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[Chuck Jager]

As title says:
Why are so many folks choosing Conquest

Is it the minimal extra points for the mode. I do not think the folks who think this way are getting enough damage to qualify for a DRAW.

Or
Is am I just really unlucky seeing conquest come up every choice with folks having saved up votes and missing the a non-conquest selection.


I have had 5 out of 7 games be conquest, and both of those I had to use my saved votes.

The funny thing is I keep getting high damage on my losses while I watch my team melt like peasants during the plague. I will note they are trying to group up fairly well, just not very good builds.

[RestosIII]

7 matches do not make good statistics. Try 20-60 matches and it'll be a bit better in that regard. Personally, I'd LOVE it if more people were voting for conquest when I'm playing. Getting tired of NASCAR/deathballs.

Also, you KNOW some people will vote conquest without realizing that they can't change their vote any more. I know I've made that mistake several times already.

Edited by RestosIII, 18 March 2016 - 10:50 PM.

[Chuck Jager]

I know about statistics. This is a I'm curious saw something strange lately is it because of X,Y or Z.

If I was making a statement that I saw X,Y or Z and it means this. You bet there is not enough data.

Not being surly just asking a casual question that is in part due to the swings in playstyles during events

[sycocys]

I only bothered to play 2 matches today (just aiming for a first win on a mech) both times skirmish lost. I'm just going to chalk it up to being event weekend and actual game modes make lrms easier to do damage with because they tend to force people into lesser cover.

[vocifer]

After last patch I choose only skirmish and if it's not an option - I choose nothing.
For me those extra capping cbills are not worth of the time waiting for the match to end.

Edited by vocifer, 19 March 2016 - 01:07 AM.

[Ace Selin]

vocifer, on 19 March 2016 - 01:06 AM, said:

After last patch I choose only skirmish and if it's not an option - I choose nothing.
For me those extra capping cbills are not worth of the time waiting for the match to end.

pretty much this for me too

[Damia Savon]

Skirmish is boring. Even stupidly waiting around for a match to end is more amusing than skirmish. Of course if you capped faster then the match would be over sooner. Shocking thought I know.

[MrMadguy]

You're unlucky most likely. There are times of day, when voting becomes inadequate, cuz only tryhards play at this moments.

For majority of players priority is following:
Skirmish > Assault > Conquest

Domination is currently undetermined. When players will learn to skip Domination via letting enemies cap and end match within 1 minute on some maps, where radar is terribly placed, and play it as Skirmish on all others - this mode will be even better, than Assault, or may be than Skirmish itself, cuz Domination doesn't allow dragging match out via running away and hiding.

Edited by MrMadguy, 19 March 2016 - 02:19 AM.

[Prof RJ Gumby]

Chuck Jager, on 18 March 2016 - 10:42 PM, said:

As title says:
Why are so many folks choosing Conquest

Dude I got like 2 conquest matches since the patch, and only because I started to vote conqest yesterday just to try it out (I don't vote most of the time).

Funny thing is, the first match we won by capping after loosing all 12 mechs, so don't tell me conquest can't get interesting
(excluding some maps like the frozen city, where you can kill the enemy team without capping a single point, then go make yourself some tea, then get back and cap for win).

[Narcissistic Martyr]

Maybe people like it?

[Nightshade24]

well from my understanding a lot of people just want to try out the new and improved/ changed conquest so there is a bit of attention on that...

skirmish: hasn't changed a bit.
assault: changed a bit
conquest: changed quite a bit
domination: new.

Skirmish is the least popular due to the lack of changes and assault hasn't changed as much as conquest in terms of gameplay half the time.

[dervishx5]

I pick conquest and maps like Alpine and Terra Therma because I know you don't want to play on them.

[Fiona Marshe]

Conquest generates the most cash per match, but the micro-attention span of "kill everything now" crowd don't want to spend the time.

[vocifer]

Cash per match != cash per minute.
Sure if you don't live till the end of a match, you just disconnect and go on..

I actually loved the conquest before the patch, but now I am not supporting ths "wait for a minute watching 5 blue stripes at top of your HUD". Win conditions have been broken and I don't understand why people defend this.

Ok, there are necessary waiting times out there: matchmaking time, loading time, time for everyone to connect. I'm even ok with a ghost-drops, since it is a way to prevent bots. But forcing players to go for the objectives after the match is over and result is obvious is just dumb.

[Groovdog]

$$$$ enuff said

[jss78]

Under the current system, I'll first vote on the map. I'll then vote on the game mode after seeing which map is winning.

There are some maps like Alpine and Terra Therma which are at their best in Conquest. (As you can't simply camp you-know-where.)

[Triordinant]

PGI screwed up bigtime when they pitted players against each other by bringing in mode voting. Let those who like Conquest play only Conquest if they want. Let those who like Skirmish play only Skirmish if they want, etc. That way everyone in the match actually LIKES the mode they're playing instead of some of them hating it but getting outvoted.

Edited by Triordinant, 19 March 2016 - 07:52 AM.

[Xavori]

I vote against Skirmish 100% of the time now.

The time wasted getting the last few collection or capture bits is almost always less than chasing down the last rabbit in a skirmish match, and the winning team doesn't have to get on chat and threaten said rabbit with reporting for nonparticipation.

[Monkey Lover]

After years of team death murder ball people want more.

[Astrocanis]

Xavori, on 19 March 2016 - 07:54 AM, said:

I vote against Skirmish 100% of the time now.

The time wasted getting the last few collection or capture bits is almost always less than chasing down the last rabbit in a skirmish match, and the winning team doesn't have to get on chat and threaten said rabbit with reporting for nonparticipation.

And I vote against Conquest and Domination (especially Domination) 100% of the time. Conquest because it's too hard to get pugs to pay attention to objectives and waiting for the match to end is brainless.

Domination because it is, IMO, the worst of all worlds. Brawlers claim they love it. But they are usually demolished before they get to do much at all.