Repeatable Conquest Guide / Info
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So yeah i just completed conquest for the 7th time and decided to record stubs/xp gained and post game rewards just check the pic below.
Why repeat conquest and is it worth it?
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This map alone i started at level 50 silver and ended up hitting level 55 silver so the XP to begin with is phenomenal.
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1 full round of conquest takes 5-6 hours. ~4 hours of gameplay and 1-2 is actually spent in the map depending on how many turns you take, obviously this is alot faster if you play above rookie.
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The main point for grinding conquest however is the created player stat missions batting lead off you will always get 2 ABs, assuming you hit .500 that's 30 hits per conquest map aka 5 full maps to get the 150 hits per position.
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Another nice bonus is the addition of team affinity, say you're grinding the Nationals and you stack the team with 8 Nationals plus your created player, from the 30x 3 inning games you will gain 720 innings which is nearly 15 team affinity points per conquest map completed. There are 180k stubs and 270 standard packs to be gained if you were to complete all team affinities to 70/70 so this is another reason to grind conquest or March-October / Showdown... I just prefer conquest while i'm grinding my created player stats but the other 2 are far more efficient if you're only grinding affinities.
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How did i nearly forget? The 10 standard packs for completed the map each time is brilliant, from my 7 conquest completions so far i've pulled 4 diamond players and a diamond "legendary call" item which went for more than any of the diamond players.
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Also you gain 1 1st inning program star per game so that's 30 stars per map (i'm currently at 590 trying to grind for the 1000 before the 2nd inning) At 600 and 950 stars you get a prospect choice pack, i believe the best players in those packs sell for 50k+. You will also gain an extra 40 standard packs, a classic stadium and a balling is a habit pack on your journey to 1000 stars.
Strategies / Tips
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At the very start always go straight to the Rockies and complete this game on all-star, then fill in the space north-west... Head to Seattle and do that game on veteran after this the remaining 28 games are available to do on rookie. Completing the map i always do the north west corner, then head south so the entire west end of the map is completed then gradually head east. Near the end of the map you'll most likely be facing Boston about 8-10 times, Johnson is their tragic LHP with awful stats so stack your lineup with RHB.
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Pitching... ALWAYS use your 5th best SP this will make it so you come up against your opponents 5th best starter, why face Sale or Verlander when you can face Johnson or Urquidy. Also pitching related use pitchers with fast wind-ups such as Strasburg as a starter then Yates or Isringhausen from the pen for 2nd/3rd innings it saves so much time.
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After getting 2-3 runs you can bunt for early outs... However you do get more XP for hits / runs, so what i do after getting a few runs is just normal swing and over-run the bases which means you still get the hit but also get an out its alot better than bunting and also gives your players good stats, it'd be triggering to see Soto hitting .100 because i was bunting 90% of the time.
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5-6 hours?
About 4 hours for games?That is 8 minutes per game. That seems way low so please share your secret.
I usually double those numbers, but I play the games out. My goal is usually not to go through the games as fast as possible.
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@Dolenz said in Repeatable Conquest Guide / Info:
5-6 hours?
About 4 hours for games?That is 8 minutes per game. That seems way low so please share your secret.
I usually double those numbers, but I play the games out. My goal is usually not to go through the games as fast as possible.
If you play the games out trying to score as much as possible yeah it'll always be 10-15 mins.
I get 2-3 runs then purposely get out and pitching with fast wind ups trying to dot fast balls or sliders means the CPU very very rarely has an inning over a minute long.
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Yeah always skip the steal fans part it's a complete waste of time
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@Dolenz said in Repeatable Conquest Guide / Info:
5-6 hours?
About 4 hours for games?That is 8 minutes per game. That seems way low so please share your secret.
I usually double those numbers, but I play the games out. My goal is usually not to go through the games as fast as possible.
I've been playing conquest nonstop since being out of work and the US map still takes me several days to finish.
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I have all the territories but I need to capture like 10 strongholds and playing conquest is one of the most miserable things I've ever done.
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@NDStew_32 said in Repeatable Conquest Guide / Info:
I have all the territories but I need to capture like 10 strongholds and playing conquest is one of the most miserable things I've ever done.
Really? It's by far my favourite mode to play along with showdown if only it didn't cost 1k stubs each time
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@JT__JG said in Repeatable Conquest Guide / Info:
@NDStew_32 said in Repeatable Conquest Guide / Info:
I have all the territories but I need to capture like 10 strongholds and playing conquest is one of the most miserable things I've ever done.
Really? It's by far my favourite mode to play along with showdown if only it didn't cost 1k stubs each time
I enjoy it because after I get WORKED in other modes, it's comforting to come into Conquest and just LIGHT UP somebody. Even if it is just the CPU.
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Yea man I just hate playing conquest. The small maps are more tolerable because I don't need to play 30+ strongholds. I guess it's alright for knocking out some of the daily missions.
I love showdown...so maybe I'm just a freak
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Great stuff man. All great advice, especially grinding out the Team Affinities so you have different teams each time as well. Only thing I do different, is that I don't EVER Bunt to save time. Reason is that I want the extra XP for scoring runs, for the XP reward path, otherwise spot on to the way I do it as well, and I've done it now 6 times as well.
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@ebbets1957 said in Repeatable Conquest Guide / Info:
Great stuff man. All great advice, especially grinding out the Team Affinities so you have different teams each time as well. Only thing I do different, is that I don't EVER Bunt to save time. Reason is that I want the extra XP for scoring runs, for the XP reward path, otherwise spot on to the way I do it as well, and I've done it now 6 times as well.
Thanks and same here i like the extra XP and i'm abit of a stat nerd so i don't want my players hitting .100 lol, i don't bunt i always just over run the bases or power swing until 3 outs.
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I love this. Great detail. I'm working on the big map for the second time (I've completely taken out the west and central in each league) it's nice to see there's a at least a decent chance of pulling a diamond out of the 10 pack. I do the big conquest map for the daily missions.
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Yup, this is basically all I've been doing. I now have at least 10 TA points on all teams. This route for FotF is going to take awhile. I think I have completed Conquest 5 times now. Wish I liked Showdown, because I need a break from conquest, been doing TA moments to take a break.
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Nice to know some other people are also doing conquest, for whatever reason i'm a decent player but i can't seem to do showdown efficiently i'll try learn it properly once all my created players are high diamond
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