Absolutely awful news.
Conquest is in an awful state, it's unfixable with the game's powercreep that won't be toned down due to PvE.The fact that they don't plan to replace Conquest means that this is just a selling point for an expansion that later will be abandoned, just like Stronghold.Conquest has been out for 13 years. It does not work. Why waste dev time if you're not aiming to replace it? We need a better game mode more suited to the league of legends style fast combat that sPvP has turned to. Honestly, nowadays even 3v3 is better experience than Conquest. Conquest( esp. Ranked) is already all about zerging fights off point, unless there is a broken side noder build in the game capture points are cosmetic.
If this game was to have any future for its PvP, a new game mode is needed. People will not come back for Conquest, and a mode that won't have a tournament future won't interest anyone to invest in PvP. Just baffling decisions all around, but I guess wasting dev time on a feature without future if it helps you sell your product makes sense from a corporate PoV. Enjoy your raise Devbro, too bad the game has nothing going on for its future with these news.