Duels are useless to teach pvp and actively make you worse

[overtyped]

This is my letter to the noobish PvEr's known as Jorbtar

Dearest Jorbtar, first I want to say, the reason this topic has not come up is because the good pvpers are happy with the status quo, namely the continued dirth of competition, while the casuals remain oblivious.

I can't teach anyone to pvp in duels because armor SOAK+DEFLECT doesn't factor in, which is so different than how actual pvp is, that you can learn nothing from dueling. Infact duels make you worse, because it gives you a retarded view of how actual pvp works.
In a duel, it's very easy to do big damage with low openings, which is not the case at all in actual pvp. If you do this in actual pvp, you will get MAULED. Duels create more jorbs and loftars, not more real pvpers.

Even if you delude yourself into believing duels have made you better, you'll be laid flat against pvpers that know how to ACTUALLY pvp, EVERY time.
All you have to do is create two duel options: (spar with armor) (spar without armor)Make armor factor into duels, but don't let it take damage, please.

[donbot]

it does count armor in though

[overtyped]

it does count armor in though

no.

[DDDsDD999]

it does count armor in though

no.

[overtyped]

it does count armor in though

no.

You don't get soak/deflect.

[pawnchito]

kind of nice to teach people how to run tho.

[vatas]

Since they expanded Valhalla, you could probably have a semi-realistic wargame there.

Before that, I floated around the idea of having to build two alt villages with basic amenities and having people fight with expendable rage alts against each other to practice.

[HasseKebab]

Like a 20s spar session would show you that it counts armor lol

[telum12]

Since they expanded Valhalla, you could probably have a semi-realistic wargame there.

Before that, I floated around the idea of having to build two alt villages with basic amenities and having people fight with expendable rage alts against each other to practice.

Don't think they added kritters so valhalla is just as useless as before

[Sevenless]

Didn't they completely rework armor into being only Hard Soak and Soft Soak, meaning deflection doesn't exist anymore?