Saying that having to break away from the quests to do these minigames is a bit of a stretch. Personally i always try out new content either the day or soon after its released. Conquest is actually one of my favorite minigames now. And you actually had to use the knowledge of playing conquest during the actual quest so is good that they made sure you knew what you were doing beforehand. All in all, the Quest Cape is still a relatively common sight (at least in W48) and i still have mine so hopefully JaGeX comes out with a good sequel to WGS soon :P