Hi-Rez has made an announcement regarding some Conquest zone open time changes that will be going in effect related to Daylight Savings Time (as well as some tweaks to open time durations). Check out the details and time schedules here.
We've been reevaluating overall rewards in AvA, and ultimately we hope to provide the best of both worlds. As we examine possible future features, such as agency leveling and the rewards that go with that, we hope to provide a boon for everyone who participate in or wins a zone, while also still providing the specific limited rewards that cause some friction if the winning group is too large. Currently the reward is lifetime name recognition (in a number of places), a cache of unique equipment, and some very unique apparel items. Not only are the apparel items limited, but they come in the form of Officer quality (very limited) and Soldier qualities. I do suspect the rewards will change from win to win, and as we improve AvA and the game overall. --HiRezScott
As part of Hi-Rez's "upcoming developments" announcement today, they've decided to extend the period for which Conquest will be free for all players, sub or not:
We view the release of Global Agenda as the start of the journey and we are already working hard to continue delivering improvements, new features, and new content based on your feedback.
To prove it to you, we are going to extend the free-play period for Global Agenda Conquest while continuing to deliver features and content enhancements.
All players will continue to be able to play the Conquest features for the rest of February and March without a monthly subscription fee.
As AvA testing continues, some more of the various technologies that can be developed and used in Conquest matches are coming to light. Technologies like... Rocket Platforms:
It's a little over a week old, but the day after Hi-Rez released their announcement of the final pricing scheme for Global Agenda, Ten Ton Hammer interviewed Todd Harris to clarify a few things and get a feel for the reasoning behind the announcement, as well as potentially more details about Conquest mode. You can find the article over at Ten Ton Hammer.
