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If you have to sit around all night (sometimes night after night) to wait for a single duel, like I often did when peer wins were a thing, it can become a situation of why bother, I can do something else besides be ignored . Could you elaborate on this (e.g. what rank were you, were you the Warlord...

You should probably elaborate. I have no problem seeing a character accept that any fight gets them merit if they win it and a 20% bump if the win was against someone higher ranked. I'm guessing you mean more than this, but will need you to explain. In my last post I gave the example that, under wh...

I am opposed to anything like ... no detriment for fighting down. Something like: A duel win is 5 points. A duel win vs someone higher ranked than you is 6. because it fails goal #4 of the proposal, To reinforce gamesmanship in the Duels while not detracting from roleplay. The ranking system should ...

I did want to ask though, because you are recently returned and may not be aware - Does knowing that losses are no longer really a thing in DoS change your perspective on this at all? It's certainly a fair question. I was aware of the change, although to be honest I may not have become aware until ...

Duel of Swords Ranking Rank Name Level Requirements ((Fancy Maneuvers)) Commoner 1 None 0 Swordsman 2 5 Merits 1 Master at Arms 3 Swordsman rank + 10 Merits (= 15 total) 2 Grandmaster 4 Master At Arms rank + 15 Merits (= 30 total) 3 Warlord 5 Grandmaster rank + 20 Merits (= 50 total) 4 Baron 6 By C...

More of a question than anything, but wasn’t that what the Great Helm Tavern was for? The run was during a time I wasn’t here, but from what I’ve seen it was meant to be an RDI-lite. I’m sure someone will correct me if I’m wrong, but I gathered that the Great Helm was meant to be a focal point for ...

I've seen some new ideas recently that looked terrible right off the bat, so there's no point in trying them. This isn't the type of place where you throw everything at the wall and see what sticks. First, let me start by saying that I did not mean to insinuate that the idea was a failure or that i...

So, DoS has role reversal, where all lower ranks can duel as Warlords and such. DoF has No Losses. With all these so-called complaints about how hard it is for people to gain rank, WHY am I hearing complaints about lack of duels and seeing no real increase in dueling? Why are people not taking adva...

I want to argue the carryover ADV one more time as an improvement to the game (but not as a solution to Velhelmi’s problem), because I think the way ADVs work currently is so ingrained in everyone’s head that it’s making it difficult to see the bigger picture. So, here it goes: First, some perspecti...

I wanted only to comment on the suggestion of the carryover advantage, but before I do I will say that the problem of new duelers struggling to gain rank in any one sport goes beyond the games themselves, and so changing any one game will not solve the problem. For those of you who aren't aware, I w...

The end of the world. You might want to be more specific.

Count me in.

- Deluthan

If nothing else, I think Del's suggestion illuminates how much easier the other ideas on the table are. =) Meaning no offence, Del.. what you propose above is magnitudes more difficult than even the peer win system. I think it requires way more the hard core dueling attitude than what is being sear...

I have a simple solution: Make WoL non-permanent. Here's the gist: You would still need 15 WoL to make Warlord and earn your right to challenge for Baron. However, should you lose the challenge, you would return to 5 WoL (Master at Arms) and would have to get back to 15 WoL in order to challenge aga...

Moved to OOC folder.

I want to reapproach the idea of bots, because I don't know if I gave it a fair assessment in my initial responses. The idea of bots gives us three scenarios that I want to look at separately. 1. Bot as official caller. From what I've read, most of us are in agreement that this should not be conside...