Changes: Conquest

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Conquest is a gameplay mechanic which allows the player to conquer territory for their pledged faction, or the faction's allies, by slaying the NPCs of enemy factions. This means frequency of enemy NPCs spawning in conquered territory may be reduced, and that of the conquering faction or an allied faction may be increased, even if those NPCs don't normally spawn there. Conquest can also unlock enemy default waypoints for fast travel if it is above 500 points in the tile that contains the waypoint.

Conquest is disabled in M.E. Classic mode due to the lack of a map.

Starting conquest

Slaying a Gundabad Orc in the Lone-lands while pledged to the Blue Mountains

In order to conquer territory, you must first earn at least +100.0 alignment with a faction and pledge allegiance to them.

For each enemy of the chosen faction you kill, you will now be shown two numbers. One for the alignment (gold ring), and one for the conquest (crossed weapons). The picture to the left shows the slaying of a Gundabad Orc in the Lone-lands while pledged to the Blue Mountains. This earns you +0.0 alignment (outside the Area of Influence), but +1.0 conquest points.

In Update 36 a conquest bonus was added for defeating an invasion.

Table of Command

If you place a Table of Command and right-click it, the conquest map will appear. The map is divided into squares of 1024x1024 blocks (64x64 chunks).

Each square has a conquest counter for each faction, which is now +1.0 for the Blue Mountains in the example, gradually decreasing from the centre square to the adjacent squares further out.

The grey colour indicates that the conquest has no effect on spawn rates in this location, so it's wasted effort to kill enemies in this case.

You can use the slider and the category button below the map to select another faction. As you gain conquest points, the scale at the bottom of the map adapts to this fact. The darkest colours shown on the map always indicate the highest value shown there.

Red colour indicates positive effects on your own faction

If you slay enemies on your own territory (Blue Mountains in the example) , you'll get red coloured squares. Each kill increases the conquest. The red squares indicate an increase of the spawn rates for your own faction.

Striped squares indicate positive effects on an allied faction

If you slay enemies on the territory of your allies (Iron Hills in the example), you'll get striped squares. Each kill increases the numbers. The colour of the squares indicate a spawn benefit for an allied faction.

Please note, that in the picture to the left, the top and bottom squares are grey, because those are completely outside the Iron Hills.

Hired units

If you have hired some friends, they will not grant you alignment, but they will, however, grant you some conquest, at the rate of 1/4 the conquest you would earn if you were to kill the units yourself.

Decay

Conquest decay begins only after there have been no changes in that square for one hour. It then decreases by about one point every hour. In order to keep up high rates, you need to keep on fighting enemies in the desired region.

Commands

The following commands can be used to set conquest rates:

/conquest <set|add|radial> <faction> <amount> [x] [z]

Change conquest points for one faction at a certain location.

[x] [z] are the map coordinates. If left out, the current player (or command block) position is affected.
set and add influence only a single square.
radial adds the desired amount of conquest points to multiple squares in a gradually decreasing manner, like killing enemies would.
<amount> negative amounts can be used to reduce/remove effects.

/conquest clear [x] [z]

Clears the conquest points for all factions at a certain location in a single square. [x] [z] are the map coordinates and can be left out.

/conquest rate [value]

The conquest rate determines how much conquest points you get by killing enemies. The standard value is fixed to 1.0. For example, killing a Gundabad orc gives 1 conquest point because 1*1=1. If you fix the conquest rate to 2.0, killing a Gundabad orc will give you 2 conquest point because 2*1=2. As you got it, conquest rate acts as a multiplicator of conquest point. This command allows you to speed up or slow down your conquest progress. Fix it to 10.0 and you'll conquer very quickly ; fix it to 0.1 and you'll conquer very slowly ; cetera, cetera... Note to fix conquest rate to 0.0 has same effect that disable the conquest system.

In the mod, there are two types of conquest rate: the global conquest rate and the biome conquest rate. As said before, the global conquest rate is naturally fixed to 1.0 and can be modified with the command. The global conquest rate influences the conquest points got by the players, wherever they are.

The biome conquest rate influences the conquest points achieved by players in a specific biome. This mechanic makes some biomes more difficult to conquer than others. Generally, the biomes have a conquest rate of 1.0. But some biomes, like The Shire, Ettenmoors, Angmar, Mordor or Dol Guldur have a conquest rate lower than 1.0. In contrast to global conquest rate, the biome conquest rate cannot be changed with the command.

Configuration

The configuration file allows two settings related to the conquest system:

B:"Enable Conquest"=true

This is part of the gameplay section and enables/disables the complete conquest system.

B:"Map Labels - Conquest"=true

This is part of the GUI section and decides whether map labels are shown on the table of command or not.

Gameplay mechanics of the Lord of the Rings Mod

Basic Mechanics:

Alignment • Books • Crafting • Equipment Modifiers • Factions • Farming
Fellowships • Fishing • Gameplay Guide • Menu • Millstone • Pledging • Shire Reckoning
Status Effects • Trading (Respawning, Travelling) • Undyeing • Unit Hiring • Unsmeltery

The World:

Biomes (Variants) • Clock • Compass • Fast Travel System • Roads
Sky (Clouds, Weather, Northern Lights, Moon, Sun)
Transportation (Mounts, Breeding) • Waypoints • World Types

Achievements and Quests:

Achievements • Mini-Quest • Shields • Titles • The Red Book • Tutorial

In-Game Events:

Bandits • Bloodmoon • Invasions • Player Respawning • Skirmishes • Thieves

Combat:

Banners • Boss Mechanics • Combat System • Conquest • Fort Besieging Tips • Fort Defense Tips
Hired Units • Pacifism • Reforging • Table of Command • Tactics Against Factions • Weapons

Brewing:

Alcoholicity • Barrel • Brewing • Magical drinks • Poisoned drinks

Portals:

Elven Portal • Morgul Portal • Ring Portal • Utumno

Other / Technical:

Block/Item IDs • Commands • Configuration • Entities • Entity Alignment Registry
List of All Miniquests • Names • NBT-data • Overview • Sounds • Spawners • Speech

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+'''Conquest''' is a {{c|gameplay|gameplay mechanic}} which allows the player to conquer territory for their [[Pledging|pledged]] [[faction]], or the faction's allies, by slaying the NPCs of enemy factions. This means frequency of enemy NPCs spawning in conquered territory may be reduced, and that of the conquering faction or an allied faction may be increased, even if those NPCs don't normally spawn there. Conquest can also unlock enemy default [[waypoints]] for [[Fast Travel System|fast travel]] if it is above 500 points in the tile that contains the waypoint.
-{{M4R|Please explain global conquest rate}}
-Conquest is a {{c|gameplay|gameplay mechanic}} added to the mod in {{Update|35}}. The player can conquer territory for their [[Pledging|pledged]] [[faction]] or the faction's allies by slaying the NPCs of enemy factions. The frequency of enemy NPCs spawning in conquered territory is reduced, and that of the conquering faction is increased.
+Conquest is disabled in M.E. Classic mode due to the lack of a map.
-==How it starts==
-[[File:BlueMountainsConquest4.png|300px|left|Slaying a Gundbad Orc in the Lone-lands while pledged to the Blue Mountains]]
+==Starting conquest==
-In order to conquer territory, you must first earn at least +100.0 [[alignment]] with a [[faction]] and [[Pledging|pledge]] allegiance to them.
+[[File:BlueMountainsConquest4.png|300px|left|Slaying a Gundabad Orc in the Lone-lands while pledged to the Blue Mountains]]
+In order to conquer territory, you must first earn at least +100.0 [[alignment]] with a [[faction]] and [[Pledging|pledge]] allegiance to them.
 For each enemy of the chosen faction you kill, you will now be shown two numbers. One for the [[alignment]] (gold ring), and one for the conquest (crossed weapons). The picture to the left shows the slaying of a [[Gundabad Orc]] in the [[Lone-lands]] while [[Pledging|pledged]] to the {{faction|Blue Mountains}}. This earns you +0.0 alignment (outside the [[Area of Influence]]), but +1.0 conquest points.
+In {{Update|36}} a conquest bonus was added for defeating an [[invasion]].
 {{clr}}
 ==Table of Command==
 [[File:BlueMountainsConquest1.png|400px|left|Grey colour indicates no effect]]
-If you place a [[Table of Command]] and right-click it, the conquest map will appear. The map is divided in squares of 1024x1024 blocks (64x64 chunks).
+If you place a [[Table of Command]] and right-click it, the conquest map will appear. The map is divided into squares of 1024x1024 blocks (64x64 chunks).
-Each square has a conquest counter for each faction, which is now +1.0 for the {{faction|Blue Mountains}} in the example, gradually decreasing from the center square to the adjacent squares further out.
+Each square has a conquest counter for each faction, which is now +1.0 for the {{faction|Blue Mountains}} in the example, gradually decreasing from the centre square to the adjacent squares further out.
 The grey colour indicates that the conquest has no effect on spawn rates in this location, so it's wasted effort to kill enemies in this case.
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 [[File:BlueMountainsConquest2.png|400px|left|Red colour indicates positive effects on your own faction]]
 If you slay enemies on your own territory ({{biome|Blue Mountains}} in the example) , you'll get red coloured squares. Each kill increases the conquest. The red squares indicate an increase of the spawn rates for your own faction.
 {{clr}}
 [[File:BlueMountainsConquest3.png|400px|left|Striped squares indicate positive effects on an allied faction]]
-If you slay enemies on the territory of you allies ([[Iron Hills]] in the example), you'll get striped squares. Each kill increases the numbers. The colour of the squares indicate a spawn benifit for an allied faction.
+If you slay enemies on the territory of your allies ([[Iron Hills]] in the example), you'll get striped squares. Each kill increases the numbers. The colour of the squares indicate a spawn benefit for an allied faction.
 Please note, that in the picture to the left, the top and bottom squares are grey, because those are completely outside the [[Iron Hills]].
 {{clr}}
+==Hired units==
+If you have [[Unit Hiring|hired some friends]], they will ''not'' grant you alignment, but they ''will'', however, grant you some conquest, at the rate of 1/4 the conquest you would earn if you were to kill the units yourself.
 ==Decay==
-Conquest decay begins only after there have been no changes in that square for thirty minutes. It is about one point every fifteen minutes. In order to keep up high rates, you need to keep on fighting enemies in the desired region.
+Conquest decay begins only after there have been no changes in that square for one hour. It then decreases by about one point every hour. In order to keep up high rates, you need to keep on fighting enemies in the desired region.
 ==Commands==
 The following [[commands]] can be used to set conquest rates:
 <pre>/conquest <set|add|radial> <faction> <amount> [x] [z]</pre>
-Change conquest points for a one faction at a certain location.
+Change conquest points for one faction at a certain location.
-*<code>[x] [z]</code> are the map coordinates and can be left out.
+*<code>[x] [z]</code> are the map coordinates. If left out, the current player (or command block) position is affected.
 *<code>set</code> and <code>add</code> influence only a single square.
 *<code>radial</code> adds the desired amount of conquest points to multiple squares in a gradually decreasing manner, like killing enemies would.
-*<code><amount></code> negative amounts can be used to reduce/remove effects.
+*<code><nowiki><amount></nowiki></code> negative amounts can be used to reduce/remove effects.
 <pre>/conquest clear [x] [z]</pre>
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 <pre>/conquest rate [value]</pre>
+The conquest rate determines how much conquest points you get by killing enemies. The standard value is fixed to 1.0. For example, killing a Gundabad orc gives 1 conquest point because 1*1=1. If you fix the conquest rate to 2.0, killing a Gundabad orc will give you 2 conquest point because 2*1=2. As you got it, conquest rate acts as a multiplicator of conquest point. This command allows you to speed up or slow down your conquest progress. Fix it to 10.0 and you'll conquer very quickly ; fix it to 0.1 and you'll conquer very slowly ; cetera, cetera... Note to fix conquest rate to 0.0 has same effect that disable the conquest system.
-Display or set global conquest rate. <!-- whatever that is - ffets --> If the value is left out, this command displays the current value.
+In the mod, there are two types of conquest rate: the global conquest rate and the biome conquest rate. As said before, the '''global conquest rate''' is naturally fixed to 1.0 and can be modified with the command. The global conquest rate influences the conquest points got by the players, wherever they are.
+The '''biome conquest rate''' influences the conquest points achieved by players in a <u>specific</u> biome. This mechanic makes some biomes more difficult to conquer than others. Generally, the biomes have a conquest rate of 1.0. But some biomes, like [[The Shire]], [[Ettenmoors]], [[Angmar (Biome)|Angmar]], [[Mordor (Biome)|Mordor]] or [[Dol Guldur (Biome)|Dol Guldur]] have a conquest rate lower than 1.0. In contrast to global conquest rate, the biome conquest rate cannot be changed with the command.
 ==Configuration==
 The [[configuration]] file allows two settings related to the conquest system:
 <pre>B:"Enable Conquest"=true</pre>
 This is part of the gameplay section and enables/disables the complete conquest system.
 <pre>B:"Map Labels - Conquest"=true</pre>
-This is part of the gui section and decides wether map labels are shown on the table of command or not.
+This is part of the GUI section and decides whether map labels are shown on the table of command or not.
 {{Gameplay Mechanics}}
 [[Category:Conquest]]
 [[Category:Gameplay]]