Unfortunately Portal is missing a few features for Conquest, and Rush which would make it a dream mode.
Currently you can select a map, select factions from different eras, disable individual vehicles, gadgets, weapons, classes and change certain gameplay options - ie revive, movement, health regen.
However you do not have access to the logic editor so you can't replace vehicle types with other vehicles, you can't have weapons, gadgets or vehicles from different eras for different factions (ie BF42 weapons for BF3 classes).
You can't replace or weapons / gadgets with other weapons / gadgets - ie setting up custom classes.
So basically you can play BF3 vs BF3, or BF3 vs BF42, or BC2 vs BF42 and so on, or a version of one of these with less weapons, vehicles and gadgets but nothing where things can be replaced.
As a result there is a proliferation of TDM and FFA because these are the only modes which give access to the logic editor allowing you to set up things like gun game.
If there was proper access to the logic editor for Conquest, and Rush, or at least Conquest then there would be a lot more variation with what could be done.
I know the majority of players will probably continue to avoid portal unless the xp cap is removed, but I would play the hell out of it with bots getting 0xp if I could customise conquest with the logic editor.
@Ga-Knomboe_Boy I believe you can force switch weapon systems to other the eras.....
Utilizing the options below it is possible.
Creating arrays or variables and referring to them through logic and control actions is attainable.
I have multiple examples with this done in different ways in servers I have created.
If it wasn't possible, Gun Master-style servers wouldn't exist.
I apologize for hijacking the post but incorrect perceptions need to be pointed out.
