What about a dedicated arena space, a sector dedicated to the soul purpose of pvp whether its one on one or 2 on 2 or larger. I can only imagine this has been suggested before, however how about an nfz zone outside that allows you to dock and have access to any weapon, ship, large/small/other that you've achieved at other stations? Offering best out of 2/3 etc... I know gray is kinda set up that way now, but what about a more structured setup with rules, etc...
Just a thought...

Gray has all the rules we need...

1. fight or run.
2. try not to die.

KILLING SPREE

It's called Sedina B8.

It's called Sedina B8.

No it's not. That's a high-traffic wormhole where trade convoys of factions who might hate you, Military convoys of factions who might hate you, and lots of players who might hate you are very likely to interrupt whatever fight you're having.

ETD001, If you want fights with proper score keeping even with interference and forfeits by running away, try /duel. It works anywhere, nullifies faction standing loss, and other players can tell you're in a duel (light blue on radar)

Unfortunately it only supports 1v1.

That destroys the game's roleplay aspect, though.

Not necessarily, Snake7561

Make it so, that players don't need to be in the same place to get in this arena.
Make it available even to docked players.

Plus a match-making system, and an independent ranking. Just like many other games.
Will this break imersion or roleplay or something? Just don't participate.

-1 Kab. Go back to WoW, n00b.

+1 to Peytros's old battle-shell suggestion instead, and to non-stupidity in general.

Never played Wow. No need to call me a noob b/c u didn't like it.

And I still don't see any problems with instanced combats inside VO.

"And I still don't see any problems with instanced combats inside VO."

Zoom in.

"e any problems with instance"

Pan right.

"ems with instanced combats i"

Zoom in.

"instanced"

And stop. Right there is your problem.

Yeah... deffo +1 to Peytros' idea for the big combat sphere.

What about a sector only accessible through the stations? This would keep normal traffic out. Have an option available at all the stations that let you launch directly into the Arena Sector, have a lobby like the bar to see who else wants to be in the arena, maybe use something like the group options to build teams if greater then 1v1. Maybe even a spectator mode that allows you to watch without participating? You could park at your favorite station that has your favorite weapons and ships?

We can already agree to meet in an empty piece of space. The only thing the OP does is reduce the chance of random encounters. Why on earth do you think we need LESS random encounters in VO???

Yeah, that's one thing I don't like about this suggestion. The less random encounters, the worse.

Jumpgate had an online sim (arena)

and all that did was keep people out of "real space"

so -1

http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/21281?page=4#263627

Inc. said he would be testing objects, but I don't recall an arena sphere ever actually getting dropped in. Also, this for the lolz:

May 14, 2009bojansplashlink

Any immediate dev. involvement in creating arenas, spheres and whatnots will inevitably delay long overdue New Faction System implementation that we so desperately need in order for VO to move forward.

About that New Faction System from 2009, Devs...

What about a "Combat Simulator"?

1. You have to be docked to play
2. You pay credits for joining combat, maybe can bet credits
3. 1x1, Team vs Team, Furball modes