News: Daglar PvP Update

Matchmaking
Saw this release note come through last night:
The warfront matchmaking system will attempt to match up players of similar PvP skill levels. There have also been improvements to getting groups to be included in matches regardless of size.

5 v 5
Just got out of a meeting with engineers and designers regarding the discussed 5 v 5 test. Work is spec’d, if things go according to plan, we’d release that during 2.5 but not at the release of 2.5. No rewards, just pure rankings for that. Also, this would be something we’d likely not leave on all the time.

Conquest Tweaks
Behind on this, as with many tasks that land directly on me. I have a giant pile of feedback from the last playtest to go through and implement. I still expect to have a new version out during 2.5 – but again, not on the 2.5 patch day.

When Steppes goes live – we will be wiping Freelancer’s Marks of Conquest. Gear that used to require Freelancer’s Marks of Conquest will no longer require CQ marks. New marks will be awarded for new rewards.

PvP Dimensions
The engineer responsible for this is dealing with higher priority issues for the time being. The feature is not canceled and will not die, but won’t be able to take top priority for some time.

~Daglar
Originally Posted by DAGLAR on 28th OCTOBER 2013