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[CreszZ]

It would be great to create an Arena mode where players could compete for items or C-bills that they each put up for the prize from their inventory.

It could be as small as something as a UAV module all the way up to an Atlas Battlemech - as long as the players agree beforehand on what they are risking.

There should be both Solo and Team modes working against a Round timer where the winning Mech from the first round passes on to the second and so on...with objective goals that award points per stage (so you can win without every fight being a fight to the death).

There should be at least three to four rounds per match...

This would be Awesome!!! and would add a whole new level of fun and interest.

The "keeping with the Battletech lore" idea could be resolved with some kind of back story I'm sure, and the best part is that having a mode like this would keep pilots playing in Events that award items/Mechs so that they can keep a steady stream of Arena currency/awards to risk, and even better players, would be playing for rank and reputation!

This could generate a strong community of it's own.

[VonBruinwald]

A 1v1 challenge sounds workable but you would need to balance it.

- Bets would have to be of equal value (to prevent farming)
- At least one player would require active premium time (as with other 'custom' modes)

[CreszZ]

1 vs. 1 would be easy, but Team vs. Team would be the ultimate spectator event and that's one of the things that would make it so much fun - watching and rooting on your teammates.

The "ante" to enter the arena could be based on "c-Bill" values for item resale value which would enable players to wager with items in their inventory or c- bills. So if the ante was agreed to be 500,000 - you could bet $250,00 c- bills and a LB- 10X or something...

The more difficult thing would be designing the arenas and a dedicated Lobby, but the mode could be initially started by using the existing "green zones" from Domination mode as the arenas.