http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/83539-new-game-mode-conquest/
NEW GAME MODE: CONQUEST
With rumors of hostile activity on the Periphery of the InnerSphere, all of the Great Factions have been purchasing large quantities of Germanium. Germanium is a very rare
As with Assault Mode, each additional ‘Mech within the capture zone will increase the speed of capture. It will be important to know when your time is best spent helping your team secure a single resource collector, or if you should begin the capture of an additional resource collector.
Your team has taken ownership of a resource collector when the name of that collector on your HUD has turned blue. If you remain in the capture zone, you will see a colored blue bar begin to fill on the left side of the HUD element (see indicator 5 on above screenshot). You do not have to completely fill the bar to gain ownership, but since all resource collectors can be re-captured by the enemy team, the more time you devote to filling your capture bar the longer it will take for the enemy to drain and capture it for themselves.
Additionally, the resource collector location on the mini-map/Battle Grid will also turn blue if your team controls it (see indicator 6 on above screenshot).
High Command Tip:
It will be an important strategy for you and your team to know when your time would be best spent securing your capture zone fully, or moving on to capture another zone. The extra effort you put in to capturing a resource collector to 100% could buy you the time to destroy or chase off enemy ‘Mech(s) that are trying to re-capture it, but owning two capture points at 1% will earn you twice as many resources as one at 100%.
If an enemy starts to capture a resource collector (see indicator 7 on above screenshot), the HUD bar associated with the appropriate location will begin to flash red (see indicator 8 on above screenshot). As with Assault Mode, to stop an enemy from capturing a zone, you can either simply enter the capture zone yourself (neutralizing the capture), or destroy the enemy ‘Mech.
If your team approaches the maximum amount of resources (750) (see indicator 9 on above screenshot), you will be notified that your team is about to win (see indicator 10 on above screenshot). You will also get a warning notification is the enemy team is about to win as they approach the 750 max score.
Basic Win Conditions & Rewards:
Try to get to one of the outlier resource collectors as fast as your team can. Once captured, try to hold both it and the one at your spawn location for the duration of the mission. Assault Mechs are prime candidates for protecting the defensive line between the two controlled points while the scouts/brawlers try to gain ground on the rest of the locations.
http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/84412-economy-update-december-18th-2012/
ECONOMY UPDATES
I'll post the notes that specifically apply to most if not all of us:
Repair and Rearm
RNR has been removed from the game to facilitate a better overall user experience and game balance. All BattleMechs and Items will be repaired to 100% health during downtime on Tuesday the 18th.
Trial BattleMech Improvements
With repair and rearm removed from the game, we have rebalanced the Trial Mech reward system to reflect our move towards a better new user experience.
Reward Changes
Too help balance out the economy with RNR removed, we have rebalanced the existing C-Bill reward system to reflect the average NET rewards. NET rewards would be the average CB earned by players after repairing and rearming their mechs in the current version of MWO.
In addition we have continued to refine the rewards system to increase active participation. Players will now earn more CB for engaging the enemy and contributing to the success of their team. Even in a losing situation, players can earn significant rewards. We have also removed or reduced passive rewards to a bare minimum.
Average Rewards by player match rank before any bonuses:
We plan to make tuning adjustments over the coming weeks as we introduce more active rewards for non-combat aspects of the game.
We anticipate a reduction in AFK bots and a general realignment in player group tactics from base capping to enemy engagement.
Salvage remains the same.
Assault Rewards
Conquest Rewards:
NOTE: We plan to tweak the Conquest numbers in the New Year after collecting live analytics.
Personally I think we spend a week playing Conquest, then go to dropping into "ANY" do mix things up.
LOVE THIS UPDATE! Given there is supposedly some optimization for those of us with framerate issues in this patch as well, I haven't been as excited about a patch since OB!
As to the FPS, I will take a wait and see, not going to get excited until I can see it, pun intended.
Does anyone find it strange the they have removed cap bonus from a game mode with the stated objective being to cap? I understand why it is being done, just think it is rather sad that this is the solution. I saw some suggestions that I think could have handled the cap rush better rather than just saying you will now get more for killing than capping.
The gameplay type we've always been playing was truly designed to be TDM. But in order to expand the experience the cap squares were added to show that games can be won by other means than just killing the opposing team. Kinda like the YLW replacing the Centurion chassis once it was implemented. It is there as a plackard to show what's coming.
I am not sure about that, the name assault implies that the object is to take a position. It would be argued that some sort of static object need to be destroyed, ie bunker assault, but if the idea was TDM the initial implementation was poor.
Well it is beta. Things may change.
Looks like a very nice adition :)
You are correct Polteg. I was not complaining about the changes, I don't really have a problem with it. It is just that if the intent is TDM, make it TDM, no capping at all, or a single mid point cap.
I would love what we were talking about in voip gater, persistent world with conquerable cities and what not.... can u imagine?
I can imagine it, hope to actually see it someday.
I think that's the ultimate goal for this game guys. Cross our fingers!