Since you nerfed the revenge i completely stopped playing skirmish and dominion. I play since closed beta and dominion is one of the mode i have played the most.Now it is almost impossible to at least stand up against 2 opponent in hope to get help.
The only problem with the revenge was hero like orochi , warden ,pk and nobushi .in revenge these heroes could spam there zone attack infinitely with very deadly damages .That was the major problem . but outside of this those same hero are completely fine and overall the revenge mechanic was working well.
Second point is this : Now that i only play duel and brawl because of what i said above .I have noticed that spikes have been removed from a lot of place,But
-no one like to fight on a narrow bridge.
-Not a lot ,very few will accept to fight next to an open ledge.
-Almost nobody go for enviro kill ,most of the time they will say sorry.
-every single round when you fight on the no railguard bridge people will run at the end side , everyone agree with that.
-Same thing for the narrow walk in sancturary bridge , people choose to go up the stair and fight inside the room
-Same thing with overwatch.No one fight on the bridge they all run at one end side to fight.
-The samurai map high tower. really ?
-The map with the boat ''chantier naval'' in french.No one like to fight cornered inside that little room connected with a no rail guard bridge both side of the room.
But running away from these bad spot lead you most of the time in a cornered zone to fight !
These are non-written law . and rarely you see people not abiding by this 90% of the time people do what is said above and i'm fine with it.It is now clear that people choose to go duel because they want a sword fight by the art of war in the amazing game you created.There is still room for enviro kill , i do understand some hero perform better with walls and cornered zones because they rely on stunning their opponent
But these behavior from the dueling and majority of the brawler speak by itself and should be looking at very seriously . Why most of the player in this mode play it this way ? one of the possible answer is that they have been told so many many many time '' if you want an honorable fight go duel'' and this is what they do.