[imported_Pande]

What if to enter the fighting area of the pits (not the idle area where people can watch) you needed to have 2 people click on the stone (similar to battle chess on IN2, which we should have if its not already planned) and then it withdraws 500 from each person's bank. The winner of the duel can get a small token that can be redeemed for 800 or 900 gold, meaning 10-20% gets taken away from the loser of the fight, and the winner gets rewarded for his victory.

thats how it is already

its free to watch people duel

and with a duel stone that costs 10k per player, the winner gets 18k. (10% fee)

currently there are no 2v2 areas in the duel arena and ffas are normally hosted by a staff member for the whole shard and not a small group of 4.

One downside to having a fixed amount of money required to enter pits, is if its really low (like 50 or 100 gold) it wont change how often people go there - it'll just be annoying to those who have more than enough money, and it will mean newbies with new cash cant go to watch people fight without begging. If its really high, it means you have to be rich to go.

i think it will change how often people go. they won't go just to idle, instead they will go to their house.

if you are RICH then you most likely don't care about 50gp seeing as how you get rich (atleast on xuo) from being good dueler so you make like 4k minimum for winning a duel in the duel arena. or because you are a hunter and you make minimum 1k each time you kill a good monster.

Cole i think you are confusing PITS with the DUEL ARENA.

the pits is the main area where you will find other players most of the time, along with a few supply stones and teleporters to 3 towns.

the duel arena is where you can fight another player for a set amount of money (5k, 10k, 15 or 20k dont remember which amount)

i was saying on ono it was the pits you had to pay to enter.

if you are going to pits so you can get to a town you don't have a rune for, think of it as a plane ticket