Player Features and Ideas Discussion

OK, just a ideal. I know we can openly duel in EVE under certain circumstances. For instance, two players can drop containers and they loot each others - or you can be in the same corp and duel without interference from Concorde. Dropping containers is so passe and to me an unnecessary prerequisite and joining a corp just to duel is not a very good option either.

I would like a simpler way of going about dueling.

So would anyone be open to the ideal of a "Dueling Button" ? All it would do is flag each participant is an temporary enemy and allow for the players to shoot it out - but only to the point of almost destruction. You can't pod your opponent. Before you can destroy their ship both parties weapons are made inoperable and a winner is declared.

Is this a bad ideal or is it something others would like to see added to the game as a way to practice PvP - without going full on PvP and without all the BS of dropping containers or joining a corp?

If you hate the ideal - tell me to go biomass.
If you like the ideal - tell me you'd love me long time.

Oh and if this has been brought up in the past, forgive me, I must have missed it.

EDIT: If you do think it is a bad ideal - please explain why - with a good argument and not just - well, it is bad because...give a legit reason as to why it is bad please.

Your idea is not going to be received well. It has been suggested before and shot down before. Arena combat has little place in EVE is the general consensus.

That about sums it up. There already is one, it's called Undock.

I think in a pvp oriented sandbox game it's sinful to not have a mechanic to orchestrate these (and other match type) scenarios at will. All current mechanics that could be attributed to this are flawed as it relies on the integrity of the people involved.

No true testing can occur outside of groups that have earned high levels of trust with each other.

I don't think a "hey Concord, it's okay if that guy shoots at me for this duel"-button would be a bad thing.
I don't think it should automatically prevent ship destruction, though.

Drop a can.

Really....really...

Exaclty...nothing special...just mutual aggression - no special room or arena...just start shooting.

If all you want is to be able to pewpew without having to deal with ******** game mechanics, you do that by leaving highsec / lowsec, not by introducing more ******** game mechanics.

I spar pretty much every time I log in. Nullsec is nice, no stupidity to stand between you and your fun.

Why fix what isn't broke. The can's have worked just as well as your little button for the past decade without the worry of seeing 20 pop ups from the spazmatic wonder over yonder.