Ranged on new duel system

[Volk.]

Do something with ranged cuz it is annoying.
Yesterday I was dueling with Lacoste, he took his arbalest and I lost 30 points.
Today I was dueling with T_knht_zzoidberg he took his arbalest and I lost 50 points.
This is really annoying.

[Rhekimos]

1) Drop 10 Arbalests near duel site.
2) Win.

The lowest tricks earn the best scores.

[Latvian]

do like me  dont duel 2 h heroes and ranged my old friends.

[Lannistark]

Nerf duel server.

[CrazyCracka420]

Do something with ranged cuz it is annoying.
Yesterday I was dueling with Lacoste, he took his arbalest and I lost 30 points.
Today I was dueling with T_knht_zzoidberg he took his arbalest and I lost 50 points.
This is really annoying.

So would you mind re-explaining what you are talking about, maybe in a coherent way?

"he took his arbalest and I lost 30 points".  Where'd he take his arbalest?  To the beach?

Are you trying to say he killed you with his arbalest?  maybe you shouldn't duel a ranged player then...

[Froto_the_Loc]

"Oh, man! He's got a bow? I bet he will totally try to psych me out by beating me with that hammer!"

[Penitent]

what are the points anyways?

[Herkkutatti666]

E-Peen points
more points = more length to penis

[Volk.]

So would you mind re-explaining what you are talking about, maybe in a coherent way?

"he took his arbalest and I lost 30 points".  Where'd he take his arbalest?  To the beach?

Are you trying to say he killed you with his arbalest?  maybe you shouldn't duel a ranged player then...

Lacoste had xbow as 2nd weapon, so maybe it was my fail that I offered duel with him, but T guy ran right to arbalest after starting duel

[Penitent]

Yeah...once you DUEL someone, its a fight to the DEATH.  They can use an arb, a horse, or even a sword.  Some people use spears.  Sometimes poleaxes, or normal axes.  Sometimes they have a shield, and may use armor as well.

If you don't want to die, don't duel lol.

[Vibe]

kill a horse

[Laufknoten]

I thought changing the weapon during the duel isn't allowed (I didn't play on the duel server for a long time though, don't know if it changed). but the rule still makes sense to me to be honest. 

[MrShine]

I also recall in the past thinking there was some rule saying it wasn't allowed to start with a weapon raised in the beginning of a fight, and then switch to another midway through, or pick up weapons on the ground.

[Penitent]

You should be able to use a weapon on your back at least.

[MrShine]

You should be able to use a weapon on your back at least.

Maybe if you're an archer.  Xbow is cheesy as hell.  Using a pocket arbalest for the single shot can be done with 0 wpf invested and no worry about repair cost, yet if you land the shot you'll cut the enemy down to at least half hp. 

That certainly doesn't seem to fall in line with the spirit of dueling. 

I would like to at least see some clarification regarding proper duel etiquette, since people will start to care about their duel rank and do some pretty lame stuff.