(Sticky) Complete Gametype Description: Conquest

Created by: AZN FTW

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(This is Conquest v4, but due to it being standardized now there is no version number)

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Conquest Overview

Conquest is a territories gametype that is made to represent the constant push and shove of frontlines during war time. It was designed to focus ALL combat around one choke point at all times and require teamwork to progress forward. There is almost no chance to flank a team. To progress forward you must present more brute force than your opposition.


Back Story

The sun sets after a long day of treking for the soldiers. Setting up operations in this part of the city in particular was a risky decision yet a necessary one. With one entry/exit point the squad would be able to setup less guards and allow the soldiers more rest for the next day's journey. As the soldiers finish their stew a voice comes over the radio:

"Alpha Squad do you copy? Alpha Squad report!"

"Sir, Pvt. Parts reports as ordered!"

"Pvt. Parts, this is Capt. Crunch at Outpost Golf. We have orders for you to execute your main objective of securing key points in the city. We have word that there is an enemy platoon approximately 5 miles from your position, with this same objective. You are to take your squad and secure more points than your opposition. Keep in mind soldier, that controlling the center most point is key to holding a firm position and controlling the majority of the city. Do not loose hold of your control points or we will loose control of the city and must retreat. Do you understand your objective?"

"Yes sir, we're on it!"

Pvt. Parts returns to the rest of his squad in haste. They are already putting on their new body armor and helmets.

"Get your asses in gear... we don't have time to lolligag. You can gear up as we move."

And with that he grabs his pack and walks towards their first control point. He turns to look at the new sniper of the group, watching as he slowly gets up he states:

"Oh and Billy... remember that they, like ourselves, have that new anti-sniper helm. Don't try to be a hero..."


Gametype Specifics

• 10 second Territory Capture Time
• No Lock after capture
• No Friendly Fire
• 75% weapon damage
• Custom PowerUp - 50% leech
• Indestructible Vehicles
• No Vehicle Use
• Synchronized With Team Respawns
• Respawn on All Territory Captures
• 10 second respawn
• 3 second Invulnerability on spawn

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Conquest Map Checklist

Detailed Map Creation for Conquest

A Conquest map is traditionally setup with one linear path, this path does not need to be symmetrical. Each team spawns at their end of the path. Each team is placed an equal distance from the center territory and every territory on their corresponding sides. Every part of the map represents the battlefield, hence there should be a territory covering every inch of the map's floor. Every territory should be able to be captured with your team while passing through that particular section of the path with minimal or no pause time before transitioning to the next territory, an easy way to accomplish this is to ensure that all of your territories are touching (IE don't have huge spaces between territories). This allows for smooth combat flow with minimal interruptions until one clashes with opposition.

Transition between sections of a map are normally represented by a door or a turn or something similar. These transition points are made to be particularly narrow to allow very few people to pass through at one time. The actual sections of the map are made a bit wider, but not by much. This allows the whole available team to spread out while giving the opposition little to no space to pass through. It is frowned upon to have parts of the map where players may not be visible, but are still close to the entry way for the territory. In certain situations this may be allowed when sacrificing something to access that spot. A good example of this would be a corner that is close to the doorway that you can hide in and cannot be seen from the territory on the other side... this is because it allows you to utilize trickery and assassinate any who enter while still keeping the ability to contest the territory. This is HIGHLY discouraged in the center territory and should be utilized with caution if at all in any other territory... the center territory should be focused on brute force rather than trickery.

Spawns are pretty simple for a map like this... follow basic spawn facing and positioning rules for each individual spawn point. As for where to put them, Predicide explains it pretty well in The Book of Conquest.

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Weapon Loadout

As for the weapons, the point of Conquest is to present constant pressure on your opponents to push forward. To support this purpose we use rapid fire focused weapons with little single shot power. The only weapons present as powerful single shot weapons are either because of difficulty of use or the unavailability of the weapon. Here are the notable weapons for Conquest:

• Brute Shot
  • One of the allowed power weapons. Due to the mass amounts of CQC and the choke point focus of Conquest the Brute Shot has the power to wipe out multiple foes making it a weapon to cherish in Conquest. Recommended placement is in the first territory on each side. This is so that if the opposition gets the second territory on your side you can fend them off with this power weapon.
• Sniper Rifle/Beam Rifle
  
  • Due to the decreased damage resistance, you are no longer able to kill with one headshot. Despite that this is still a power weapon in the right hands, use it to completely wipe shields while staying out of direct combat. This weapon is also suggested to be placed in the first territory on each side for the same reasons.
• Spike Grenades
  • One of the power weapons of Conquest. Sticking someone is still a one shot kill making this a lethal weapon. It is alot easier to stick someone in these close quarter situations as well. And the narrow hallways make it great for sticking to walls. It is preferable to place this in the first or second territory for each team. And preferably only present in one pair.
• Frag Grenades
  • Because of lessened damage these aren't very powerful. However they are a much better grenade to use on maps with a lot of corners, jumps and verticality changes.
• Plasma Grenades
  • A good replacement for the Spike Grenades for wider conquest maps.
• SMGs
  • A mainstream weapon in Conquest maps due to it's massive clip size and it's effectiveness in dual-wielding and CQC
• Spikers
  • Another mainstream weapon of Conquest maps... this weapon is less accurate with range, but due to it's blade it is highly useful in the collision of the two teams.
• Plasma Rifles
  • These are mainstream, but almost considered a power weapon due to the lessened damage in Conquest... eliminating an opponent's shields followed up with a headshot is more desirable than most options in many situations.
• Magnums
  • These make for a quick firing easily accessible headshot weapon. Very powerful when paired with plasma. You can normally find these weapons as last ditch effort weapons near the center territory.
• Plasma Pistol
  • Not a common weapon in Conquest, but it has a similar purpose as the plasma rifles. But due to it having to be charged first, it is less desirable in high pressure situations.
• Battle Rifle/Carbine
  • Again because of less damage in Conquest, these popular weapons aren't as powerful as they are in normal gametypes. However they serve as a good headshot weapon when someone else on your team is utilizing plasma weapons.
• Needler
  • This is a unique weapon... because Conquest maps are specialized in linear paths with many turns and sections a Needler could be nearly useless as people could take cover quickly. However in wider/longer territories a needler can become a power weapon due to it's ability to "stack" damage quickly and delay instant kill.
• Mauler
  • This weapon has not been fully tested yet... if the mauler does not kill in a shot/beatdown instantly then it is fair for conquest. If you have any information on this after testing it please PM me...
  
  
  

Weapons that shouldn't be on Conquest maps, mainly due to their one shot capabilities or their overpowering of other mainstream weapons on Conquest:

• Shotgun
• Rocket Launcher
• Fuel Rod Gun
• Sentinel Beam
• Flame Grenades
• Energy Sword
• Spartan Laser
• Gravity hammer
• Flamethrower
• Missile Pod
• Turrets

A note on equipment... use it sparingly. Here is a good quote from rusty eagle that sums it up.

 

Please read the post carefully, I refer to the Book of Conquest in my post... this gametype was originally created by myself and I felt that the community would benefit from a full on description on how to build a proper, smooth gameplay Conquest map. This description is FAR more detailed than the Book of Conquest.

Yes this is for Conquest v4... I will add in a "History of Conquest" when I get home from work today. Until then here is the complete amount of differences from v3 to v4:

• I kept the no friendly fire that is present in v2 and v3 because with choke points controlling friendly fire is difficult, so I kept it removed
• I returned to the 75% weapon damage. Yes this may increase the amount of beatdowns, but the types of kills are not important. Due to overwhelming amounts of forces at a choke point one needs more meat to survive 2-4 people shooting at them. Also this removes the one headshot capabilities of sniper rifles. This makes snipers a support weapon rather than a power weapon.
• The Custom Power Up was changed from 30 sec invulnerability to 50% leech. The reason for this is that invulnerability makes it a one sided battle rather than just offering an advantage. 50% leech allows you to last a bit longer while attacking, but isn't as big of an advantage due to the fact that you will have multiple people shooting at you. However it is still an advantage. 75% damage and this both support the "more meat" factor that you need to survive long enough in a territory to enjoy the game and have an effect.
• Because Conquest is a team focused gametype, your respawns are synchronized with your team. If you die and a teammate is about to spawn in 3 seconds, you spawn with them. This increases both teamwork and bruteforce.
• Another respawn change is that you spawn whenever anyone captures a territory. What this does is reset the battlefield so that both teams have equal opportunity to attack the new frontline. However, the team that won the territory that caused the respawn has troops already at the next territory, that is your advantage for winning the last territory.
• Respawn time was increased to 10 secs as supposed to 5 due to the new respawn traits to give a team the reward for eliminating another team and having a bit more time to capture territories.

Also I am aware that this isn't the exact perfect place to place the information. However, Conquest maps are all competitive and this would serve well as a sticky later. I informed Creeping Death of my actions and if the staff feel the need to move this then go for it... however, I strongly believe that if there is a gametype prefix there needs to be a stickied description of the gametype for those that don't know what it is. Or atleast have a gametype section for all gametype related threads... like we do over at our site.

And this is a full copy and paste from our site. For those that don't know I also copy and pasted the newest version of The Cellars.

 

The only time I would consider this a bad idea is in maps that are extremely narrow like The Cellars... if there is any entry way that is the same size or smaller than the deployable cover then it should not be utilized in that map... otherwise wider places would probably be a nice thing to try... but it does add an extra obstacle and could obstruct the flow of combat... as for flares, you don't walk into your own flare... it makes people stop moving for a bit... again another flow disrupter... it's completely up to you, just make sure you completely test it...

 

Yes it is possible, Ellement and I will be releasing our Orbital one and then we will be building a cold storage one and ghost town one using proper Conquest techniques... the trick to asymmetrical is to make sure the timing to get to each territory is the same and you balance the advantages of the different sections... I am also going to edit the guide cuz we are deciding to remove Forward spawning period from conquest...

 

The easiest way to do it is have a single start point for each team... the best would be the farthest point for each team... take the shortest path you can through your main path counting how many secs it takes. Then take the final number and split it into the size of the territories (in secs) that you want (remember they don't all have to be the same size, they just have to be the same size as the territory exacly opposite it for the other team). I suggest making your territories atleast 5 secs long (can be shorter, but highly recommended otherwise).

The whole balance between cover and stuff is completely up to you to try to figure out what's fair though...

 

If you need some help we can get the XF certifiers for Conquest to look through it.. currently it is just Ellement and myself, soon coyote and gunnergrunt will be fully trained up as well. Just PM me...

 

It suggested that you make sure the territory cover the ramp... the main reason for this is because when you are fighting to keep the territory you want to stay in the territory, so you will not utilize the ramp to fight for the next platform. And also it enforces they continue walking without having to stop and capture a territory...