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'''PvP''', or '''Player versus Player''' is head-to-head mortal combat, pitting players against other players. The design focus of Diablo III's [[multiplayer]] is on [[PvE]] cooperative play, but PvP will be is supported as well through the Arenaand was introduced with [[Patch 1.0.7]].
==How it Works== [[File:Nek the brawler.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Nek the Brawler]] PvP Master]]*To duel another player, the player speaks with [[Nek the Brawler]] at the [[Slaughtered Calf Inn]] in Diablo III [[New Tristram]]*Speaking with Nek will take place only the player and their party to the [[Scorched Chapel]], a new zone designed specifically for player combat*This zone has custom geometry and features four different areas::*Church:*Graveyard:*River:*Lake*Dueling currently supports up to four players in a Free-For-All format, which means players can battle their friends either one-on-one, three-player FFA, or a full four-player FFA*If a player dies in the dueling world, they will be resurrected in the dueling zone*Death is not permanent in the dueling zone, even for [[Battle ArenaHardcore]]characters*There is no durability damage to items while in the dueling zone*When dueling is over players take a portal out or use a [[Town Portal]] to return to town The game doesn’t keep score and there are no objectives. The system is very simplified and there is no match up service, scoring or ladder system. See that article for much more detail on this issueIt is not known if there will be any [[achievements]] awarded or what balance changes will be made to skills. ==History of PvP in Diablo III==
It was originally planned that Diablo III would ship with PvP but as time crept on Blizzard took the decision to launch without as the PvP element was not meeting their expectations and to get it right would have delayed the release of Diablo III further. They felt it could launch without PvP. <ref>[http://blues.incgamers.com/Posts/10/1/40/819/187473/pvp-will-be-an-expansion-pack#postId_502511 PvP not ready for launch of Diablo III] - Community Manager, Blizzard, 12/10/2012</ref>
<blue>There is no specific PVP gear, only gear good for PVP depending on your build.</blue>
In December of 2012 Blizzard announced that the PvP element of Diablo III had been simplified with the [[Battle Arena]] aspect of the game going to back to the drawing board.<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/the-future-of-diablo-pvp-posted-dueling Future of PvP] - Jay Wilson, Blizzard. 27 December 2012</ref> A more simplified version of PvP was promised for [[Patch 1.0.7]]. <ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-patch-v1-0-7-preview Patch 1.0.7 Preview] - Jay Wilson, Blizzard. 12 January 20132</ref>
<blue>The PvP game is being developed alongside everything else, so it’s not as if the game is done and we’re ready to ship it but then stop and take a few months to balance things. Also, it’s to be expected that the game won’t be and won’t really need to be balanced right at release as it will take some time for people to really explore and begin reaching competition levels where more extreme balance is necessary or even possible for us to properly evaluate and react to.</blue>
Diablo III did not ship with a Player Vs. Player game mode.
==Gallery==
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File:Scorched chapel1.jpg|[[Demon Hunter]] & [[Witch Doctor]]
File:Scorched chapel2.jpg|[[Monk]] & [[Barbarian]]
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