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On IN:R there was just an arena and you could go fight there if you chose. The XUO pits have stones so it only allows two in at a time and a monetary wager is placed on the duel by both parties.

Actually, this is what it's like at the beta:

Duel Pits: Idle area where you rest, no duels here. (it's silly that we name it "duel pits" though since there isn't any duels here. I'd prefer idle area or something. At older shards like real Novus this place was named "pits" only, and what we now call "Fighting pits" is what was then known as Duel Pits.)

Fighting pits: Tourney area, four pretty big areas, GMs teleport players to fight in the arenas, and puts the winning people in a waiting arena for next round, and loosers at the observer spot.

Duel Stone-Area: Another area in which there's these small box-square arenas in which two people use a stone to enter and fight each other until the end. (for money or loot).

The thing you were describing is the duel stone-area. I'd say our "fighting pits" is closer to the "duel area" that IN:R most likely had according to RoosterMcCloud. However the difference is most likely that the fighting area we have is a safe zone which is only GM controlled, and I suppose the fighting area at IN:R most likely was a place that was just "there" at some spot in the world, but anybody could enter and duel at any time?

I like how you try to help players with their questions though Skorpion, we appreciate that over at the staff team :]

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