This is just an idea I’ve had for a different mode in duelyst and I’m just scouting to see if there is much interest. There are 2 different versions of it, one is a more traditional ladder type the other is slightly more complex, but both have been a lot of fun to participate in for other games that I play.
The more traditional mode is you have a list of people in your ladder, ranked from top to bottom, people lower on the ladder issue challenges to those higher and if successful they move up to that spot (limitations on how far up you can chalange can be put in place so that everyone isn’t just going for the top person all the time), this tends to be a perpetual thing, but you can do stuff like give points for defending top spot or something if you want to have an eventual winner (have it be a monthly thing or something).
The other system is more complex but also I think is more fun, you play anyone in the group of players to start with, you get 4 points for a win, 2 for a draw, and 1 for a loss (these are just example numbers) when you reach 20 points you can challenge for a title (the first 3 people don’t have to challenge as there is nobody there at the start). When you have the 3 title holders the lowest one can challenge the middle one and the middle one can challege the top one. The person from the pool with 20 points can only challenge the lowest title holder, if they succeed then they take their place and the previous title holder goes back into the pool, if the challenger fails they lose their points and have to try again later. Points again can be given for title defense if you want an overall winner if it ever ends, but the idea is that the system can be perpetual.
Are these good formats? would people be interested in them? any thoughts on improving them? feedback would be greatly appriciated. 