Oblivion style Arena in ESO as a PVP Concept? (Gladiator)

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Grandchamp1989
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Remember the arena in Oblivion?
Yes, Yes it's overrun by Daedra but the one in Kvatch is available!

Remember how in Oblivion you were a gladiator - how they would pit you against other contestants, animals and handicap matches (2v1, 3v1) etc. to fight your way to the top as Arena Champion?

I think that could work with a PVP twist.
Say you get leaderboard scores based on your performance.

Say there's 10 matches to call yourself Arena Champion:

"The Colosseum, people are cheering! Other players who aren't participating can watch the matches and put their gold on the line! Players WILL know the champions, and see the matches!
You're standing ready, waiting for the gates to open.. You can see your opponent from across the yard. The presenter ends his speech, the gates open and the pvp Gladiator fight begins!"


Gladiator schools would form and try to compete with each other as they were also watching and cheering their fighter!

And example of an Oblivion style arena could be...
Match 1-5 would be 1v1
Match 6-7 would be fighting some PVE type Minotaur bosses or a den of wolves
Match 8-9 could be a handicap match 2v1 - two with low leaderboard scores try to increase their ranking by taking on a strong PVP player who've won his latest 7 matches in row.
Match 10 - Match of the undefeated. The guys who've won all their previous 9 matches face off in the final to call themselves Arena Champion!

I know this concept is not a finished product, still brainstorming.. But I really think a Gladiator Arena would fit perfectly in a PVP setting, and it fits with the lore.
Put it in a city so PVE players can watch the matches and bet gold on the matches. Let the forum talk be about the lastest champion, and how he wiped 10 players in a row simply looking at them! Everyone is happy!
  • stybbe17b16_ESO
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    Anything with pvp have my vote. There need to be some poison cloud that appear in the arena if the battle takes too long, reveal stealth, increase cost on streak and reduce healing done so people dont cheese with perma stealth or a full tank/healer build.
  • Grandchamp1989
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    Anything with pvp have my vote. There need to be some poison cloud that appear in the arena if the battle takes too long, reveal stealth, increase cost on streak and reduce healing done so people dont cheese with perma stealth or a full tank/healer build.

    Love the idea! Now we're talking!
  • Ratzkifal
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    Having some duelling tournaments would be cool, but as was already pointed out there would have to be some extra rules or systems in place to keep the fights from being too long.
    I am not sure if poison clouds are the way to go, because not everyone has access to abilities that can knock you into them, meaning that it's somewhat rigged towards the classes/weapons that do.
    If you never know what is going to happen at the end, like a random thing happens, then nobody can anticipate it and build specifically to exploit it.

    Some other fight ending events could be beasts being let loose, other NPC gladiators joining and throwing additional cc onto the field (nets?), or an unentertained crowd starts throwing stuff at the fighters because they are taking too long.
    This Bosmer was tortured to death. There is nothing left to be done.
  • StamPlar_1976
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    I'm down for it. But we all know it will never happen unless it is a crown store addition.
  • Sylvermynx
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    Not my thing at all, but I wouldn't have any reason to object to it for those to whom it's a fun addition.
  • Dusk_Coven
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    I think this needs a tournament setup where a minimum number of people need to enter the event.
    Otherwise, for your matches 8-10 when will you get the match if there are no qualifying won-X-matches-in-a-row contestants yet?
    Also you might want to count backwards from Match 10 to see just how many people actually need to enter.
    Edited by Dusk_Coven on August 7, 2020 7:54AM
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