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Changelogs
Version 1.1
Player is now recognized as every Tamriel Data race (except for Giants) and will be introduced as whatever race they are until they reach rank 5 in a faction.
At rank 5 in any faction, player is introduced as a member of that faction until they become champion, in which case they are introduced as the champion.
Added voiceslines for every faction (except Census and Excise) and every Tamriel Data Race + Dremora and Sload (not not Giants)
Added optional plugins for Nord Mead Helmet, Shalk Armor, Buoyant Armiger Armor, Stone Breaker Bonemold Armor, and two playable Dremora Mods
Added support for TES3MP (talk with the quest giver about Improvements) BETA
Added optional plugin to move hidden quest to PC's Anvil.
Almost every supported plugin now has both opponents for the player as well as NPCs for NPC vs NPC duels.
Added a new player rival. He can fight against you or another NPC in the pit and also appears as a spectator. If/when he dies, he is dead for good.
Added support for Vivec - God the City.
MWSE support should be fully ironed out now, but save often just in case.
Version 1.0
Added support for Hammerfell Ansei Warrior Armor
Added support for Camonna Tong Chitin Armor
Added support for Ceremonial Adamantium Armor
Added support for Expanded LeFemm Armor
Added support for Mage Robes
Added support for Netch Adamantium Armor
Added support for Northern Redoran Armor
Added support for OAAB Data
Added support for Redoran Exile Armor
Added support for Sathil Mercenary Armor
Added new voiced greetings for the quest giver based on faction rank
Added all 9 ranks. After you become the champion, you can fight everyone you didn't face before reaching opponents who never self-delete from the lists.
With all plugins enabled and all optional quests completed, there are 134 unique fighters to face.
A special fight if you have completed two vanilla quests with good outcomes.
Mod is now an ESM.
New voicelines from NPCs once you become the champion.
Added optional plugins to relocate Animal Combatant Vendors to Tamriel Rebuilt, Skyrim Home of the Nords, Tomb of the Snow Prince, and/or Bloodmoon locations.
Gave a big gut to one of the fighters. The big gut cannot be looted nor obtained.
Added Dunmer nobles to the corners of the arena pit.
Added voicelines to a few arena opponents.
Reachmen now only appear if a certain hidden quest has been completed.
Added a few fighters designed by RandomPal (They have RP in their IDs).
Version 0.9.5
Added animal combatants, as well as a few optional quests to increase the animal fighter roster variety.
If using BCoM, Roaring Arena will update the Vivec Arena Animal Pens as you locate sources of animal combatants.
Updated the FOMOD with more options, and it now shows only what is relevant to your first selection.
Added optional plugins for Glass Helm Compilation and Sathil Mercenary Equipment
Fixed NPC dialogue bugs. Now everyone is NoLore, but may still have some lines for misc topics.
Doubled the rarity of Reachman and Maormer combatants.
Version 0.9
Added a rare chance to see Maormer and Reachman fighters in the pit, with introductory voice lines.
If the player is a Maormer or Reachman, the announcer will introduce them as such in Player vs NPC duels.
In Player vs NPC duels, the announcer will introduce the player by their race, (Outlander if a custom/unrecognized race) for all races.
Added wall art and arena posters made by Rats to various locations in the non-BCoM versions only. BCoM will handle their distribution.
Added 5000 gold bounty if you interact with NPCs (dead or alive) in NPC vs NPC duels. You can still loot the bodies, but some have equipment worth 10's of thousands of gold, hence big bounty.
Added ability to control spectator density. Talk to fight organizer about "Improvements".
Added voiceline greetings to the fight organizer.
Added some more voicelines to the announcer and betting organizer.
Increased variety of Nord and Dunmer fighters in NPC vs NPC duels.
Version 0.8
Added the ability to schedule player vs NPC fights.
Implemented the first phase of rank advancement (available after winning 5 fights).
If using an Open Arena mod, fights will not trigger unless the player enters the arena pit space.
Can talk with the fight scheduler to allow NPC fights to ignore player range. (If using an Open Arena mod, fights will begin once the player enters the cell if that setting is chosen).
Some vanilla NPCs have a 25% chance to appear as spectators if their quest has been completed with an outcome favorable to them.
Version 0.7
Added voicelines for all vanilla duels.
Added betting for NPC fights. You can even bet on Rothis Nethan or Brethas Deras during that quest.
Added a few more fighters to the NPC vs NPC pools.
Renamed mod from Exotic Arena to Roaring Arena - Betting and Bloodletting to better describe the experiences of the mod.
Version 0.6
Added an announcer who will announce all NPC vs NPC fights. If he is killed, fights will go on without him or his speeches.
Created two generic fighters of each vanilla race, increasing the variety of NPC fights.
Even more voice lines created by Von Djangos added.
Non-open Vivec Arena BCoM and Glass Domes of Vivec versions now have MIP-like interior weather. No more rain under the roof.
Version 0.5
Added more spectator NPC voice lines, doubling mid-fight line variety.
Corrected issue where NPCs at the doors would talk after death.
Added support for all 3 flavors of Lore Accurate Arena.
When a match is over, the winning NPC will exit the arena.
If a fight is active, you will be able to faintly hear the crowd from the Waistworks and also outside the arena.
After a fight, spectators now clap for twice as long.
Version 0.4
All vanilla quest duels will have a crowd.
A chance for NPC duels to randomly occur in the arena pit.
Crowd NPCs with new voicelines and animations.
Version 0.3
Initial release. First 10 fights, all fights give rewards.
