Chaotic Dreams

Mutator called Mutator Toolbox just released this week, is designed to modify many of the hardcoded values in normal UT2k4 programming. Things like damage per hit, health pack value, shield pack value, vehicle swapping, etc.
But the damage per hit thing is kind of fun on Duel, It is a slight reduction in the insta-kill whoring with the warhammer and single axe till those are fixed. And it makes for some closer battles since people aren't so afraid to get one hit killed as much, they stay and fight harder.

And wouldn't you know it! Its on my uber server!! (see signature)

Awesome!

But now Duel melee bouts will never end...

They should allow it to change run speed, then we could experiment with some new duel ideas.

erm,5% movement speed so people dont flee?

5% move speed? That's crazy! The game would end before anybody gets within range to strike.

How about tweaking the melee weapons so that most attacks force a player to slow to a walking speed or stop at the end?

I was thinking a 50% movement speed, and not to prevent running, since you'll always have that, but because its more realistic and limits the tendency to excessively "joust" in combat. Plus, people might actually block more if they couldn't just dodge out of the range of a melee weapon.