LTM: CONTROL

Updated this first post to contain all the important and newest information about Control. Look at the bottom of this post for the newest info.

Official blog post: https://twitter.com/yamp_ish

February 1: A developer Q&A happened on twitter. Check the bottom of this post for some questions asked by the community answered by the game designer.

Original Post
Arenas was first leaked through datamining at around October 2020 (Season 6 CE) and was eventually released on May 2021 with the launch of season 9. Just a quick history on the mode and here’s the first few leaks of arenas.

NEW MODE IN THE FILES

Now, this new mode was datamined by Shrugtal this July (season 9) with the codename of CONTROL. It’s like Domination in Call of Duty or Conquest in BF where you need to capture 3 control points in the map. You have control points A, B, and C where control B is in the middle of both team spawn points and you capture them by standing on top of it. 

July 2021 leaks 

Shrugtal saw lines of code in the game where they’re testing it out on Olympus more specifically around fight night and docks (see picture below). 

- Green circles: Control points A, B, and C

- Blue and Red circles: Team spawn points

- Tridents are also available at each spawn point. They even added the trident spawn points in Olympus already. Once we get back on this map, you can check them out (2nd picture).

December 2021 leaks

In the most recent update, they added 5 loadouts/classes that you can pick. Namely Assault, Blitz (short range), Heavy, Marksman, and Sniper

What do you think of the mode? Do you think that this will just be another LTM or something to the level of arenas? When do you think they’ll implement this? 

January 2022

The mode uses the Winter Express loadout system. Didn’t know they were testing it out already. Also, shrugtal thinks that it’s gonna be 12v12 with the battlefield style of groupings (so 4 squads each team). The dataminers said that season 12 or 13 would have the same timeline from leak to release as arenas. 

winter express loadout same as the loadouts I’ve posted above.

and another new map

Season 12 update

Control is now officially an LTM. 

More details on matchmaking 

Sources:

Shrugtal - https://twitter.com/shrugtal?s=21

Garret - https://twitter.com/garretleaks?s=21

his is from Mark Yampolsky's Q&A on twitter linked by @CCbathwater . @dSKyNafinchin 

Q: Beyond awesome mode. Anything to prevent people from rage quitting?

A: Hopefully the mode is fun and pretty low stress to the point where people don’t rage quit. The matches are pretty quick too - most only last 10 minutes. We know how bad uneven teams feel in a mode like this so if you leave a good match early, we may apply a small leaver penalty.

Q: Weekly challenges?

A: Yes

Q: Trackers?

A: There are Control-specific badges for now. Otherwise, playing the mode will help you complete challenges and make BP progress like BR or Arenas. Loadouts rotate every hour

Q: So excited to be playing playing control mode but are we gonna hear our other 6 teammates or only premade squad?

A: Only your immediate squads of 3, we want to reduce spam and opportunities for toxicity. However pings and information from abilities will be shared across the whole team (highlights etc)

Q: wait do we start control mode with white evo shields and upgrade them? thank god that's relaxing that was my fear too but will we start with purple or blue shields tho?

A: We actually give you regular shields in Control. Evo shields were just a little too dangerous of a positive feedback loop which made high damage players with red armor a little too unkillable. You can find armor upgrades in care packages. Make friends with a Lifeline! You start with blue so that there’s a baseline TTK that feels good for combat (chances are you’re getting shot at by more players than usual in BR) Purple and gold shields can be found in care packages and airdrops

Q: Loba is now useless

A: Players drop their guns on death - so you can use Loba’s ult to pick up weapons to change your strategy on the fly or get crate weapons fast. It’s also a good way to restock grenades I’ll admit she isn’t super strong in the meta but if she’s your main she still has her perks.

Q: I didn’t see anything about healing ….is there auto regen ?

A: Yes! We're actually doing a combination of some healing systems you've seen before. Your shields regen over time like the auto regen in Flashpoint. Your health needs a syringe or med kit, but you'll have infinite heals like Winter Express, you just activate them yourself

Q: Is it gonna be three teams into one team? Or can we ready up with 9 people and go into a lobby?

A: It'll be 3 squads combined into one team. You'll be queueing with up to 3 players in your party

Q: I really wonder how ma girl lifeline works in this mode, like her care package. Also since no revive system and no supply bin she simply doesn't have any ultimate or passive ability.

A: