Dueling (and beyond)

Cypher

We know there will be 1v1 dueling that two players can consent to and neither will have any penalties. This is a good thing. However, I’d say it’s absolutely required that it be expanded to a full party vs a full party able to consent. Let me tell you why.

A couple years ago when Black Desert first launched and everyone thought it was a good game (haha it wasn’t, just a shallow game but with good combat) my guild would gather every single week in one of the various arenas in the open world. These were not instanced arenas, they were just part of the world and each city had one.

So anyway, we’d have our Friday Night Arena and we’d have a huge turnout every time and everyone would watch from the benches as all sorts of bouts took place. We had 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 3v1 (you could remove gear to be weaker to balance a 3v1 fight, don’t worry about it), 5v5, etc.

I already know there will be instanced PvP arenas in the game. That’s not the same. I want the 1v1 duel feature expanded to allow several consenting players to all participate in a duel at once, anywhere they want. Not in a public instanced arena with matchmaking. On our terms.

TLDR: expand the 1v1 duel system (click on player, invite to duel) to allow parties to duel each other or even have a large free-for-all. Don’t suggest guild vs guild or instanced arenas please. That’s not what I’m talking about, read the whole post to get it.

Maezriel

I mean, Corruption isn't going to be such a huge thing that you couldn't just walk out to the middle of no-where and fight it out anyways.