1v1 - without heroes

It seems strange to me that there are no true 1v1 PvP options outside of scrimmage. I'm thinking along the lines of the Bison Cup "Round One: Fight" challenge, except with players. The opponents would be completely random. The doors open and you keep fighting until one is dead. Move onto the next round. It would be a new title track. Or, after 10 wins, you receive a reward (Like the Bison Cup). Would anyone want to enter this type of arena?

For variety 3 or 4 players could enter. They would each be trying to outlive all the others. Only one can win and move to the next round. It would be a whole new ball game.

If only we could bet on the outcome. You could bet 100 gold on an entrant. For every round they win you get 20 or 50 gold back. If they win all 10 you get 2-5K gold (fairly unlikely). You'd more than likely lose your 100.

I wonder what profession would come out on top?

Very similar have been in discussion before.. /notsigned for me

perma sf sins after 3 hours of griefing until everyone else left

Yeah this comes up everynow and then.

/notsigned

Game just isnt balanced for it. Plus there are all sorts of builds out there like SF, runners and whatnot, its just not something that would work well.

If you really want to do it you can just scrimmage.

Perma SF still works.

They would promptly be beaten by people carrying Signet of Disenchantment and a weapon swap.

More 1v1 idiocy would ensue.

/not RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing signed

too many griefers would plague this arena

/notsigned

personally i think this is a good idea, its quite poor that GW has no real PvP in its true meaning, "person vs person".

yea there would be issues to begin with, but anet nerf skills based on gvg's/ha/hoh etc, they could add 1vs1 to thoughts for nerf.

Game is old now, needs a new element to it

Kenny

Player versus Player, actually.

And 1v1 could be added to the game only as long as...
- it gives no Balth Faction. At all. No Z-Keys for you, scrubcake
- there is no title for this arena. Ever. Ever.
- it gives no actual reward.
- no skill balances are ever done around this.
- it's not added to the game untill every other thing that could ever be possibly be more worthwhile is done first.

... 'kay?

Or they could just add a paper/rock/scissors arena... that's pretty much the same thing =]

1v1 was in the game ages ago. Doesn't take alot of sense to realise why Anet took it out.

/notsigned

You can never beat me at that. Never.

Balance in GW is achieved by making every wingle buil be easily beaten by others.

That would turn simple 1vs1 like in scrimmages into a simply 'luck with builds' fight.

Without a system removing such extreme luck factor deciding most of the result of the fight, 1vs1 is not possible.

Possible ways to fi that could be 'tag matches', where each fight is 1vs1, but victory is not decied in a single fight, but by 3 characters or players tagging along.

i know pvp is extremely unbalanced but it would still be fun to at least have the dueling options of WoW were u right click somebody and challenge them to a duel

Shadow Prison gogo?

Rofl.
/Closethread
If there was an intended 1v1 arena (AKA: Gladiator's Arena), that was released properly, it would of stayed.

If you REALLY want to 1v1, 1. Guild Hall, 2. Enter Battle, 3. Start Scrimmage.

/signed..

but this would require first anet to implement new skills for this PvP-Mode for all professions, so that all professions will be balanced for a real 1vs.1

We will see this not anymore for GW1 .. but hopefully for GW2 ...

That would completely be against GW PvP philosophy. No class can stand for its own. All of them need others.

/not signed

Its basically build poker an all purpose build would be completely useless, you'd need a build thats only good at killing at type of character(which would take the whole bar) and you'd have to hope you don't face anyone who counters your build.

notsigned

1v1....why you want that? griefing builds that are imposible to kill are fun?

QFT

Mending Glads Def, Riposte duels FTL

Only good that would come out of it, is it could reduce the griefers out of some areas, and all the "hey 1v1 me n00b" people in AB (not that it matters much its just annoying) would go there to show there awesome 1v1 builds off >.>

Maybe we could get all those retards in one area then nuke the damn place.

That should be a bannable offense, the whole "1v1 me!!!" I just think to myself "OK, seriously, I'm an E-surge Mesmer, you're a sin... sounds fair"

On Topic: I can see it now *55 Monk vs. 55 Monk Arena* -Just run around until you get the other guy to resign! Free glad points!

/notsigned

its more like farming then fighting