Remember how many of us dreaded the implementation of Emojis, because we thought people would make GIANT emojis across the landscape? I think fearing trolls taunting you to duel constantly will turn out the same.
Also, if we only tend to the playerbase we have, the population will continue to grow extremely slowly.
The moment they implemented a auto decline for dueling in wow was the moment most of us didnât see a dueling request walking through a city in game. I canât count the times my brand new level one alt was challenged seconds after logging into the game. The devs just need to implement an auto decline and have it as a pop up when someone creates their character.
I think sticking to the current Boundless way of âplayer builtâ is best. If you die in a mini game you get the debuff, whats the big deal? Dodge Bombs works that way and its fine, youâre trading some fun for a potential debuff, also makes you wanna not die even more so.
Its very easy (in concept) to balance the current gear we have imo, we donât have thousands of pieces of gear, just have forging not effect pvp encounters and and change the dmg values vs players. Or change the values in general, wouldnât effect pve.
Firstly, youâd be informed of entering a pvp âbeacon/place/whateverâ. Secondly, if you get lured into a pvp zone and get killed, if there is no death penalty for getting directly killed by a player, then so what? Lesson learned - literally how you learn most things in life âOh last time I touched the fire, it hurt. I wonât touch the fire this timeâ. Also, what is stopping someone from luring someone to stand on a trap door and get dropping into lava now?
@Peyago You canât duel in starter zones in wow, but understand what youâre trying to say. Auto decline would be a good feature
To also add, whatever comes out as a majority on the forums, is not the majority for the entire player base, most people arenât on the forums
The Code of Conduct would consider that to be griefing and would result in a penalty being imposed should that player be reported. Thanks to what happened on Kovah in the very early days of the gameâs EA, a case fairly similar to this had to be dealt with.
Would the notification occur before you enter the zone, or after youâve entered it?
If we are talking about a PvP minigame zone, I see no real issue there, provided it is a âsafeâ minigame, although it would be an annoyance. But if weâre talking a PvP zone that doesnât have those âsafetiesâ, there are typically punishments for dying, whether it is lost of gear, experience, money, etc. Thatâs where my concern comes in.
Edit: Every decent MMO game I have played with a PvP zone that has penalties for dying has a Code of Conduct clause that explicitly prohibits luring.
I play FPS a lot and know what you mean, but I kind of think youâre overreacting a bit
Boundless is not an FPS
Pretty sure anyone who makes fun of people for not wanting to PVP in a building game is only making a fool of themselves. Lol
If you make a slingbows that can shoot another player, it is.
Come on. You know what I mean.
Minecraft has lots of FPS mods. It hasnât changed the basic character of the game. Nobody calls Minecraft an FPS
Iâm not overreacting. You have to believe everyone else is not stupid to believe they may have a point. Then you have to care what they think to believe you made a fool out of yourself. It doesnât take a large portion of a population behaving in a certain manner to have effects through the community. We already have people here on the forums who donât deal well with disagreements or social adversity. Just look at how upset some people get when they get flagged. 
Not even the same comparison. In minecraft you have to go to a server that even offers pvp. In boundless we all inhabit the same universe. Even if it is a separate planet, it is still the same universe the pvp oriented players are not off on their own server and separated from the other players. They are in the same universe, using the same portal hubs, and buying from the same stores. The players are not restricted to a planet or beacon, even if the pvp activity is.
I mean I know what you mean, I see those ppl all the time on ESO âPvP meâ
But roblox has PvP. Do you think roblox is toxic because of it?
Iâve made my point here DK, I donât need you to agree with it.
I dont even understand whats going on here. can someone catch me up? offering a thousand coins for it
Some people want pvp
Others do not
Whereâs my 1k
meet me at your mall. use it to fund 
for future arguments. I trust you to pick the right flavor
also, I think pvp would go quite well with summonable, lootless creatures. could make for some pretty interesting games. destiny 2, anyone?
OK It goes something like this:
Someone designed a game and released it without PVP.
Sure enough a few time units later someone showed up and said âhey I want to have PVP, You should PVP me.â
They started a forum thread and some people wanted PVP and some didnât.
The people who didnât want PVP gave their reasons and the people who wanted PVP said âNo we really want PVP you PVP us.â
Then there was some forum PVP because some people wanted PVP. Eventually enough people got blacklisted/ignored and things settled down.
Then a few weeks later someone wanted some PVP so they came to the forum and started a thread saying âWe should have PVPâ. Then some people came who didnât want PVP and they gave their reasons (again) and the people who wanted PVP said ânah dudes youâre just scared of PVP. You should PVP me.â
Then there was some forum PVP until eventually enough people just quit and things settled down. Maybe osme people got blacklisted or ignored.
Then a few weeks later someone wanted some PVP so they came to the forum and started a thread about how we should have some PVP. So the people who donât want PVP came to the forum and gave their reasons for not wanting it and then the people that wanted PVP basically told them âYour reasons are minimal and PVP rocks you should PVP me.â
Then there was some forum PVP and that went on until everyone was tired, and maybe some people got blasklisted and/or ignored (LOL) and then things settled down again.
Until a few weeks later when another person decided they wanted some PVP. So they came to the forum and started a thread about âHey we should add in some PVP.â Then a bunch of people came and gave reasons why they werenât interested in having PVP and the people who wanted PVP basically said âNobody will force you to PVP youâre complaining over nothingâ.
Then some forum PVP ensued until , IDK the devs said they werenât going to add PVP and so things settled down for a minute.
Until another PVP enthusiast decided that they wanted to try and get some PVP. So they came to the forum and started âŠ
OMG the irony. Basically itâs what I posted about earlier but just on the forum instead of the game.
So anyways Iâm not sure what iteration this is, but thatâs pretty much whatâs going on again. Where can I pick up my thousand coins?
In before the lock 
Sorry, your too late! DK was quickest to answer
Did the devs ever actually say they will not entertain PVP in Boundless? Because that would settle the issue pretty quick.
And it is very clear you have had a bad experience with people goading you to pvp⊠but that does not mean Boundless cant learn from other games, and take precautions to discourage/prevent pvp trolls.
While PvP worlds or items locked behind PvP are a definite no-no, It would be nice if hitting a player with a snowball caused them to receive the same debuff as when being hit by the snow spitter.
Basically you get hit, you receive a debuff. When you reach (i think?) 20 stacks of this debuff you get defeated but can revive with no EXP penalty. I think this could be a fun way to have PvP, so long as an âopt outâ button exists.
Im down with this. Always kinda wanted to ambush random people with a group of people throwing snowballs for like 30 seconds. Even without any debuff. But i figure this might enrage the devs and I would be considered trolling because people cant take a joke.
No itâs been stated as, basically, last priority.
Aye but itâs pretty thick irony how it pretty much plays out in any game that tries to appeal to both pro and anti PVP players. And I canât help but see the pattern in the frequent threads about it.
Once itâs added, itâs a âPVP Gameâ 