1st, there is a chance of abuse in almost anything, the idea is to limit that as much as possible... so, in my proposal, if some decided to 'arrange' duels, yes, you will gain pts, but those points will drop, as the one dueler keeps taking loses... and if he is known for going after easy targets in the past, he won't be able to stand up to real duelers over the long haul, making his ratio continue to drop... and over time the abuse becomes less, and infact on a new world, it would not exist... plus really, if you want to be the best, will you really give away points to others??
2.. I would hope that this idea, with the offer of bonds, gear, etc, would draw some of those old duelers to reskill and take up dueling as their main focus again, making dueling more of a challange. I also recomended removing the motivation issue as well
3. again, there would be no duel lvl, only the player lvl as I see it
as with your proposal, my duel rank would refresh each month, with maybe a yearly ranking running as well.
the only issue I see with your proposal is again the abuse of those not wanting to duel (ffs and questers) you say the lvl 120 dueler wont be able to hit the lvl 120 ff but really, if you focus on ffing and questing, you don't just worry about those with lvl equal to yours... this ffer would be only hit by the lvl 120 player for 3 days, but what about lvl 110, 100, or even 90... or as they climb in there dueling rank, those even below rank 90...
no matter what direction Inno goes with this, if they actually do anything, I think they need to really look at the 'cupcake' issue.... I think that drives more people from the game then anything, I know that was why I had taken a good long break from here... I had played a worker when they 1st introduced the-west, and soon got tired of being dueled at every turn and decided to take a break... so finding some way to discourage those cupcake attacks would be great... yes, you will still have some hitting the cupcakes, just for the cash, but if there is an incentive to actually search out another dueler instead and a negative to hitting the cupcakes, I think less ffr's and questers will be targeted and they can focus on enjoying the game.