That certainly is one of the many bad decisions the developers have made and will continue to make. Of course we are forced to put up with it. I got inactive because of not having the time to play The West any more, and after logging in now the update seems quite harsh. Dueling is a troublesome experience. Searching for players on the map is extremely dull, all you see on a job site is the number of players, then you have to click on it, see if there is anyone worth dueling. Then repeat to another place and stay in front of the computer constantly to keep traveling and looking for targets. The easiness of Saloon dueling is gone, where all you had to do is spend some time looking for a proper town and schedule duels a few times.
I have a fully built character, so all I care about is the duel itself. I can no longer pick the duelers/soldiers from the Saloon, instead I have to put up with the people in the town or job spot, who will probably be questers or job workers. While other soldiers travel around the map and stay in a town, to pick them I have to click on the other players' icon, then sort through a good number of people with information about their dueling level or town scattered around. Also part of them will be knocked out, sleeping, fort fighting, on a vacation. I have no way to know this until I click the duel button, because the comfort of the Saloon is gone. At the same time I am unable to judge how much experience they will yield.
Overall that would be 11 out of 10 on the bad update scale. Dueling will become a thing for players who have a lot of time on their hands. Thank god I am unable to play as I could before or this would make me mad for driving me way from the game.
dueling its not cool anymore.