Im still open for Ballista-40 and 50 duels. My style is meet in an area real far from the main area, and duel. Rules are No 2-Hour Abilities may be used. No outside help. If you are not a WHM, RDM, /WHM, /RDM....no Protect/Shell. Only buffs may be self applied. Those new equipments that give buffs (the Shield that gives Shell effect, the one that gives Haste) are legal. Food and Drinks are legal (Pies, Kabobs, Juices, Yag Drinks, Au Laits), but Medicines are not (Potions, Ethers, Remedys, Eye Drops, Echo Drops, Antidotes, etc). Status inflicting 'potions' such as Blinding Potions (Double Bat Earrings at Ballista-60 and Blind Potion for +30 Evasion) -ARE- legal since they include the drawback of obviously recieving the negative effect.
By the way Chi, I challenge you!!!
But for your questions about why people dont do duels is simply because of 6 spells and 2 items:
Sleep Arrows
Sleep Bolts
Sleepga I
Sleepga II
Sleep I
Sleep II
Foe Lullaby
Horde Lullaby
At least thats the reason I stopped doing Ballista every day. (And Yes, I know theres 2 certain useable items that negate these, but those items are 10-15k a stack and you'd go through at least 1 stack per Ballista, so {Thanks for the offer, but I'll have to pass.}
Chi, you and me. Ballista 40. Duel to the last HP!