Tribes: Ascend v3: Would the real shazbot please stand up
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[url]http://www.egmnow.com/tribesascend/tribes-patch-notes-game-of-the-year-edition/[/url]
Well that is pretty lengthy. Kinda excited to see how raider plays now.
So the VIP pricing for the pack is $20, which is a lot better than what I thought it would be. Anyone care to share the non-VIP price? Just out of curiosity.
$30. Great price for both.
With this patch I think I'll return to Tribes
They're moving away from the F2P model and they're fixing a lot of the annoyances in the game
Wait so do I get every future gun and equipment update or would I have to unlock those?
[editline]15th February 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=BeardyDuck;39588976][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYBiT7qm51o[/media][/QUOTE]No gotta go fast 0/10 would not work there.
[editline]15th February 2013[/editline]
I'm just joking I'd love to work there.
[QUOTE=Lizzrd;39599174]Wait so do I get every future gun and equipment update or would I have to unlock those?[/QUOTE]
Not sure actually
but with everything already unlocked and things at half price now, even if you only play a little you wouldn't have a problem unlocking future content as it comes along
[QUOTE=Lizzrd;39599174]Wait so do I get every future gun and equipment update or would I have to unlock those?[/QUOTE]
I'm a cynic with no source on this so take it with a large mound of salt, but I'm pretty sure the reason they slashed XP on everything then released everything for $30, when they were charging $7 for individual weapons before, is because they are trying to cut their losses and move on with SMITE or GA2. You likely won't have to unlock future guns because there won't be future guns.
[editline]15th February 2013[/editline]
And what Foogoo said. If they do continue development at their current pace (glacial), with the half-off price of things now you should have plenty of XP to get any new shit that possibly comes out. I'm just not betting on it.
[QUOTE=Raidyr;39599516]I'm a cynic with no source on this so take it with a large mound of salt, but I'm pretty sure the reason they slashed XP on everything then released everything for $30, when they were charging $7 for individual weapons before, is because they are trying to cut their losses and move on with SMITE or GA2. You likely won't have to unlock future guns because there won't be future guns.[/QUOTE]
I really don't think so. They've been taking community polls and implementing changes that the players want to see, they're putting a lot of love and care into TA. Maybe now more than ever.
Cutting the prices and giving a single purchase option was all the result of HiRez doing what the community ask for, not some cut and run scheme.
Is a highly skilled gravcycle player still OP as fuck?
[QUOTE=Blanketspace;39599700]Is a highly skilled gravcycle player still OP as fuck?[/QUOTE]
I don't think I've ever seen a gravcycle perform anywhere approximating anything like overpowered.
[QUOTE=Blanketspace;39599700]Is a highly skilled gravcycle player still OP as fuck?[/QUOTE]
It's never been OP, or even viable - just fun.
[editline]15th February 2013[/editline]
Shrikes on the other hand.
[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;39599946]It's never been OP, or even viable - just fun.
[editline]15th February 2013[/editline]
Shrikes on the other hand.[/QUOTE]
Bullshit, I used to get some absurd kill streaks going with gravcycles. Properly used, they could even be jumped into the hovering ships on that one tropical map.
Secret to success is listening to Night of Fire on repeat the entire time you're using a gravcycle.
I gotta agree, a skilled grav cycle pilot isn't gonna be as lethal and a skilled player on foot. Shrikes are the vehicle with a really high lethality and skill ceiling.
[QUOTE=Blanketspace;39599700]Is a highly skilled shrike player still OP as fuck?[/QUOTE]
ftfy
Those new maps look fucking glorious. Can't wait to get in some games after work.
hi so a scrim against epidemic on sunday somehow turned into a showcase match of the 3 new maps and is gonna be casted and promoted by hirez themselves.
come watch @ 10 pm est on sunday the 17th
[editline]16th February 2013[/editline]
here's a sample of what's gonna be in my next video, a shocklance montage
[img]http://i.imgur.com/CcuzxnU.png[/img]
The Shocklance should be untouched just to have retards like that continue to whine.
But in all serious I'd say keep the energy bug thing and just increase the time you're allowed to fire a melee after shooting the lance so you can't devastate heavies.
small sneak preview at my shocklance montage i'm working on
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeCu-qjdPBE[/media]
drop
the
bass
Just one question about the shocklance, if you unlock it once, do you get it for all classes?
bella omega is back?
time to download this game again
giant blue tits
also did they ever fix the wonky tank physics?(and non-tankiness of tanks)
[QUOTE=pebkac;39619031]Just one question about the shocklance, if you unlock it once, do you get it for all classes?[/QUOTE]
Yes
Oh jeez I just looked up this in my Dropbox, good times, good times.
[t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10565588/Game%20pictures/2012-05-26_00001.jpg[/t]
we're famous
[url]https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=508587205850290&set=a.188567331185614.40429.174337252608622&type=1&theater[/url]
[editline]18th February 2013[/editline]
also
[url]http://www.twitch.tv/beardyduck/new[/url]
TotalBiscuit did a video on Tribes Ascend again, he talks about what's been new since he last made a video, the Game of the Year package, and his opinion on how the game is doing right now and what might be in store for it in the future.
Also Hi-Rez wanted to name the Shocklance after him but he respectfully declined because of all the Tribes fans that would be pissed at him :v:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVD5oi5wkFg[/media]
[QUOTE=Killer900;39635584]
Also Hi-Rez wanted to name the Shocklance after him [/QUOTE]
Hi-Rez's marketing guy should be shot into the sun.
Well, I've gotten to the point where I'm semi-decent at the game and actually have the drive to play the game for a reason other than unlocking stuff, but what annoys me at this point is the limitations that not having access to weapons puts on a player.
Not having access to the thumper for techie, for example, puts me at an extreme disadvantage when I go to repair the generator, as I'm limited to throwing nades if I want to hit someone who isn't sitting in a corner.
I guess I'll have to go scrape up the money for GOTY, gonna take a while though.
