An optional agent to handle private duels could be interesting.

Needs a payment or % to go to concord for the usual "turn a blind eye" process as war decs.

Don't agree with altering the mechanics of the game unrealistically just for the purposes of an arena process in normal conventional space. It really needs specific dead space zones with towers applying relevant effects. Suppose you can justify shutting down some players systems in the area if spectating. And you can't just make the "gladiators" temporarily immune as it could be abused for other purposes as similary have to be careful about pop-corn munchers safety? Might be a lot of extra logic specifically for these areas just to get working, but plausable I guess.

It would give those wanting to duel something better to do than just can baiting err ... I mean .... tossing at recgonised empire high sec hypermarkets or training centres.

I think the problem is finding a solution to having mechanics restricted to influence just the conflict between two individuals. As without something like the suggested arena mechanic, one of the competitors or people external to the duel could potentially abuse the mechanic of interpersonal war decs.

However, the lore reasoning does hold water, so do you restrict this to null sec? Kind of defeats the purposes the OP intended it for, but might give some more Kudos to SoV space. Question then I suppose is where and how many?

Anyhow, just to re-iterate there could be problems with allowing these duels to occur in regular space seems to be the obvious objection.

but dont forget war decs have nothing to do with this

helo


Short story and truth !

Ask urself how long do u play eve and what do u learn still?
well i am playing this game for a long time now and i still learn new things each day...

so this is my idea ...

how many times u been scamed ,lured and kiled on the end.... (part of game)

end a lot of scams?? Scams are part of eve and intentional, didnt read further...

No arena is too far fetched and unrealistic, except in space where pirates hold sovereignty.

There are piracy because space is vast and Empires have no resources to police it (very plausible). That's why corporations are given sovereignty and capability to have their own "security" forces, but of course, only until Empires allow it. That was historically the case with East India Company and similar organizations.

But why would they allow gladiatorial combat? There is nothing in the lore that suggests gladiatorial combat was a tradition, even for Amarr. Public arena is Gallente space would be like pubic gladiatorial arena in the middle of U.S.

It would be Conan the Barbarian meets internet spaceships. Silly and implausible.

No arena is too far fetched and unrealistic, except in space where pirates hold sovereignty.

There are piracy because space is vast and Empires have no resources to police it (very plausible). That's why corporations are given sovereignty and capability to have their own "security" forces, but of course, only until Empires allow it. That was historically the case with East India Company and similar organizations.

But why would they allow gladiatorial combat? There is nothing in the lore that suggests gladiatorial combat was a tradition, even for Amarr. Public arena is Gallente space would be like pubic gladiatorial arena in the middle of U.S.

It would be Conan the Barbarian meets internet spaceships. Silly and implausible.

Fine, you two don't care about the lore and whether the fiction is believable or not.

How about shark shaped spaceaships with that famous WWII nose art or them?

What you propose would ruin the game for someone else, who can't find a serious sci-fi or fantasy MMO in the ocean of WoW copies. If you wan't your MMO silly and unrealistic and not immersive, WoW and now SW:TOR have everything you desire.

this is just for honor and fair fights....

Fine, you two don't care about the lore and whether the fiction is believable or not.

How about shark shaped spaceaships with that famous WWII nose art or them?

What you propose would ruin the game for someone else, who can't find a serious sci-fi or fantasy MMO in the ocean of WoW copies. If you wan't your MMO silly and unrealistic and not immersive, WoW and now SW:TOR have everything you desire.

One part of your proposition, that duels in highsec can be arranged by bribing Concord, I have nothing against. And about honor, corps have their rules which are enforced. I really don't believe you had in mind pvp currency like in WoW, that's obviously artificial mechanics forced on players to make them grind more, separately for pvp and separately for pve gear.