Conquest Domination

Max players: 16

Conquest Domination is a variant of the classic Battlefield game mode and is fine-tuned for the smaller-scale maps featured in Close Quarters. The core fundamentals work the same as classic Conquest as your team tries to dominate the area of operations by capturing control points and holding them. Simply stand next to a flagpole at a control point to raise your team’s flag—the more teammates there are in the flag’s capture radius, the faster the flag is raised.

The time it takes to convert a flag in Conquest Domination has been reduced, meaning you won’t have to wait long to raise your team’s flag. However, the capture radius of each flag is very small, requiring you (and your teammates) to stand very close to the flagpole during the capture phase, leaving you vulnerable to ambushes and booby traps. Once captured, flags cannot be used as spawn points. When spawning into the game, a random spawn point is chosen near a friend. It’s far more preferable to join a squad and spawn on one of your squadmates.

As in classic Conquest matches, both teams have a limited number of reinforcements known as tickets. The ticket count for both teams appears just above the minimap—the team who runs out of tickets first loses the match. You can drain the enemy ticket count by holding more than half of the control points on the map. Since there are just three control points on each map, you need only hold two flags to initiate a ticket drain. So capture two flags early on and stay put, forcing the enemy to attack your defended positions. Leaving a flag undefended guarantees a prompt capture by the opposing team.

Assigning each squad on your team a flag is a good way to ensure all control points are covered. Throughout the duration of the match, each squad focuses on attacking and defending their assigned flag. Without a solid gameplan or any defensive efforts, these matches become a whack-a-mole-like footrace as each player runs from one enemy-held flag to the next.