Tribes:Ascend

[Zakilevo]

My god so many people are jumping around! what is the point of using an assault rifle!!!!

[Norrel]

My god so many people are jumping around! what is the point of using an assault rifle!!!!

None, play pathfinder and use the spinfusor. Aim at where people are going to land.

[Zakilevo]

None, play pathfinder and use the spinfusor. Aim at where people are going to land.

I am actually doing pretty good as a juggernaut. Artillery kills are awesome :).

[Shizzle]

My god so many people are jumping around! what is the point of using an assault rifle!!!!

The assault rifle's main use is when you're giving chase on a slow pathfinder or other classes. It's not too bad, once you get used to it:)

also: you regen health every now and then when you're out of combat, so a great way to gain speed at the start of a run is to fire behind you so you're hit by the splash. The PF's nades are great for this, and also the Soldier's Thumper (which is my fav weapon :P)

[Tom]

Given that I played a lot of Tribes, was in the beta and meta tests for T2, wrote the first mapping guide, etc. etc. etc. - I just had to give Ascend a try. So far, I'm enjoying it, though I'm not really a big fan of the unlockables. I enjoy exploring too much to find my way stopped by what's essentially a paywall.

[Kai]

yeah I'd definitely prefer just flat $

[Tom]

I don't mind paying in parts and pieces. It's a different business model, sure.

What irks me is that I don't have a chance to test a class out before I pay for it. I'd love to be able to play every class for a few hours before I decide which ones I like and which ones I don't.

[Shizzle]

I don't mind paying in parts and pieces. It's a different business model, sure.

What irks me is that I don't have a chance to test a class out before I pay for it. I'd love to be able to play every class for a few hours before I decide which ones I like and which ones I don't.

Or just be able to access all classes and weapons in training mode. Just used my facebook gold (you get 250 for liking their page) on the raider's grenade launcher, but I'm not sure it was a good choice.

Also, there's a new map which is pretty cool for pathfinders :) Jugs are indeed cool, my highscore so far (~20k) was using that class.

[Tom]

Oh yeah, and if you want to add me, my Tribes name is Baalor. To bad they didn't reserve the T2 names. :-(

[Draco Tanos]

Wow.  Been ages since I've played Tribes.  Loved them back in the day (and the entire Starsiege series, truthfully).  Had no idea they've made a third.  Have to remember to check it out.

Edit:  WTF.  This is the FOURTH Tribes game?  Apparently Tribes: Vengeance / Tribes 3 came out in 2004.  I never heard of that release.  That's a damned shame.

[Tom]

I don't know a single person who ever played T3, and it didn't live very long, so...

[Zakilevo]

I can't handle this game anymore. I am used to side to side not up and down. Too much jumping!

[Shizzle]

I can't handle this game anymore. I am used to side to side not up and down. Too much jumping!

CoD?

I lost interest for a few weeks (got M&B:Warband), but now I'm back on track. Even played with Tom on a server, though he didn't notice my 'hello', or I didn't notice his reply. How do you PM in this game?

[Tom]

I noticed a "shizzler" in a game. But yeah, there are so many "hellos". Not sure if you can PM at all. You can certainly write custom text.

[Zakilevo]

Yeah. Well something similar. Like Counter Strike. I never played CoD maybe once in my friend's house. I get sick fast so I don't play much FPS games. All this jumping is kicking my stomach hard.