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'''Conflict Zones''' are temporary warzones that occur wherever [[factions]] are waging [http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Influence#War war] or [[Influence#Civil War|civil war]] against each other. Conflict zones come in three types — low intensity, medium intensity and high intensity — depending on the size of the ship spawn. | '''Conflict Zones''' are temporary warzones that occur wherever [[factions]] are waging [http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Influence#War war] or [[Influence#Civil War|civil war]] against each other. Conflict zones come in three types — low intensity, medium intensity and high intensity — depending on the size of the ship spawn. | ||
Upon entering conflict zones are randomly populated with NPC fighter [[ships]] of the warring factions and players can choose to fight for a side via a interface that will appear in the message pane of the comms panel. | Upon entering conflict zones are randomly populated with NPC fighter [[ships]] of the warring factions and players can choose to fight for a side via a interface that will appear in the message pane of the comms panel. Once on a side they will continue to communicate about the status of the battle: each enemy destroyed, allies destroyed and when close to victory or defeat. | ||
Apart from normal [[Bounty Voucher|bounty vouchers]] for wanted ships, players have the unique opportunity to collect [[Combat Bond Voucher|combat bond vouchers]] in conflict zones if they choose to side with a faction and battle the opposition. These combat bond vouchers can be redeemed at any local station in the system. | Apart from normal [[Bounty Voucher|bounty vouchers]] for wanted ships, players have the unique opportunity to collect [[Combat Bond Voucher|combat bond vouchers]] in conflict zones if they choose to side with a faction and battle the opposition. These combat bond vouchers can be redeemed at any local station in the system. | ||
Conflict Zones can be won or lost. Winning a conflict zone will increase your reputation with the allied group, but harm it with the hostile group. The status of the conflict is displayed by bars in the upper right had display, along with the status of any extra objectives. Upon all players departing the zone the conflict zone resets. | |||
Special objectives appear in the Conflict Zones. These include Captains, usually in large engineered ships, Spec Ops usually in medium engineered ships, War Corespondents in ships you have to protect, and Propagandist you have to destroy. | Special objectives appear in the Conflict Zones. These include Captains, usually in large engineered ships, Spec Ops usually in medium engineered ships, War Corespondents in ships you have to protect, and Propagandist you have to destroy. The higher the intensity, the more frequent these will spawn. In high intensity only, there is a chance for a capital class ship to appear, which will become an objective. Completing objectives nets progress towards a victory in the conflict zone. | ||
=== Ships === | |||
Which ships spawn will depend on the allegiance of that faction. For example, a Federation allied faction will flying Federal ships. All faction can pilot non-faction combat ships of any kind, from [[Eagle]] up to [[Anaconda]]s. Some ships will be engineered, regardless of intensity. | |||
=== Missions === | === Missions === | ||
[[Image:2015-01-18 00002.jpg|thumb|200 px | A combat mission with a conflict zone (warzone) as target type]] | [[Image:2015-01-18 00002.jpg|thumb|200 px | A combat mission with a conflict zone (warzone) as target type]] | ||
During times of civil war some factions may also hand out special combat bond missions through the [[Mission Board]] which call for the destruction of opposing targets in conflict zones (referred to in combat missions as ''warzones''). | During times of civil war some factions may also hand out special combat bond missions through the [[Mission Board]] which call for the destruction of opposing targets in conflict zones (referred to in combat missions as ''warzones''). Keep in mind, ships spawned through the special objectives such as Spec Ops wings do not count towards these missions. | ||
== Location == | == Location == | ||
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* During [[supercruise]] conflict zones show up automatically as locations in the Navigation panel if they are within 1000Ls of the player. But they do not show up when a player is within a station. | * During [[supercruise]] conflict zones show up automatically as locations in the Navigation panel if they are within 1000Ls of the player. But they do not show up when a player is within a station. | ||
* | * Strangley, Type-9's can appear on rare occasions as a fighter for either side. Being a bulky trade vessel, its usually a free target. | ||
* | * Conflict zones are referred to as ''Warzones'' in the in-game descriptions of combat missions. | ||
* All NPCs spawning in conflict zones are fighters aligned with either of the warring factions. The only exception is any NPCs chasing a player, such as pirates or assassins. | |||
* When approaching an area with the war or civil war status, it is not uncommon for multiple conflict zones to appear. When more than one of this type of zone appears, it is likely that a major fleet battle is taking place. the victor of the battle is the one who controls the station near, or on the planet. | * When approaching an area with the war or civil war status, it is not uncommon for multiple conflict zones to appear. When more than one of this type of zone appears, it is likely that a major fleet battle is taking place. the victor of the battle is the one who controls the station near, or on the planet. | ||
* On some occasions, no ships will spawn when a player enters a combat zone. Special objectives can still occur however, including the appearance of capital class ships, which can make it very easy to destroy them. | |||
* Normally, the player has a target limit; only a certain amount of foes will target them at once, usually this is 2 but will occasionally reach three. In some instances, all enemies in range will instantly change their target to the player often leading to the player being attacked by upwards of 6 enemies at once even if several allies are still nearby. Its not know what causes this to occur and is assumed to be a bug with AI targeting priority. in most instances enemies will return to fighting different targets after a sort time, likely due to the player not normally being targeted by more than 3 enemies at once. | |||
== Videos == | == Videos == | ||