Im posting to make a case and plea for some light but fruitful work on conclave. I have like and dislikes that can be addressed. If anyone has any additional suggestions using existing mechanics in the elsewheres of the sandbox please speak your piece.
1- Arsenal. A fair ammount of attention went into what was allowed in the arena acrossed the board. None of the frames are broken enough to matter there (including Titania for the naysayers). The mods keep weapons and frames within a viable TTK Irrespective of build. The weapons were cherry picked well. All in all a sizable ammount of the total aresnal can be at your disposal in the arena. I think what put most players off from Conclave was playing at a low MR and not having the inventory to counter whats on the field.
A fix to make for a more equitable competition regardless of time played in the game is to do something similar to what was done with Duviri. Players beneath a certain MR (my best guess is 7-8) could have the option each match to pick from randomly selected presets to level the field. We know the framework for this mechanism exists.
2-Rewards. Leaving the mods out of the argument, the skins were a nice clean vibe. This game mode lacks Specialized weapons like the other factions. The addition of a weapons set would probably get player population up and be appreciated. The mods Should have a chance to drop as a reward for match wins honestly to speed the process of becoming competitive. Adding current end game vendor currencies like Riven Slivers into a postmatch or Teshin vendor reward would certainly sweeten the pot.
3-Bounties. Bounties are a nice touch to give extra achievement awards, but the missions felt redundant and could be interwoven into Nora's Mix bounties to cross polinate the reward potentials from playing.
Overall, the framework exists for a populated and fun conclave. As it stands the sandbox has a better balance than other shootergames focused solely on PVP. It's ironic that the community has been conditioned to dislike it by players that typically don't like pvp modes irrespective of the game they're playing (word of mouth is punishing). I find this unjust. With a few minor additions and tweaks (a lot probably not mentioned or thought of) that wrong could be made right... Again please comment any productive additions I might have missed. Lets have an adult conversation about making this mode fun and equitable.
Im posting to make a case and plea for some light but fruitful work on conclave. I have like and dislikes that can be addressed. If anyone has any additional suggestions using existing mechanics in the elsewheres of the sandbox please speak your piece. 1- Arsenal. A fair ammount of attention went into what was allowed in the arena acrossed the board. None of the frames are broken enough to matter there (including Titania for the naysayers). The mods keep weapons and frames within a viable TTK Irrespective of build. The weapons were cherry picked well. All in all a sizable ammount of the total aresnal can be at your disposal in the arena. I think what put most players off from Conclave was playing at a low MR and not having the inventory to counter whats on the field. A fix to make for a more equitable competition regardless of time played in the game is to do something similar to what was done with Duviri. Players beneath a certain MR (my best guess is 7-8) could have the option each match to pick from randomly selected presets to level the field. We know the framework for this mechanism exists. 2-Rewards. Leaving the mods out of the argument, the skins were a nice clean vibe. This game mode lacks Specialized weapons like the other factions. The addition of a weapons set would probably get player population up and be appreciated. The mods Should have a chance to drop as a reward for match wins honestly to speed the process of becoming competitive. Adding current end game vendor currencies like Riven Slivers into a postmatch or Teshin vendor reward would certainly sweeten the pot. 3-Bounties. Bounties are a nice touch to give extra achievement awards, but the missions felt redundant and could be interwoven into Nora's Mix bounties to cross polinate the reward potentials from playing. Overall, the framework exists for a populated and fun conclave. As it stands the sandbox has a better balance than other shootergames focused solely on PVP. It's ironic that the community has been conditioned to dislike it by players that typically don't like pvp modes irrespective of the game they're playing (word of mouth is punishing). I find this unjust. With a few minor additions and tweaks (a lot probably not mentioned or thought of) that wrong could be made right... Again please comment any productive additions I might have missed. Lets have an adult conversation about making this mode fun and equitable.
