Im down for duels any time I have the time.. but I'm on PC.
So, yeah,.. I feel like the PC community is a *little* more mature than console, simply because I think console's are going to get the vast bulk of the young kids and they are the primary trouble. That's not to say the PC community isnt shit too, it is. Just maybe its like, solid, reasonable shit.. not messy, runny, post-mexican food shit.
@GAV The reason I prefer 2v2 or dueling is gear and ganking. The one v one combat in FH is what I enjoy. The mind games and the back and forth and 1v1 and 2v2 are the most distilled versions of that. I dont have to worry about reviving anyone (for the most part) or running to objectives or being out geared or getting ganked (I mean it does happen in 2v2, but not too much - just fyi I want the meta in 2v2 to shift to actual 2v2 and not just duels). I just have an opponent and when he's down, I have might have another one. Etc. I dont want to get blown up by an idiot because he has god-gear and I dont want to walk in and body people through no skill of my own, but by virtue of my gear.
Its not to say that those modes are bad or that they dont have hype shit, 2-3v1 and coming out on top is an incredible feeling Im sure (i dont play them, so the best I have is a handful of 2v1's where I managed to throw one of them off something then kill the other one normally) but to me, its not worth all the crap I have to potentially wade through to get to the good bits and actual, good fights. Now, if I had a dedicated team and we fought as a team, Dominion would probably be extremely hype. But waiting for the match with a good connection (easier in 1 and 2v - fewer parties) and guy with comparable gear and the moment of actual combat seems silly (to me) when i can just queue for 1 or 2v and get that almost every time.
As to the playerbase being bad.. Uhh yeah. I am crap-ass at this game. I have a lv9 Warden, thats it. Ive played
@Gesture Required Ahead in a handful of duels and an equal handful vs a buddy that started at the same time.. so we're talking about 2-1/2hrs of actual match time, with maybe 2hours of practice/fiddling around and when I sat down the other night for a couple hours of 2v2 with my buddy, I was damn sure getting bodied occasionally, but, seriously, 8/10 times it was to a mistake *I* made, not anything my opponents did.. Id not keep a close eye on my stamina and then miss like two easy parrys in a row, or botch my techs, etc that was costing me the match more often than my opponent just doing good shit. I was fighting people ranging from my level up to prestige 6-7 (I fought a prestige 4 conq and bodied him like 6 out of 8 times) etc... And I am NOTHING special AT ALL. I miss proper punishes, I fuck up techs, I dont block ANYTHING, i try to parry almost exclusively (trying to learn) and miss constantly.. Im terrible, but its still enough to walk over SO many people. I ran in to one guy who's prestige 1 or 2 on like 4 characters and I rematched him a dozen times or so and went from losing every round to winning about 70% by the end..
People are just bad at this game lol.