Tribes: Ascend

[m4rt1ni]

if you tell me what i have to do to play, i'll gladly take that key :)
just download beta version and play, basically?

You will need to download "Hi-Command" from tribesascend.com. It's a small client through which you can use the beta key and download the game. I'll sedn you the key tomorrow as I'm not @my gaming pc atm.

[joaoFCB]

first time, 2nd place :D
loved it, awsome to make Mid-airs! made one aimed cross-map midair that... <333
Thanks m4rtini

[m4rt1ni]

first time, 2nd place :D
loved it, awsome to make Mid-airs! made one aimed cross-map midair that... <333
Thanks m4rtini

NP, send me your Tribes nick so I can add you on the friends lists. I play almost everyday late in the night.

[DeadlySev]

how much keys are av?...maybe i will start it with a friend if u have 2

[m4rt1ni]

how much keys are av?...maybe i will start it with a friend if u have 2

I had only one extra key and joao took it, maybe assassin still has some.

[DeadlySev]

yea alright...i will wait for the open beta..

[l3oomer]

FCB still has a couple keys to offer, i refused so he must have mine still

[DeadlySev]

thx for the info boomer i will pm hin in fb or here...

[assassin[be]]

Still got 2 keys , hit me up if you want one.

[DeadlySev]

Edit:
u can still get some keys till on facebook...just like! http://www.facebook.com/tribesascend?sk=app_126443417467788

[RypeL]

As already said it doesent seem to have demorecording yet but i just found a quote made on 03.12 confirming that demorecording is comming to TA:

"spectator mode, demo mode, votekick and improved "cheat reporting" features are coming very soon, which will give the community better ways to help weed out cheaters as well. Private servers will have additional self-policing features."

viewtopic.php?f=269&t=48004&p=629424#p629424

Looking forward to checking that out. Would be cool if we could help them out with a RypelCam version and i would try to be there to help out on that. The game seems to deserve it.

[VegasKill]

Looking forward to checking that out. Would be cool if we could help them out with a RypelCam version and i would try to be there to help out on that. The game seems to deserve it.

Sounds good so far, thanks for that, RypeL!

The developers really care about the requests of the T:A community. For example, the hitscan weapons and classes were removed or weakened in the latest patches. Stinger noobs, adé


This is just a rumor and nothing official, but HiRez might not release a uscript compiler to prevent modding T:A.
Why to allow people extending a free game with mutators if they are supposed to pay for dlc?

[joaoFCB]

no hitscan i agree since it has 0,00000000001 air control. but it also means, as i heard from some, they will focus on bullet style, like assault rifle, rather than long-range projectiles, which sucks imo :(

[VegasKill]

I wanted to give TA a shot the other day, but the patch servers were down and I couldn't even launch an offline match.

Yesterday, I played my first 10 matches with a pretty good first impression.

By earning XP and Tokens, I could upgrade skills and unlock one class, but the more interesting classes (jumper, infiltrator, heavy armored or anything with specialized skills) will take quite long to unlock.

The ski/jetpack system is great, the movement on the ground however is pretty limited (no dodging or relatively quick walking like in ut3).

One thing I absolutely did not like was the desert eagle pistol from the soldier (only played that class): it shoots as fast as the UT3 enforcer with berserk pickup, the magazine size of the stinger and the accuracy of the sniper rifle. Only drawback is the short range.

The opponents won't escape even with the jetpack, if they are not fast enough.


btw Rcam would be great - air-hits with the spinfusor and grenades would look quite entertaining!

[RypeL]

Tried it for a few hours aswell and found it quite nice. I was a huge fan of the Q3 Rocket Launcher and how you had to position your shots in advance, which is quite the same in TA so i like that.

About RCam: Guess we wait till they release a patch for demorecording and then we could try contacting them to see if we could get RCam in somehow even if there is no mod support.

[joaoFCB]

if it is true they listen to what the community says, i think good arguments and few videos demonstrating it will be more than enough for them to kneel upon the rypelcam :)

[m4rt1ni]

I had a break because of the constant disconnects I was getting. Today I played cca 7 games after a month maybe, just to see if anything has changed. Played 2 full games got a disconnect on third one.

Logged back again, managed to play one full game got disconnected in the middle of the second one when I was whoring the Technician.

Logged back again, connected to a game which was almost finished, got disconnected on the beginning of the next match. This is REALLY discouraging.
I can play any other online game 24/7 w/o a single disconnect, but Tribes...

FML

[VegasKill]

I played some games too yesterday, but I did not check if someone of the contacts list was online.

Trying to upgrade the ranger class. The assault rifle will take a little to get used to, since the projectiles are just somewhat faster than the UT3 link gun primary. But the little grenade launcher/thumper is pretty effective  ...did a legendary emergency flag cap + return with it. No demo, so it never happened!

I had a break because of the constant disconnects I was getting. Today I played cca 7 games after a month maybe, just to see if anything has changed. Played 2 full games got a disconnect on third one.

The server sometimes (maybe one in a 20 matches) crash on map change.
Everyone goes 'server ab out to crash', 10 seconds later you're back in the main menu.
I did not yet get disconnected from an ongoing game, though.

[m4rt1ni]

I get this in about 7 out of 10 games, I get kicked to the login screen midgame. Maybe I;ll try again in a month or so after they release a new version.

[VegasKill]

Maybe I;ll try again in a month or so after they release a new version.

A new patch is delivered today:

- 9 instead of 12 classes (the ranger class I was upgrading was removed )
- 16 new weapons (well, IMO they're mostly just modified)
- it will be possible to unlock alternate weapons with XP
- new menus
- everything that was unlocked until now with Gold/Token/XP has been reset and will be refunded with XP.

Further changes: Tribes Closed Beta Version 0.1.742