Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Dueling is a matter of satisfying honour. It should not be an optional item, it should be mandatory.

I know... everyone thinks I'm crazy but there's an option to block incoming duel requests. I'm not asking that that functionality be removed. I'm just asking that, for people who allow duels, to make it a mandatory action.

As part of the change, it'd be easy enough to set everyone to automatically block duel's, allowing those interested in the concept to turn it back on.

This would make it easier for people to find high-sec, consensual PvP in a situation where it's unlikely (other than gankers) that they're going to get blobbed. As long as you ensure logic dictates that you can only allow one duel at a time.

It also makes dueling more interesting for the parties that wish to take part. You could extend it further by including stats (Duels Won vs Duels Lost).

If this is too much of an advantage to the challenger, there are ways to even the playing field:

1) Allow a 10-second timer (Anyone remember Mortal Kombat's 3..2..1.. Fight) that keeps the action from being instantaneous.
2) Allow the challenged party to "invite a second". If the challenged individual fleets another pilot, they are brought into the fight. At which time the challenger is also given the option to bring a second pilot into the fight.

This allows two things:

1) People that want to fight via Duels can go out and easily find fights without waiting for dozens of people to reject their duel.
2) It makes the Dueling concept (which is interesting) viable as a means of generating new content.

On nights when the game is slow, a capsuleer could announce (via reddit, forums, or in game channels) that they'll be in system ZYX with duels enabled for the next couple of hours. This provides people with a number of things they can do:

1) Go and engage said capsuleer (perhaps with a friend, in case they bring in a second).
2) Go and provide unsolicited logi support (going suspect and waiting for someone to engage you).
3) Popping the Neutral RR pilots that go suspect

Again, there's no risk (as long as this is implemented with the default "block duels" for all pilots) and only plenty of gain.

Sure people would be able to opt out...

As for the goal, it makes things more interesting and people are bound to forget to disable it from time to time :)

I've also already pointed out where it can help create content... and in the end it adds no risk. Simply block duels if you don't want to fight... but I think a lot of people would go out and fly around with dueling enabled, just to see what happened. I know I would.

The simple fact is that the ability to reject a duel doesn't make sense. You should be in one of two states:

1) Blocking Duels
2) Open to Duels

If you're open to a Duel, you shouldn't have the option to pick and choose based on circumstances... you should be tossed into it.

I spend most of my time in low-sec... the issue is that it's nothing but small gangs or blobs... It's impossible to get a solo fight unless you want to sit in FW novice plexes all day.

Sadly most of low-sec is dead... the only place to get a fight is FW low-sec and you get the militia (or sometimes both militias) teaming up to come after your ship.

In the end this is about creating more solo content, something severely lacking right now.

I did look at your board after posting above and was surprised. What is wrong with faction warfare regions? I have nothing BUT solo kills so this is not problematic, at least in frigates and dessies.

And you have a superfluous apostrophe in your title.

Apostrophe removed.

As far as FW... your forum posts on the subject point out exactly what I said... the only solo fighting there is in novice plexes. Not a whole heck of a lot of fun. If you engage a BC with a frigate in FW space, he's just going to yell for friends to come save him... in high-sec where the logi will go suspect and combat pilots will be concorded... that's much less likely to happen.

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Let's take tonight as an example... I was bored... most of my alliance mates had logged off and I was playing with a new incursus fit.

I sat on a gate in high-sec in my t1 frigate. I challenged: Incursus, Punisher, Harbinger, Myrmidon, Hurricane, Catalyst, Algos... not one of those ships accepted. Yet, they all declined... If they didn't want to duel, they should have had the functionality disabled.

I've done this 3 times now, once I had a Myrmidon accept when I was in a rifter... he made it back to the gate with 5% structure, it was a lot of fun and we chatted for quite a while afterward.

I HAVE to try this if my sec status ever gets back up to a respectable level!

Edit: heh, who am I kidding? I'll do it with an alt!

I stopped reading after this.

You sir, are an idiot.

I sense am imminent glove slap!

There is people with no honor

A better solution would be to remove the duel mechanic completely.