Background: A few PvPers have asked if it was possible to run a 1v1 league with possibly (but no promises yet) an EM prize for the finalists, as a potential Felucca event. This might be something worth doing, as a parallel to the one off Trammel events, but there's a few issues I'd like feedback on before I work on a design. Also this is only to help me clarify how it could be done, it's not a promise that it will be done.
1.) It would probably be hosted in Occlo Arena, with gates to/from major hubs. But... those rule set quibbles that always come up. What do people think would be the acceptable arena restrictions?
2.) Time for matches played in a league. There's two approaches, both with flaws;
1 day per week where we try and cram all league matches in; allows myself to record all the results, but unfair to those who can't make it that day. With completely evenly matched players like we saw with the first PvP event, you could also be there all day waiting for even one match to end.
Or, allow the matches to be played any time between a 7 day period; problems are how to submit and validate a battle as being fought to the rules, and the extra work load in arranging when both combatants are free to meet. This will also stretch out the time it takes to complete a league; we could be looking at months to a year if people from all around the world signed up.
3.) How to avoid the issues of multi-character entries; in a league setting they'd at some point have to meet their own alts.
4.) If we went the Knockout route, we could possibly arrange it for a single day again, but would people accept a random seeding, especially with so many complaints about PvP imbalances?
5.) Er... there's probably a lot more issues too. But off the top of my head, those are the main ones. Thoughts?
Again, no promises I can set something like this up; I would just like ideas on how it could be structured.
1.) It would probably be hosted in Occlo Arena, with gates to/from major hubs. But... those rule set quibbles that always come up. What do people think would be the acceptable arena restrictions?
2.) Time for matches played in a league. There's two approaches, both with flaws;
1 day per week where we try and cram all league matches in; allows myself to record all the results, but unfair to those who can't make it that day. With completely evenly matched players like we saw with the first PvP event, you could also be there all day waiting for even one match to end.
Or, allow the matches to be played any time between a 7 day period; problems are how to submit and validate a battle as being fought to the rules, and the extra work load in arranging when both combatants are free to meet. This will also stretch out the time it takes to complete a league; we could be looking at months to a year if people from all around the world signed up.
3.) How to avoid the issues of multi-character entries; in a league setting they'd at some point have to meet their own alts.
4.) If we went the Knockout route, we could possibly arrange it for a single day again, but would people accept a random seeding, especially with so many complaints about PvP imbalances?
5.) Er... there's probably a lot more issues too. But off the top of my head, those are the main ones. Thoughts?
Again, no promises I can set something like this up; I would just like ideas on how it could be structured.