Tribes: Ascend v3: Would the real shazbot please stand up - Games

Question. Is this game still alive?

[QUOTE=Dummkopfs!;36075680]I found out about bestgamers after seeing this last year...actually i had a good laugh after checking their forum [/QUOTE] oh god those forums. but it's kinda impressive how every single one is acting retarded. what's this thread about, again?...

Their Minecraft review was one of the finest pieces of game journalism ever published

[QUOTE=coverop;36076075]Question. Is this game still alive?[/QUOTE] Nope, everybody's moved on to Call of duty: modern warfare 4

[QUOTE=coverop;36076075]Question. Is this game still alive?[/QUOTE] you feel alive when you play it. Hi-Rez is lively updating it. lively community. it has quite a lot of players. it's alive in every context!

I got a bit tired of never unlocking anything but I never spend money on micro-transactions ever. My limit is DLC. Either way, I returned after about a month of not playing and suddenly... maps I'd never seen before. Loadsa new stuff. I loved the new woodland map.

[QUOTE=coverop;36076075]Question. Is this game still alive?[/QUOTE] It seems 4 weeks isn't long enough for your amazing prediction to come true [QUOTE=coverop;35699993]New update is OP Guns are OP Skins are bad ( I mean seriously awful, lack of team ornament) This game is going to die soon. They should change the game name. From Tribes Ascend to Team Fortress 3 with Jetpacks. Seriously. Edit: Fuck your dumbs.[/QUOTE] ~lmfao

[QUOTE=Espio;36076326]It seems 4 weeks isn't long enough for your amazing prediction to come true ~lmfao[/QUOTE] Still It become P2W.

Ignore coverop, he's too busy doing TF2 style hoarding and trading in SMNC to care.

This game isn't directly pay-to-win, it is just quicker to buy the items. Either way, the items are quite over-priced, I've even heard the micro transactions are a bit expensive.

[QUOTE=coverop;36076332]Still It become P2W.[/QUOTE] If paying to skip hours of grinding is Pay2Win then I guess Bf3, LoL and Tf2 are also pay2win I don't know if you caught on but the "~lmfao" on my last post was me laughing at you :)

It's not really pay-to-win... it's more so pay-to-progress. (Less so than games like WoT though)

[QUOTE=Teh Zip File;36076372]It's not really pay-to-win... it's more so pay-to-progress. (Less so than games like WoT though)[/QUOTE] Not a fan of that economic model TBH; I'd rather pay a one-time-payment, or cosmetic items.

I kind of like the idea behind the micro transaction system, but it would only work if the items aren't upgrades and instead balanced side-grades. If you can pay for something more powerful, it is pay-to-win.

[QUOTE=mac338;36076387]Not a fan of that economic model TBH; I'd rather pay a one-time-payment, or cosmetic items.[/QUOTE] Like other games (apparently also GOTY material according to many) Bf3 for example, you pay the low low price of just $45, then you only have to pay $28 for the items, and $15 for the expansion Best FPS of the year

[QUOTE=DrasarSalman;36076414]I kind of like the idea behind the micro transaction system, but it would only work if the items aren't upgrades and instead balanced side-grades. If you can pay for something more powerful, it is pay-to-win.[/QUOTE] But again, you can get these items by grinding exp. If the items were accessible only via real money, it would be p2w. There are cash-only items, but are only aesthetical, with no influence on the gameplay. [editline]24th May 2012[/editline] Really, if you think it's p2w, think twice. At the end you don't pay for the weapon itself, but for the time it would take to unlock it.

[QUOTE=Espio;36076432]Like other games (apparently also GOTY material according to many) Bf3 for example, you pay the low low price of just $45, then you only have to pay $28 for the items, and $15 for the expansion Best FPS of the year[/QUOTE] This for some reason made me feel a lot better that this game is F2P.

Finally broke my losing streak by waging a one man guerilla war on the enemies flagstand on Temple Ruins. Infil with Jackal, I just kept breaking LOS and going into stealth. When they tried to defend the flag I would throw stickies, fire Jackal rounds, then run away again. Top of the scoreboard as well.

>drop down into gen room >3 infs fade away >suddenly, the air is explosions

[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;36077181]>drop down into gen room >3 infs fade away >suddenly, the air is explosions[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Me4oLpXlH4[/media] This is more true in my case. [editline]Edit:[/editline] Wow, the video fucking vanished. Good job, WYSIWYG mode.

[QUOTE=Gum;36077397]This is more true in my case.[/QUOTE] It's so annoying. Atleast if the gen is being camped in by heavies, I can fight back (albeit with a screen with more cracks than a bunch of construction workers). With a couple of infs down there, it's like shooting at a bunch of ghosts. Who have explosives.

why do I lose every overtime match every single one

I just bought the mechanic perk Damn Sapping turrets is fun.

[QUOTE=Birdman101;36081425]I just bought the mechanic perk Damn Sapping turrets is fun.[/QUOTE] Hirez needs to make the mechanic perk more useful. I think it should either triple your tool's range or triple the damage it does to other buildings. Its near useless if you have a thumper that can destroy any of the assets in 1/5 the time it takes to sap them.

All these brutes has reminded me how annoying fractals are half the time they run into the gen room, get killed because they're fucking terrible but still manage to get kills because of the fractals they threw before they died

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[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;36081948]Hirez needs to make the mechanic perk more useful. I think it should either triple your tool's range or triple the damage it does to other buildings. Its near useless if you have a thumper that can destroy any of the assets in 1/5 the time it takes to sap them.[/QUOTE] It still amuses me making them freeze up and slowly die

[img]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/246400_395366350505710_174337252608622_1051060_961826031_n.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Dummkopfs!;36083528][img]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/246400_395366350505710_174337252608622_1051060_961826031_n.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] - Players with VIP status and/or an active XP boosts will receive those bonuses in addition to the double XP. So isn't that like... 10xp per game if you have all three? Christ, I know what I'm doing this weekend. [editline]24th May 2012[/editline] Oh it's only twice the base xp. So like an extra 2k per game. Still really good, that's like 7k per game.

so vip boosters will get 400% more exp?