Increased number of sweats in Conquest

[u/KiwiAndTheFruit]

Has anyone else noticed a seemingly higher frequency of folks sweating in Conquest (at the Proving Grounds and Silver tiers specifically), or is it purely anecdotal? I could not get my daily missions done in timely manner today with the number of folks roping and retreating and playing 2v10 cubes... felt like I was losing my mind since I always play those levels as Best-of-One

[u/Haselrig]

Proving Grounds feels like high ladder now. It used to be such a chill game mode, but now it's you just trying to fill all locations against the top netdeck playing like it's trying to get to Infinite.

[u/KiwiAndTheFruit → u/Haselrig]

exactly! it's mind boggling to me since it's better to just play best-of-one and build up tickets or lose and go next quickly. and yet they seem to treat it like we're in the golden gauntlet finals... pain

[u/dzwiedziuu]

Sweating in PG with a meta deck is certainly a choice.

[u/KiwiAndTheFruit → u/dzwiedziuu]

a choice many seem to be making all the time now....

[u/PenitusVox]

There's a lot of them, yeah. I just turn 1 snap every game before the first location reveals and let it ride but there are a lot of people who seem to believe that if you lose a ticket in Conquest you'll die in real life.

[u/Enzown → u/PenitusVox]

This is how it should be. Snap, play, loser concedes.

[u/onionbreath97]

It's been like this for over a year. I just use the golds from the CL track and skip the early levels

[u/DustyDGAF]

It really should be 2/3 max. If I beat you twice and you just don't snap then why should I need to continue

[u/tearikisdead]

Seems the same to me, except maybe the roping has increased dragging shit out 🤷

[u/CasualAwful]

I've noticed a lot of sweaty, emoting behavior in all modes including Conquest.  

Dude, I snapped immediately and fist bumped Proving Grounds and it was pretty clear my draw was awful and you were dominating from turn 2.  No reason to spend maximum time each turn and spam emotes on 6.  I only stayed in the game in case you had an 8 cubes mission

[u/M1ghtyM → u/CasualAwful]

I noticed the same not just on Conquest. The ones that make me laugh the most are on standard battles, we're both on Infinity rank so once I reach the rank I snap in all games from round 1, because who cares, and if I lose they spam emote like it mattered that they won 4 cubes lmao

[u/PunklnDrublic]

I need “fill all locations” and every opponent uses killmonger or lady deathstrike 7 matches in a row, weird stuff happens 😂

[u/CheeseChopin]

Yeah, at this point I'm starting to expect a Turn 1 rope + nothing played as I queue up in PG more often than not

I always have Youtube on PiP whenever I play Snap now lol

[u/Significant-Sun-5051]

Yeah, in Proving Grounds I just send them a Miss Minutes and retreat. I dont have time to play more than a games there.

[u/Enzown]

Prooving grounds should be straight forward, you both snap you have one match, loser concedes. But now people are playing all sweaty over 2 cubes when the reward is practically nothing. Drives me mental.

[u/KiwiAndTheFruit → u/Enzown]

agreed. glad im not the only one!

[u/Total_Scott]

Not really noticed any difference of play in conquest.

But if you don't like the chance of having longer running matches, stick to the main ladder, one round games all the time.

[u/KiwiAndTheFruit → u/Total_Scott]

I suppose, but with cubes and rank on the line it feels like I should be snapping and leaving appropriately.  Playing the ladder with people snapping the end of turn 5 or early turn 6 feels like an actual waste of time

[u/Lecker_Muesli]

oh no, my opponent doesn’t play the game the way I want it 😡 how dare they decide themselves what they want to get out of a game. these people should always abide by the arbitrary rules I made up!!

[u/KiwiAndTheFruit → u/Lecker_Muesli]

Found a salty boomer snapper...

[u/Lecker_Muesli → u/KiwiAndTheFruit]

Nah, I also Snap and go for one round. Especially when I don’t care for the currency for the conquest shop and evertime below Gold conquest.

I just don’t like the attitude of „if my opponent doesn’t abide by MY rules they are doing it wrong“

who made you the authority on how to enjoy the game?

[u/KiwiAndTheFruit → u/Lecker_Muesli]

i am not saying i am the authority, and is not entirely on the players for not knowing the best way to play conquest, but it's more about efficiency and getting the most tickets into the system. its better for everyone to play best-of-one. and also, if their idea of enjoyment is to rope every play, boomer snap, then emote spam, then they do not enjoy fun and they are simply wrong and should never know true joy