In Praise of the 6.1.1 Conquest Overhaul

yes, i have being unhappy with some of the changes in the past (and said so!) but equally, i believe in talking about the good stuff as well! This change has pretty much made me subscribe back to the game and pulled me away from other mmos!

Yes, I have being unhappy with some of the changes in the past (and said so!) but equally, I believe in talking about the good stuff as well! This change has pretty much made me subscribe back to the game and pulled me away from other MMOs!

This is something I have been hearing from a lot of players. The changes to the Conquest system have drown a lot of old players back into the game. It's awesome!

It shows the devs have done something right, this time. The Conquest changes are proof Bioware can listen to what players want and need in the game!

4 people in my guild recently came back because they heard people talking IN DISCORD about how good the changes were..... wow

Having now experienced the changes for a couple weeks, what I find the most unfortunate side-effect of the change is that the only thing that counts anymore for conquest is sheer number of players in a guild. I've joined several conquest guilds in an effort to get that elusive "Conqueror of the Galaxy" title, and what's happened since the patch hit is striking.

Before, mass guilds were still advantaged but didn't necessarily always win. In fact, the most successful conquest guild on my server was so despite maintaining standards in the players they invited, requiring a written application and a conversation with a guild recruiter, and they still managed to be on top despite somewhat lower numbers because of organization and constant conquest-related guild events. That created a sense of community that I never expected out of a conquest guild.

Now, the only thing that counts is mass - pure body count and nothing else. The guilds that have moved into the "most successful at conquest" role are those that invite everything that moves on Korriban, Hutta, and Dromund Kaas, and have no sense of community at all outside of a very small core. Everyone else is just there to pad the numbers, and half just turn guild chat off to avoid the people writing inane nonsense turning guild chat into fleet chat.

The changes are mostly good for people just trying to reach their conquest goals as a small guild, there's no denying that, and they're in the majority. It's just sad what you have to do to win conquests reliably as a guild now.

This is something I have been hearing from a lot of players. The changes to the Conquest system have drown a lot of old players back into the game. It's awesome!

It shows the devs have done something right, this time. The Conquest changes are proof Bioware can listen to what players want and need in the game!

Good point as well.

And those changes (coupled with the bonus XP stuff) have been pretty nice for solo players too !!

Very much appreciated !!

It has been great, there's only really been 1 naysayer, with a couple of, possible alts, and 1 angry person who just seems to argue about everything. Personally I think the devs deserve a thumbs up for the good work.

It has been great, there's only really been 1 naysayer, with a couple of, possible alts, and 1 angry person who just seems to argue about everything. Personally I think the devs deserve a thumbs up for the good work.