Dueling is a staple feature of any AAA MMO. It is a must have for this game.

Why

--Dueling allows players to experiment and learn to fight in a lower stress environment. Many players new to PvP may be intimidated by jumping right into Cyrodiil. Dueling serves as a form of "training."

--Dueling enables additional community events like tournaments between or within guilds. This sort of community driven gameplay is the life's blood of an MMO because, unlike developer created content (quests and dungeons) it doesn't run out.

--Dueling promotes additional roleplaying opportunities. Without a system to fight friendly players, how are role players supposed to act out their rivalries? Chat-box fighting simply doesn't cut it. And there's nothing like fighting your rival at the top of a fiery volcano or in the pits of a Black Marsh swamp.

--Dueling enables build testing and better theory crafting. While not all builds are going to be built for a 1 on 1 fight, at minimum duels enable you to test out numbers in controlled environment.

--Dueling can be a ton of fun. 1v1 fights really highlight the combat of this game well. Unfortunately, 1 on 1 fights, especially the fair kind, are very rare. In Cyrodiil one person will almost always get the jump on the other.

--Because people expect it in a "good" MMO.

Caveats

There are essentially 3 arguments used against adding a dueling system, the first of which is the strongest (but also quite easily solved.)

People spam me with duel requests: The developers can include an auto-ignore duel requests toggle that makes this a non issue.

I find it distracting: While this argument seems odd (since there are literally thousands of distracting things that players will already do) it also easily solved. There's two ways. First, disable dueling in certain areas (such as in cities or at least inside buildings.) Second, add an option on the megaserver survey so that people who don't like dueling don't get placed in phases with people who do. You'll never even know its there.

People whine about class imbalances. People do this anyway. Again, this argument isn't very compelling. The complaints will come from dungeons, Cyrodiil PvP, questing, and everything else. ZOS has an experienced team of MMO developers who know how to ignore unjust calls for the nerf bat and understand that not all skills are built to be equally viable 1 on 1.

When

As soon as possible. It might be too late for launch, but this should be a top priority for the first update to the game after release.

What do you think?

I am not a fan of dueling. its never a real test of any build. because in PvP, its very rare to be attacking anyone on your own, your always in groups or the zerg and therefore never get a chance to show off you skills as a solo PvPer.

You might be surprised. Either way, it's something that doesn't hurt and it's easy to implement. It's also fun to see how your skill and builds compare to others.

And Nord, haven't you had like 10 billion or so threads on this already?!

Yes, I support dueling, but if it's not included, it won't really subtract much from my gameplay experience. It would still be awesome if they did include it though.

All of these things can already be done in Cyrodiil, there is no need for a dueling feature.

Lets have some fun with metaphors: You go out to an all you can eat buffet and see this really nice salad bar, its got everything from romaine, to iceberg, to spinach and like 40 different toppings and dressings. It looks absolutely delicious, and you really want a salad. Now for reasons I just cant understand you decide to start complaining to the owner that you just want to order a side salad, then expecting them to add it to the menu and print a new menu out for you on the spot. And every AAA restaurant has side salads, they are must haves.

You already got a full blown salad bar with awesome variety and great toppings, why are you crying for a crappy little side salad?

I don't really care either way, but it does seem weird to me that ESO doesn't have dueling. Is it just not yet implemented, or is there some design reason for it's absence?

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You going to start one of these threads every few days?

Don't want it added to ESO. Ever.

This is my second thread on the topic. The last one was like 6 months ago.

Any since then haven't been mine.

No. Just no.

Why would someone not want to add an extra feature to the game? I mean, you can use it or not, It doesn't harm you at all if other people can duel.