really cool to see em go the extra mile and put a dueling area in each city with an arena that matches the art style and theme of that race/area. Possibly for flare change up the rules for each zone. Not having waypoints for these areas would add to the underground flavor.
Examples:
Lions Arch. A barge/boat hidden or openly in the bay. The ring/arena would be mostly flat and the mechanics of the duel would basically be till first one downed. Instead of finishing the guy like in pvp, you rez them from the downed state like normal. It would be pretty cool if the boat could be hidden in cove in the day time and actually be out in that massive bay at night. Could also have a section of the boat be underwater if people wanted to duel like that too.
Rata Sum: The Thundersphere. It would require a small bit of platforming to get to, and it would be high up in the air, the ring would have an electrical dome that would keep people from falling off. Except that, the dome will intermittently fail. So if you fall off you fall for good. You could even be knocked off by random gusts of wind and or player knock backs. Since it’s in city limits this wouldn’t damage your gear or cost money to way point. Or you could just spawn the player back at the start of the platforming. As for the duel it’s self, like above first player downed loses and no finisher, instead they turn green and can be rezzed, or even auto rezzed. (like the profession npc’s in the mist.)
Divinity’s Reach: It’s be in the basement of a pub called something like Louie’s Tavern, there would be an NPC named Brad Durden, Or Tyler PItt or some such, and he’d explain the rules, and that it’s a place or even, a club if you will, for fighting. Again, non-leathal dueling. Fist player downed lost the duel, and then can be rezzed from the downed state. I think for this one it’d actually add flavor to leave the lose in the downed state, so everybody else can scrape him off the floor. I’m pretty sure I saw movie like this… Could even have NPC spectators that rez downed players.
Hoelbrak: It could somehow feature the son’s of svanir. They could boo and jeer, throwing objects at you and such. Maybe even have thin ice patches that break and put you underwater? Or It could take place in a mead hall and have environmental weapons.
The Grove: Sylvari don’t mess around. They have dueling in their personal story, and it’s mentioned a few other times in their lore. They duel to the death. The ring would be simple and plain. No distractions no gimmicks. Just a 1v1 fight to the death downed state and finishers. The whole kit. The defeated player would simply be rallied right out side the duel rink with no penalty to his gear or his pocket book. Just the burning shame of defeat.
The Black Citadel: I’ve heard char talk about gladitor’s. I’ve Talked to Char gladiums, yet I’ve yet to see anything other than talk. “ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!?” I suggest an arena that is also a fight to the death, but here there are random factors. An ever changing battle ground that has flames burst from seemingly nowhere, tigers that jump out of pits, spike traps, and rowdy char spectators that boo/cheer. They could also throw flowers or food at you. It would be really funny to have a legionnaire npc that hosts the thing challenge somebody who wins a certain number of times in a row to a duel, and then bribes you to lose, or you always lose cause it’s rigged. Or even better you get stuck w/an environmental weapon called “dulled blade”
And finally,
The Mists: More than anyplace mentioned above the mists would benefit from a place to duel. It would be it’s own training area, and the it’d basically work the exact same way as when you fight one of those profession npc’s. Having an Olympic sized pool for dueling wouldn’t be a bad idea either.
Travis, it actually makes perfect sense. When you’re leveling and kill stuff 2+ levels than you, you do actually get better loot and xp. So yeah, why not let me give my self a handicap while I’m down leveled?
Down scaling is brilliant. If anything I currently feel too powerful in lowbie zones. I saw a post earlier that suggested being able to handicap you’re self even lower to get better magic find. I think that is a great idea, as it would make getting tiny scales fun again.
TL;DR: No. L2P
What you don’t think the tomes look cool? I think they’re pretty rad, and fit the style well. The abilities are just very underwhelming. So having said that, even if we had flaming wings I still wouldn’t use them.
Sold. Could always run around nekked though. It would be nice to downscale and get better matts from farming though lol. It would making getting tiny claws fun again.
I really don’t understand why it isn’t a feature. If some people don’t want it that’s fine. They don’t have to accept the duel.
If that really all that’s keep it from going in game, then just make the request to duel something like this:
So-an-so wants to duel you!
_accept! _decline. _block duel requests from So-an-so
Additionally they could make specific places where you can duel. So, if you don’t like dueling then well, don’t go there.
Like the post says. I want to duel. I don’t care where or how it’s implemented. Frankly I’m not clear on why it isn’t already in game. Spvp is great an all, but seriously. I want a way to 1v1. I’ve tried doing this in random pvp with friends only to have some jerk snipe a killing blow and then do a finisher.
At the very least, a section of the mists for dueling would be pretty cool since there is a very training friendly vibe going on there. A way to duel w/the pve version of my toon would be utterly amazing as well. Since you know, that’s who I WvWvW with.
TBQH; Any city worth it’s salt would have a fighting pit in it.
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