I understand the necessity for dueling in The West for limited realism, however I am stupefied as to why it is allowed for people to duel me when I am not in my town.
I have been working jobs for three weeks now trying to scrape together enough to buy an expensive item I need to help me finish a quest. I have been careful to stay away from towns so that I would not be robbed, yes dueling is robbery when the person dueled has a very low probability of success, only to discover two-thirds of my money gone. I was under the not extraordinary assumption that I needed to be present in a town with another person in order for that person to duel me or I them, other prerequisites not withstanding. However, upon reexamination of the rules for dueling I disturbingly discovered that my presence is merely a convenience, that because I choose to associate myself with a town, any town, I am subject to attack at any time with a few exceptions that have been previously stipulated by others in this thread as ways to "stop" being dueled.
Honestly, is this any way to live? In constant fear of having our earnings taken, we must resort to extreme measures to safe guard that which we have earned through working or dueling. This travesty is not unique to any one class but all. There have been many cases stated by workers as to their grievances, but duelers, adventurers and soldiers that belong to a town also suffer.
Imagine that after arriving at a town and dueling you are waiting the time it takes for you to return to your town and safely deposit your winnings in your bank when you find upon arriving that the majority is gone due to another dueler that visited your town.
How is this equitable? How is it fair that we can be attacked without our avatars even being present? I get that the Wild West was dangerous I have no problem with dueling others in my town while I am there. I do not agree with this ill-conceived rule.
I understand that code takes a while to change and I realize this cannot happen over night. I will continue to play for another month, but if this intolerable rule, that people can be attacked away from their towns, continues, I will be forced to quit as I do not desire to play in fear.