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k cool, plz fix pos, kthx

Already have them, try running Incursions.

Maybe I can answer that.
1) The old can flipping mechanic was added to allow pilots to shoot thieves. We figured out that it could also be used for duels. But it was not added to the game to permit duels. Now CCP spent Dev time and effort to add duels to the game. If they are willing to do that what else are they willing to add in the way of staged PvP?
2) Also my guess is many were glad to see can dueling go, as it removed staged PvP. They think it was a move in the right direction. By bringing it back, CCP has reversed course, and headed back to a bad area.
3) A low sec dweller with a -10 standing cannot go into high sec and do duels. To get PvP they got to wait for high sec dwellers looking for PvP to enter low sec. Now fewer of them will do so.

I personally think that if the Devs removed content we players enjoyed, then they have a responsibility to return it in some form.

This *should* have dropped with the initial Retribution launch.

That said, better late than never.

On a sub-features track, would it be possible to set a flag to ignore/block all duel requests, *without* also ignoring/blocking all conversation invites?

Nice.

Also add this functionality for fleets, please (fleet vs fleet).

Bleh, this topic sure has some Chicken Little crap in it. The update will legitimize an activity that has been done for years that could have been considered mechanics abuse. Furthermore it allows for sustaining some current subcultures in EVE and possibly even growing more. On top of that it provides a "safe(r)" method of letting some otherwise PvE-only types to engage in PvP than the old jet can duels.

Frankly, while this sort of thing isn't a high priority issue that could have waited until after other things were handled it's not an inherently bad design change. If anything it just adds more realism to the game which sorely needs it after enough years playing it. You can only watch your ship turn around in space like an epileptic fat chick in a greased up bath tub at a rave so many times before all the little "If EVE were real I'd be able to do this" things gang up on you.

As for generic ideas:
Auto-decline options: Seconded. Auto-decline options make Jesus weep tears of joy.
Betting options: Seconded as well. If you tax it it can also help take some of the isk out of the economy to help reduce the rate of inflation.
Duel tagging in KMs: Seconded again. Dueling is different enough from "real" PvP to warrant this.




That's not all you prefer... http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff8/Marikhen/ChribbasBalls.jpg



Don't we already have them? L4 missions, 10/10 complexes, Incursions, and all that sort of thing?



Low-sec low-level complexes have, apparently, already created an arena-like atmosphere. This just legitimizes limited forms of it in high-sec while removing the need for players to go through a (relatively) convoluted process to do something that should be more than possible were EVE "real."



High-sec is there to provide consequences for "unwarranted" PvP, not to protect people. The simple fact that you can prosecute kill rights in high-sec should prove that much. All this does is eliminate the stupidity of having to use secondary criminal mechanics in order to initiate "legitimate" "limited PvP."



Dueling is the act of two or more individuals engaging in formalized combat, and it has never been and never will be free of the possibility of outside interference. There should be as little in "EVE life" stopping someone in a naga at 225km from dropping several rounds of Spike into one of the participants as there is in "real life" stopping someone from putting a .50 caliber round through someone's shoulders with a Barrett rifle. That's to say nothing at all except the "honor" of the individuals in the duel.

Oh I see, going into the evil lowsec for pvp is inconvenient.

This so very much. I really don't need those WoW times back, when you had this popping up nonstop every time you had to pass by one of those special places .

April 1st is still 3 'n a bit months away CCP -.-

I bet that duel mode will boost lowsec pvp to a new level.