Tribes: Ascend v2: I went slow once and it was awful

[CdeMonkey]

Welp, just got into the beta, may as well give it a try. Any tips for a noob?

[TheBirdman]

any other fun secret codes out there?

[Nerts]

[QUOTE=CdeMonkey;34749566]Welp, just got into the beta, may as well give it a try. Any tips for a noob?[/QUOTE]

[t]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5636656/098.png[/t]

Someone should put this in the OP, it's pretty handy.

[cat ass]

[QUOTE=Funion;34749452]it hurts my feelings[/QUOTE]

You should know that it can't apply to you

[editline]17th February 2012[/editline]

This game is way too much fun

[Squarebob]

I just found these other two keys on my account referral page thingy
A28C7-572F4-27274-709A9-4D6EC
A2709-14786-74544-CF8A3-F053B

[Van-man]

[QUOTE=Squarebob;34749909]I just found these other two keys on my account referral page thingy
A28C7-572F4-27274-709A9-4D6EC
A2709-14786-74544-CF8A3-F053B[/QUOTE]

That reminds me:

A24F3-76BF8-031A4-6F995-E8F4B
A29FF-78995-D6EA4-24BB2-090FB

[Zinayzen]

team kill on katabatic. :v: fuck, airstrikes are amazing.

[Paul-Simon]

God dammit the servers keep crashing all the time now
I mean, it seems like it's just the game hanging up, but my friends game does it AT THE EXACT SAME TIME and then we have to restart it.

[swebonny]

Haha taken from a 3 day old post in LMAO pics
[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/1329223351023.jpg[/img]

[Mackalda2k6]

Just played a game where 10/11 players on the enemy team were pathfinders. I'm scarred for life...

[WolfeClaw]

More spare keys:
FR51C8FF68506A4B4393C1227
V25B4DAB669F7047AE9C0B7AB
V2EDF4737ADAE94860A9E49C0

[Morbo!!!]

[QUOTE=Chirno;34741733]do you do anything other than bitch about how T:A isnt T2? only weapons that i know of that are hitscan are the BXT1/phaserifle, sdr/brt/tcn pistols and brt/tcn/pth shotguns. everything else is projectile. [/QUOTE]
Fair enough, not as many weapons are hitscan as I thought.
Is it wrong of me to voice my opinion on what I believe could be made better? I'm all for this game but in my eyes it's catering to the casual audience a bit too much. Sorry for being an elitist motherfucker (I'm shit at T2 anyway) but when this is a sequel to a franchise with a lot of established conventions, should I really not be annoyed that they have been bent/broken? I mean sure, it's free and I'm glad about that, but it just doesn't feel like Tribes to me (putting the T2 soundtrack on when playing does help though). The previous games in the series had a lot of emphasis on teamwork on top of individual skill but I see none of that now. Yes, you'll get your odd coordinated effort or two but everything the previous games had, save jetpacks, skiing and spinfusors, seems lost.

To be honest I'm just chatting shit cos I'm currently mashed but anyone else who played excessive amounts of the older games will (maybe) see where I'm coming from

[Sillypiggy]

I wasnt going fast enough in tribes so I droo a picture of sanic to help me reelize my true speed.

[img]http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac333/imasillypiggy/Untitled.png[/img]

[jeimizu]

[QUOTE=Mackalda2k6;34750622]Just played a game where 10/11 players on the enemy team were pathfinders. I'm scarred for life...[/QUOTE]

I played a game with 7 techs on my team. Turrets everywhere.

except half of them were in useless places when someone pointed out that placing them on an inventory station currently makes them invincible.

[Pardalis]

[QUOTE=jeimizu;34751294]I played a game with 7 techs on my team. Turrets everywhere.

except half of them were in useless places when someone pointed out that placing them on an inventory station currently makes them invincible.[/QUOTE]

useful

[funion]

turrets syndrome

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/WWRVK.jpg[/IMG]

[reevezy67]

Can't buy gold.. still broken.

[jeimizu]

[QUOTE=Morbo!!!;34751234]Fair enough, not as many weapons are hitscan as I thought.
Is it wrong of me to voice my opinion on what I believe could be made better? I'm all for this game but in my eyes it's catering to the casual audience a bit too much. Sorry for being an elitist motherfucker (I'm shit at T2 anyway) but when this is a sequel to a franchise with a lot of established conventions, should I really not be annoyed that they have been bent/broken? I mean sure, it's free and I'm glad about that, but it just doesn't feel like Tribes to me (putting the T2 soundtrack on when playing does help though). The previous games in the series had a lot of emphasis on teamwork on top of individual skill but I see none of that now. Yes, you'll get your odd coordinated effort or two but everything the previous games had, save jetpacks, skiing and spinfusors, seems lost.

To be honest I'm just chatting shit cos I'm currently mashed but anyone else who played excessive amounts of the older games will (maybe) see where I'm coming from[/QUOTE]

Larger maps like Tribes 2's would help a lot. They kind of forced slower, more strategic gameplay instead of pathfinder rushes like you see in Ascend. When getting across the map takes seconds instead of minutes,yo really don't want to die after you get to the enemy base. The tiny maps make you less likely to use teamwork, and more likely to just fly straight at the flag, and if it doesn't work, come back 15 seconds later and do it again. Tribes 2 still had plenty of GOTTAGOFAST, but taking the time to coordinate an attack was more useful.

[DaFreshLemon]

Guys, guys! Raider or Infiltrator? Which one is better for you?

[DaFreshLemon]

[QUOTE=DaFreshLemon;34751365]Guys, guys! Raider or Infiltrator? Which one is better for you?[/QUOTE]

I would prefer an answer, but if you are too lazy, agree for raider, disagree for infiltrator

[Dimly]

I love how small the community is right now. It's cool getting randomly queued with people you've played with before.

[krail]

[QUOTE=Dwragon82997;34751508]I love how small the community is right now. It's cool getting randomly queued with people you've played with before.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't call it small... especially since it's still in closed beta, but it's a comfortable size.

[caesium]

I'm suprised how fast the queue is. Never waited longer than 5 seconds to find a CTF game.

[cat ass]

What gamemode do you all enjoy the most?

[Pardalis]

[QUOTE=ILY;34751936]What gamemode do you all enjoy the most?[/QUOTE]

ctf is the only enjoyable gamemode since i can't kill shit

[funion]

I will now share with you the touching story of the heavy

[IMG]http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6523/fatty1d.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7858/fatty2d.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4052/fatty3.jpg[/IMG]

[WolfeClaw]

[QUOTE=ILY;34751936]What gamemode do you all enjoy the most?[/QUOTE]
CTF mainly, but TDM can be fun if you have loads of friends playing with you whilst on Skype.

[Ogopogo]

[QUOTE=jeimizu;34751339]Larger maps like Tribes 2's would help a lot. They kind of forced slower, more strategic gameplay instead of pathfinder rushes like you see in Ascend. When getting across the map takes seconds instead of minutes,yo really don't want to die after you get to the enemy base. The tiny maps make you less likely to use teamwork, and more likely to just fly straight at the flag, and if it doesn't work, come back 15 seconds later and do it again. Tribes 2 still had plenty of GOTTAGOFAST, but taking the time to coordinate an attack was more useful.[/QUOTE]

One problem which several tribes players pointed out, was that Tribes 2 never really had a large playerbase, and never really succeeded in the way earlier games did. Sure plenty of people played it, and it was loads of fun, but they are trying to make the game more accessible to new players which they are succeeding in.

[Pardalis]

ahaha oh my god, the turret thing works perfectly.

[zenby]

Got a 30-Day booster, so totally worth it. I'm up to around 20000 xp, I should be able to get the thumper either tomorrow or the next day