Duel: FFA vs. 1DM

[Flexio]

Hey!

I'd like to discuss the format of duel maps and the community's opinion on each.

• FFA style: This means there are multiple, neutral spawn points and if you kill the other person, you stay alive and keep your bars.
  Examples: duel_grotto, duel_heights
  
  
• 1DM style: This means when you kill the other person the game resets and spawns you again; it does this for a certain amount of rounds.
  Examples: obj_arena, obj_smallcave

So, I'd like to poll the community for your preference on duel maps. I personally tend to prefer the 1DM-style duel maps, although I'm open to all opinions and will most likely make duel maps accordingly.

[RedLight]

I prefer 1dm-style maps. Reason? Mostly because I feel that having bars gives the surviving dueler an unfair advantage against the unlucky chap who happened to die. Bars really can make a huge difference when dueling, especially when combined with ace instincts.

[Ribilla]

Originally Posted by RedLight

I prefer 1dm-style maps. Reason? Mostly because I feel that having bars gives the surviving dueler an unfair advantage against the unlucky chap who happened to die. Bars really can make a huge difference when dueling, especially when combined with ace instincts.

/agree

I would never use AI in a duel, but certain planes (notably trick/TA and HC) get a huge advantage from bars, because it can take a whole less shot to kill someone with bars.

i.e. shot warp is only an insta kill on a HA randa after (I think) two silvers, but after this point it's basically impossible to win a randa-randa battle.