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[Inertiaman]

...and why?

Just out of interest really.

Edited by Inertiaman, 28 February 2013 - 04:44 AM.

[Thirdstar]

I just like Assault better.

Conquest on anything but Alpine is just a dressed up Assault. Deathball almost always wins.

[Arete]

Assault only. In pugs conquest just gets completely chaotic most of the time as ppl run off on random to cap or defend caps without a clue of what the rest of the team does.

[Solomon Ward]

Default both.

There are some Conquest matches which make me regret but there are others where Conquest gives an awesome twist to the whole match.

[Voidsinger]

Conquest only when soloing.

I like a game that keeps me thinking.

Yes, I have no idea what the rest of the team does and why, but that's another thing to keep my mind busy.

Worst snoozefest for me: Assault mode, in an Assault mech.

[Accursed Richards]

Before Alpine, all Conquest; it makes it easier to herd pugs and can lead to some quite tense endgames every now and then. But it's badly broken on Alpine (won one game without seeing an enemy until the last ten seconds and with two kills between both sides), so I've gone back to Any.

[NitroBurst]

I do Conquest for the most part b/c it is objective oriented (like to keep that variable in there b/c it can lead to interesting matches). I do see a lot of people going their own way though and don't work as a team. I am guessing Assault doesn't have that problem too much so I am considering switching over to any and the heck with it. Assault seems to have an allure to the premade teams up to a certain point and not being in a group yet (LW'ing it) kinda makes me nervous in that gametype lol

[Inertiaman]

I'd instinctively be more worried about groups in conquest to be honest. Headless chickens I can deal with..

[Chrithu]

I do Assault only. They both melt down to being played the same. But in Assault it is a lot easier to keep the maingroup together for the final clash.

[Exoth3rmic]

Thirdstar, on 28 February 2013 - 04:46 AM, said:

I just like Assault better.

Conquest on anything but Alpine is just a dressed up Assault. Deathball almost always wins.

This. I very rarely see any cap wins (other than Alpine) and the "tactical" element is completely lost on the other maps as they're small and over played.

So I don't put myself through any longer a game than I have to.

[OneEyed Jack]

I usually do ANY, because I forget to choose and because it seems to get better matches. If I choose, it's always Conquest because it leads to more varied games. Contrary to popular belief, cap is a solid win con in Conquest, but won't win so fast you don't get a chance to fight about it (except sometimes in Alpine). It also leads to many games being decided in smaller fights, or at least fighting in more areas of the maps. The games are almost always more mobile.

Assault leads to always fighting in the same few points of the map, if you're lucky and it doesn't turn into a base race.

Edit:

Exoth3rmic, on 28 February 2013 - 06:17 AM, said:

So I don't put myself through any longer a game than I have to.

If that's the way you feel about the game, why bother logging in at all?

Edited by OneEyed Jack, 28 February 2013 - 06:20 AM.

[Sean von Steinike]

Any if solo, Conquest if teamed because the people I play with prefer that mode.

[Exoth3rmic]

OneEyed Jack, on 28 February 2013 - 06:18 AM, said:

If that's the way you feel about the game, why bother logging in at all?

My reasoning is as follows: - We win by killing 8 mechs. Killing 7 and then hunting down 1 light for 2 mins (as is my experience) is no fun for me.

I enjoy the battle mechanics and the cut and thrust of battle. The maps, other than alpine, do not feel suitable for conquest to me - so I don't play the mode.

Again, this impacts your enjoyment of the game not at all and improves my own. More options = good.

Edited by Exoth3rmic, 28 February 2013 - 06:26 AM.

[Havyek]

I queue for anything except for River City Night, but that's all I seem to get

[Roland]

I've taken to playing conquest only, because it means that I can focus on fighting robots, rather than worrying about mechs capping my base.

Conquest frees you up to use all of the map's terrain.

[Voridan Atreides]

I tried Conquest but I only played it like three or four times. It just seemed like a knockoff of Assault in which Assault was still better.