The LAST TIME you've seen a satisfying 1v1 PvP Match?

Probably? I'm guessing most of you HAVEN'T.

For yours truly? It was probably 2010 or 2011. <FoE> hosted a 100mil-credit fight between a former-guildie and another player, in SWG. Bounty-Hunter vs. Jedi, for anyone who didn't play SWG/hasn't tried SWG:Legends, in present-time.

Probably the most-satisfying PvP match yours truly EVER saw, in any game. Do you guys/gals think we'll get to see anything - en masse - in AoC, to compare?

Am really hoping Arena matches will be public-purvue, in our game. I mean, I doubt it.... But it's possible, if enough of us want it....

What do most of you think, for the ability to watch OTHER PEOPLES' PvP matches?

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George_Black

I dont believe that people care to be spectators as a camera p.o.v.
It's best done in small arenas near towns (4 fences in a no flagging zone), in which people walk in freely watch the fights of the players that gathered.

Over time respect and reprecautions (getting your ass pked for being annoying) allpw for uninterrupted 1v1 in said arenas.

Ludullu

L2's olympiad (1v1 arena) vids were great back in the day

patrick68794

depends on the kind of game. I've had plenty of satisfying 1v1 encounters in Halo over the years. The most satisfying though was one of my friends who was in his late 20s getting trash talked in Black Ops 2 by a 12 or 13 year old who then proceeded to absolutely destroy my friend when they played 1v1 lol

also pretty much every 1v1 match in the Chivalry 2 arena is pretty satisfying

WHIT3ROS3

Depends on the game type. I have multiple, super satisying 1v1 PvP matches in Age Of Empires II DE on an almost daily basis. That's a RTS game though. For sandbox MMORPG-Character based PvP? I have loads in Albion Online in Corrupted Dungeons, Open World Dungeons, Duels and in Faction Warfare (The general open world is more rare for straight up 1v1 though) If you aren't having or watching satisfying PvP encounters then you aren't playing the right games.

Dezemi

I have seen some insane 1v1s in Battlerite and V Rising - but that is hardly applicable here since first one was an arena moba game and second one was their attempt on small scale sandbox survival.

Extremely good games, both. Their publisher/developer .... Not so much.

TheHiddenDaggerInn

Warhammer Online and DAoC

Xeeg

I thought you meant Protoss vs Protoss.

Enigmatic Sage

Xeeg wrote: »

I thought you meant Protoss vs Protoss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Ox2t5c4As

Sholer

Yesterday in a pserver (turtle wow) a rogue vs a druid, while I was lvling up in southshore.

nanfoodle

SWG was the last time I also cared about a 1v1 fight. My heart is in large scale PvP. DAoC is still the most fun PvPing that often had my Minstrel stelthed on a hill watching the war unfold before me.

Veeshan

Darkfall was the game game i had the most interesting 1v1's in personaly, Vrising had a few interesting ones though however the game had issues in regards to the pvp systems i think that didnt let the game thrive for to long.

Jazebel

The last time I saw and participated in 1v1 pvp was in Guild Wars 2. Trailing behind the blobs and picking off the ones that couldn't keep up, or fighting the ones that were hunting the ones trailing the blobs. Had some amazing wins and losses. And alot of fun doing so. Really hope AoC can capture that feeling again.

Jhoren

I don't think I've ever had a 1v1 that was satisfying, win or lose. Some group encounters that were good, but no 1v1. Maybe I just need someone to share the win or loss with.

oOKingOo

Age of Wushu had some insanely satisfying 1v1 duels back in the day because it was really all about skill and reading your opponent to counter them at the correct time, etc. It felt basically like a real-life sparring session, just without getting hit, obviously. Apart from that, ESO occasionally has some really fun 1v1 battles, but it also has this problem where if two good players meet, you can just fight for a year and nobody will ever die until you both decide it's getting boring and you go separate ways. Also i feel like 1vX or 2vX are just way more fun in ESO then 1v1.

I really hope that martial nodes will have the option to build an arena that starts as basically a square/circle on the ground where 2 players can duel without death penalties. If the node lvls up this building should be able to be upgraded as well eventually turning into a Colosseum on the highest node lvl. The higher the building lvl the more different game modes so to speak should be available. Like 2v2, 5v5, 10v10, Player vs Monster coin player etc. on Colosseum lvl it could even be cool to have a game mode where the Colosseum gets flooded, and you can do small scale naval duels.
You should be able to go into this arena and watch the pvp battles from your characters perspective not from some spectator cam in my opinion. I have the Oblivion Arena in mind here.
I personally think it would be super cool if you could bet on these fights as well I am just not sure how to make it, so it can't be abused. Maybe all the bets get put into a pot and the pot of the looser gets then equally distributed among the winners as well as the winners getting the amount they betted back ofc. I think this way it couldn't rly be abused, and you would get more money if was the only one that betted on the underdog while many betted on the favorite whereas if everybody bets on the favorite, and he wins everybody just gets his betting money back but no extra cash, so it can't be abused for some infinite money glitch by loosing or winning on purpose.

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Yenn0war

Seen it today. Most 1v1 For Honor matches are fun if the both players are good.

Aszkalon

Tyranthraxus wrote: »

Probably? I'm guessing most of you HAVEN'T.

... ... ... ... fxxx.

You're right. Unironically, the last satisfying One-v-One Matches i have seen, were around WOW VANILLA when either my Brother - or i - had Duels before Ironforge or Stormwind City with the Paladin we played.

And then People whined and bitched all the time when Diem could "reflect" Fire and Ice-Shots due to being an Engineer - or asked permanently to "delete our Worldbuffs" our Character could pick up here and there. x'D

Or when Diem won with like Three from Four Hits being critical Hits in an INSTANT - due to having Skilled a Talent, which would be called "Reckoning(?)/Payback(?)Deduction(?) or so - allowing a Paladin to stack Counter-Attacks up to four times when just being hit often enough 😉 . 😁

Jepp.

Okay i admit, we lost our Desire for Duels a loooonnnng time ago, so this is on ourselves that we haven't watched or experienced satisfying One-v-One's in a long time,

but i doubt it would be possible again so easily - > with for Example in World of WoW-Token-Craft Players are running around with +3 to +4 Addons SOLELY to make their Character faster in PvP, hit every single Trinkets or Potions Effects out instantly,

plus every Class being able to do almost anything, including Self-Heal, Stun, back away, etc. - i doubt One-v-One Matches would feel satisfying anymore in WoW.

Or maybe i am just to negative towards that particular Game. I am a full solid 100% confident though, i would need to watch someone on YouTube or elsewhere, who specialises in One-v-One Matches, to see cool Duels or Open-World or Battle Ground Matches in which he amazingly fights worthy Opponents.

Sathrago

Many of the arena matches in Blade and soul. Their combat was fast, intuitive and they had this perfect overview camera that followed the fights that was perfect for watching as a 3rd party. And make no mistake, this game basically played like wow with tab targetting projectiles and skill shots but a ton more counter tech and stunlock combos you had to contend with. it is not a side scrolling fighter game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcmKVoYMQWw&ab_channel=Blade%26Soul
this is an example of the combat, and ill also post a video of the player perspective for the game in general.

https://youtu.be/uOPpueR1xG0

But yeah, I would love for this sort of feature to watch peoples matches built into the game. or at the very least be able to sit in the stands at matches I want to watch.

Vaknar

Tyranthraxus wrote: »

Probably? I'm guessing most of you HAVEN'T.

For yours truly? It was probably 2010 or 2011. <FoE> hosted a 100mil-credit fight between a former-guildie and another player, in SWG. Bounty-Hunter vs. Jedi, for anyone who didn't play SWG/hasn't tried SWG:Legends, in present-time.

Probably the most-satisfying PvP match yours truly EVER saw, in any game. Do you guys/gals think we'll get to see anything - en masse - in AoC, to compare?

Am really hoping Arena matches will be public-purvue, in our game. I mean, I doubt it.... But it's possible, if enough of us want it....

What do most of you think, for the ability to watch OTHER PEOPLES' PvP matches?

What made it so satisfying??? I must know! Share more! Haha

Pyrolol

Reckful had the best 1v1s

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