I'm really not digging this no more 0 motivation duelling. The success of this game is due to the multitude of paths from which a character can choose. Fortfighting, duelling, crafting, jobbing, questing and even trading. Each of these categories branches off even further creating more options for a player to choose from. Each of these sub-categories demonstrates TRADEOFFS. The idea of a tradeoff is giving something up in order to get something else.
Duelling encompasses two primary incentives. One is experience to level up faster. The second is a lower duelling level, meaning more targets long term. Both of these options have tradeoffs, much like when choosing between Melee dueller or Ranged Dueller (Melee = more hp, Ranged = more aim/dodge). Duelling for experience grants more experience to a player at the cost of raising his duelling level, meaning smaller amount of targets. Duelling at 0 motivation grants a player a larger amount of targets to duel, at the cost of no experienced gained from duelling opponents.
In my eyes and in the eyes of many others I'm sure, this change will likely put an end to more than half of the serious duellers on every world. I think the system right now works well. I know it can be better. Duck has a good point about the level 120 player levels being able to hit beyond their standard duelling range (meaning same duel level/1.4 except with no upper limit at 120). I think some thought should be put into that.
Also, why create an Arena for duelling??? This is the WILD WEST right? I mean people tracked other people down and duelled them, no matter social class or profession or whether you carried a wrench or a revolver in your hand. To create an arena sounds childish and is like creating a sandbox for duellers to play in. Feels like duellers are being kicked aside and not allowed to play their game anywhere other than the sandbox. Maybe instead, have an arena where duellers can compete irrespective of DUELLING LEVEL, although still allowing duelling elsewhere. but as we see it now.
Resetting the motivation at 100 every day for duelling is not a good idea as many many many many many duellers will get discouraged and quit. I will be one of the first.
Moses