[krattos]

I like both of your ideas Defiant one it is a good way to show off skills without having the repercusion of loosing gear or being flagged as a murderer. On top of that idea with arenas and gladiator i think your idea would work best in lets say a major city. Personally how i would like the arenas to work on top would go something like this.

It would be neat if guilds where to be able to hold there own arenas matches. Now how it would work would go like this. I do believe that guilds are allowed to have there own city like areas and what not and other guilds have the option of sieging them. It would be awesome if lets say Guild "A" attacks guild "B" and is successful in doing so. Guild A has now the option of capturing a few members of "B" and keeping them as slaves like they use to do in Rome and use them in the arena. Now of course there should be a set number of people your allowed to keep hostage lets say 5 "A" would mot likely take the best if not most prestigious players of "B" and show them off as bragging rights like Ha we defeated you and have your best members are in our hands and make them fight in a FFA match.

Now of course this sucks to be a hostage cause you really cant do much for while your being captive but then again this goes with the idea of actually having repercusion for dying unlike in other mmos if you loose a siege battle or pvp it doesnt really matter all you do is wait to spawn again and re enter the battle or regroup and take back the keep you lost which is pansy pvp inmo. Now in regards to gear the guild hosting the event can give them standard item like bows, 2h/1h weapons, shield etc etc given the option of the hostage to choose wouldnt be fair to give a archer a 2h sword and a swordsmen a bow and addition to armor they get minimal to basic stuff course your "leet" gear was taken by guild "A" when you lost given with the whole full loot system.

Now "A" has the option of hosting a arena event in there own guild city a member of "A" could go to a major city and endorse the event attracting other members of MO to watch it. By doing so this could help out a guild economy out a bit cause they could charge spectators a little fee like they would do in Rl if you want to watch a major event you need to buy a ticket.

Of course spectators could wage bets on fight how they would do so. Im not sure if this is possible but if Mo could have a option in contacting a Gm and asking him to act as a middle man in the bets or have a npc do this. The npc or gm would have a option of clicking on him you select the person you would like to place your bet on and the amount. The guild could also benefit from this because they could make a little profit from the lets say 10% for each bet. Now if this does happen in the game and gets popular guilds would make a substantial amount of money and have another purpose of raiding guilds.

Now of course to make it fair for the slaves "B" could go and attack "A" and if they are successful they would get there members back or they could buy them back or lets say "A'' gets attack by another guild "C" "A" could use "B" members to fight in return they would be set free and possibly give back there items if "A" is feeling generous . If both fail and "A'' fends off the attack with success and choose not to sell back the members there should be a set time in which you can keep the slaves lets say 2 days this gives you enough time to plan your event and organize.

People can make post in Realm forums if they have so or go in to major cities like i said earlier to advertise there event. I hope this does get added it be a neat feature and i personally wouldn't mind being in a arena we all aren't fond with a paticular guild mates for whatever reason and wouldn't mind killing them. And it would give a sense of pride for the guild hosting the event showing off your accomplishment this would work nicely for guilds who have "beef" towards one another and gives them a reason to brag to the loosing guild.