I'm a big fan of this game and a big fan of the combat system. My crew and I have gotten better at ship to ship combat, but an area I struggle to find good ways to practice is man to man combat with swords and guns. The fighting system is really novel, with long delays between single shots and no native crosshair, and it's something I always want to improve at, but I also find our successful PvP encounters are 90% ship combat and 10% fighting boarders, so opportunities to just get in and practice fighting with hand weapons are few and far between, particularly in the Arena.
I've noticed the Arena is set up for Sloop and Galleon teams without a third entry for Brigantines, and that got me thinking. A great way to just get immersed in man to man combat would be a Pirate Arena type. Spawning on an instance of a random Outpost island with more ammo boxes seems like it'd be a good way to consistently improve at one of the more unique aspects of this game. I'm a late-night gamer, if something like this was solo-queueable I could see myself spending a fair amount of time here working on my swordplay and my flintlock aiming.
Thanks for taking the time to read my suggestion, and thank you for making a wonderful game.
Suggestion: PvP Deathmatch Arena Type?
If Rare ever does add anything like this, it won't be for a very long time. At least not in the foreseeable future.
However, don't let that stop you from having fun! People solo-queue for TDMs all the time, but if you're having trouble finding crews to play against, feel free to dm me your discord tag & I'll inv you to a server or two :)
If you have friends to play against, queue up at the same time for better chances to end up in the same lobby.
I also named a pet "TDM at fort", so that I can let the lobby know, "Look at TDM at fort!" Just in case other crews are interested in joining.
Happy shootin'.
@black-reiley sagte in Suggestion: PvP Deathmatch Arena Type?:
I'm ... a big fan of the combat system.
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