I would suggest to make a discord server for this mod to help players find other players that want to PVP with it. It can be really hard to convince players on Elden ring's server to download a mod to pvp with. So a server made for peeps who have already downloaded this mod and are looking to find someone to play with would be great!
Also if you haven't already fixed the holy damage PVP bug I would suggest adding my mod "Holy Damage PVP fix" to your mod.
On the topic of hard swapping, while a long time tradition it does come with its issues and has been a big part of why the skill floor for souls pvp has been so consistently high (and therefore difficult to get into).
Changing rings or equipment mid-combat, does take skill, but at the same time it reduces the tactical nature of optimising your build when instead there are just optimal equips for stages of combat. For the frenetic nature of random invasions, the versatility to significantly change up your equipment is great - but I agree that for duelling, maybe a half-step could be really helpful to making equipment decisions more meaningful while still allowing players to make adjustments on the fly.
For example, adding a cooldown to hardswaps, preventing hardswapping within a certain range of hostile players, a visual indicator that a player is in the equipment menu to make hardswapping more risk-reward, or some combination of any of the previous.
Might be more work than it's worth, but I'd definitely be curious about a mod that makes an effort to balance hardswapping. Don't be put off by some peoples' gut reactions.
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Also if you haven't already fixed the holy damage PVP bug I would suggest adding my mod "Holy Damage PVP fix" to your mod.
Changing rings or equipment mid-combat, does take skill, but at the same time it reduces the tactical nature of optimising your build when instead there are just optimal equips for stages of combat. For the frenetic nature of random invasions, the versatility to significantly change up your equipment is great - but I agree that for duelling, maybe a half-step could be really helpful to making equipment decisions more meaningful while still allowing players to make adjustments on the fly.
For example, adding a cooldown to hardswaps, preventing hardswapping within a certain range of hostile players, a visual indicator that a player is in the equipment menu to make hardswapping more risk-reward, or some combination of any of the previous.
Might be more work than it's worth, but I'd definitely be curious about a mod that makes an effort to balance hardswapping. Don't be put off by some peoples' gut reactions.