Duels

Duels

A duel is the fight between 2 players. To challenge other players you have to be member of a town and your town needs a mortician. You then need to go to the town of the player you want to challenge and go to the saloon. You see a list of all the members of the town and you can challenge them. The other player does not have to be in the town right now, he also doesn't have to be online. You cannot challenge players that are asleep in a hotel right now.

Every duel costs 12 energy points for the challenger. The defender does not lose any energy. The costs are independent of the outcome of the duel.

In the "Duel" menu you can change your dueling settings.

The duel

A duel is separated into 8 rounds. Each player has eight chances to try to land a hit and eight changes to dodge the attack from the other one. To land a hit you need good attack value. To evade a hit you need a good defense value.

Attack value

The attack value is decided by your aiming skill.

Either the attack value of the attacker or the attack value of the defender is lowered. With the skill 'tactics' the defender is able to use his home advantage. He chooses the side on which he stands and uses the knowledge of the town. The attacker uses his appearance to intimidate the defender. If the tactic skill of the defender is higher than the appearance skill of the attacker, the attackers attack value goes down. If it is lower, the attack value of the defender goes down. The bigger the difference between the skills, the more the attack value is lowered.

Additionally each player receives a bonus of five for the attack value.

Dodging skill

The defense skill is decided by your dodging skill.

Additionally each player receives a bonus of five for the dodging value.

Exchange of fire

In every fight each of the fighters attacks eight times. Both fighters have eight chances to land a hit and to cause damage. The attacker is the first to attack. The fighters can use melee weapons or firearms. In the explanation below we explain the duel just based on firearms to make it less complicated.

With each shot the attack value of the attacker is compared to the defense value of the defender. For this a random value is taken between one and the attack value, and a random value between one and the defense value. If the attack value is higher, the attacker lands a hit and causes damage. Is the value lower, the shot doesn't hit it's target and no damage is done. Now it's time for the current defender to attack.

Damage

Damage is causes when one player lands a hit, meaning, his attack value is higher than the defenders defense value. The amount of damage is decided by the attackers weapon. Every weapon has a minimal and maximal number for the damage it causes. Every time a hit is landed a random value somewhere between those numbers is taken. The defender loses the calculated amount of health points.

There are two different dueling weapon classes. Melee weapons and firearms. The damage that is done with a melee weapon is increased by good vigor skills and it is mostly lowered by good toughness skills of the defender. For firearms the damage is increased by good shooting skills and lowered mostly by good reflexes of the defender. A player that has good vigor skills should therefore rather use a melee weapon than a firearm.

Striking zones

You can set a dueling tactic by clicking on the menu 'Duel'. By setting the striking and dodging zones you can also alter the damage.

Here you can set a few different things. For one you can set where you want to aim. Depending on the area you hit you make different amounts of damage. If you hit a shoulder you make 15% more damage. Hitting the head creates 50% more damage.

You can also set which way you are trying to dodge. If you dodge with the body part that the attacker was aiming at, your dodging skill gets doubled.

• You can just duck down and by that protect the head and both shoulders.
• You can duck to the left and protect your head, your right shoulder and your right arm.
• You can duck to the right and protect your head, your left shoulder and your left arm.
• You can choose not to try to dodge and have more concentration for the next round. This doubles your attack value.

A duel lasts 8 rounds. The settings for round one are also used for round 5 and so on.

Winning a duel

The player that causes more damage in the duel wins. If both players cause the exact same amount of damage, the defender wins. If a player loses all his health points in the duel, he passes out. In this case the other player is always the winner of the duel even if he caused less damage.