The online community for this game is going at a alarmingly high rate...

Good thing it'll never happen on this forum!


Oh wait.

Mime wrote:

I will however stand up in defense to what you said about Pgigglz and Chris. They are both GREAT players!

Word, Mime!

As for the whole Conquest thing, I do believe there will be more people that join Conquest rooms. I myself have been doing deathmatch alot lately, and I'm pretty tired of walking in on glitchers and spammers. I will start inviting more people into the matches, and even get some DLC going

Remember, the way to populate the Conquest rooms is patience. You can't force anyone into doing something they are not into, but we'll wait for the day when we get back to Conquest matches, where the sun is always shining and glitchers get justice by everyone from Mime to Chris79

Last edited by StackedDeck52 (Nov 05, 2009 (7:07 pm))

All you guys need to do is invite me. I've always been an activist for conquest mode but I'm just as happy playing TDM at the moment. All it takes is the suggestion and I'm in. I dropped in on a hell of a conquest server last night - must have been a full moon or something because all sorts of old school WC players were in there. I would have stuck around longer if it wasn't 230am where I live :-/

Chris79 and pgigglz are good players imo. Maybe they're not the most aggressive players & that's why you don't notice so much? They're a tough fight though.

Whenever I catch boosters I go & kill them repeatedly until they leave . I don't care all that much though.. points just don't really matter to me any more. I dunno if they ever did.. yeah maybe it mattered when I was still not a very good player lol. These days I try to play conquest like it should be played - say someone's coming up on me & Mime capturing a territory and an enemies are on the way, I'm going to sacrifice my 100pts to kill/delay them before they get there & hopefully Mime gets the capture before the fight reaches him. Other times, I run ahead of my team to get a head start on the next base or try to sneak one that the other team isn't paying attention to.. or just distract/split up the other team. Point hoarding is boooring.

Jonathan1515 wrote:

The reason I don't play conquest so much is because players end up just going in circles capping points and never fighting. No one even tries to defend, and also so often it just becomes a mage spam in conquest. 6 mages go from one base then go to the next and throw all their firewalls. No one has a chance to stop them.

First off, Mime, call me Blitzkrieg. Once I get a Microsoft points card I'm changing back to blitzkrieg boys

Secondly, I have been, and still need to work on my scouting for this specific reason, Jonathan. I really admire people like Smirv and Ragtime Jazz, who will willingly turn around, sacrificing their points, just to get a backstab on one of the enemies who are capturing. After this, they quickly roll, or run, away before you can kill them. This means they slowed down the capture process for the enemies, helped their team get ahead capture-wise, didn't die, and most importantly, punked the other team


The Mage class has had enough time in the sun, as we all know. The archer, sadly, has become the posterboy for The Glitchers and Campers Association with all the multi-shots and camping. The warrior finally has the recognition and popularity it deserves, showing the bold and powerful side of all those who dare to master it, thanks to the new Mithril Knights and the teachings of Giaquinto. Now, it's the scouts turn. It's time for the scouts to gain popularity, as I will do my best to help its popularity grow like the warrior. Sure, there are warrior legends, mage legends and especially archer legends, but now is the time of the scout.


Getting back to Conquest, though, I think we agree on one thing; it's up to us to repopulate. Spread the word, tell everyone you know, even have a party if you have to but we gotta get back into the swing of things.


I think I speak for all when I say... LET'S CAPTURE SOME BASES!!!!!!

Last edited by StackedDeck52 (Nov 05, 2009 (7:10 pm))

JackRabbit,

I guess you can just call me Optimist Mime

Seriously though I will start sending invites out to everyone then to just try to keep the ball rolling. We can still shape this game even if they are no longer working on it. Things like tournaments are a great start! I think we need to keep doing things that brings the community together ESPECIALLy since we've all played together everyday for months. I think perhaps some sort of War Games type thing that lasts the entire month. (whether it be by clans or just individuals. Not necessariy point based but based more on tracking team wins and losses.)

I am thinking of something but it would take people to get behind it. I'll be gone for a couple days but if anyone has any great idea post them or send me a message on XBL. Mime999

Last edited by Mime (Nov 05, 2009 (10:02 pm))

StackedDeck52 wrote:

Canterbury wrote:

Game's no good. That's usually what happens to bad games. They die a slow, painful death.

Don't listen to ratings. Conquest is a great game, and if you want to knock it, do it elswhere

It's a great game? Ok, care to explain why the graphics aren't even up to par with games released 2 years prior? Care to explain the shallow gameplay, or the mediocre SP campaigns (Evil was the best campaign, and even then only the first level was really good), even the multiplayer (what Pandemic focused on) wasn't that good. You should pay attention to the ratings, because those guys are payed to go up on stage and tell you how good the game is, they've played good and bad games. I'm pretty sure they know what they're talking about.

M@RS wrote:

It's a great game? Ok, care to explain why the graphics aren't even up to par with games released 2 years prior? Care to explain the shallow gameplay, or the mediocre SP campaigns (Evil was the best campaign, and even then only the first level was really good), even the multiplayer (what Pandemic focused on) wasn't that good. You should pay attention to the ratings, because those guys are payed to go up on stage and tell you how good the game is, they've played good and bad games. I'm pretty sure they know what they're talking about.

I think the ratings were probably crap because of the PS3 version. The game is pretty rough around the edges on PS3 compared to 360 (sorry, but it's true). In my opinion the whole strength of the game is in the online MP aspect. For me, the SP campaigns are just there so you can get good enough to play online. It's a game of tactics and skill rather than a novelty. It is NOT an RPG and it's NOT really an addition to the LotR mythology. It's a fantasy medieval battle game with a great community of players, which happens to have a LotR theme. It has its flaws but it's a great concept that seems to have just suffered from being rushed to market too quickly.

P.S. The graphics are just fine - it takes a hefty amount of computational power to handle them if nothing else. If you don't like the game DESIGN that's a different matter. The graphics aren't realistic and super-detailed but again.. it's not an RPG. There are plenty of novelty play-through-once games out there if it's not your bag. But yeah, I can see how some people were disappointed at the result compared to their expectations.

I suppose it is just opinion, but Conquest just didn't do LOTR justice for me, and the multiplayer aspect is better in other games.  From what I've seen, it does have a good community though.

Last edited by Nazgulian (Nov 07, 2009 (10:12 pm))

I suppose it is unfair to blame this all on you guys. A sucky game will have a sucky community, and there's little anyone can do about it.

Please guys, lets not turn this into a conquest-good-or-not disscussion. Yeah Blitz and Undying do you guys know who Im Bored is? He is really good but uses the multishot glitch all the time

Last edited by Jackrabbit2000 (Nov 10, 2009 (8:50 pm))