Opinions on Tribes Ascend?

I've played this for around 2 hours and it is a nice change from the slew of realistic military FPS's on the market. I like the skiing and jetpack mechanics a lot. I've heared the "the maps are barren" complaint leveled at it but its obviously designed as such for skiing around all the slopes at high speed. Due to the short play time I'm not too sure if the unlocking system is a huge grind yet, or if in fact the classes are in any way balanced.

I love it so far. It's a nice change from the Military shooters as you say. I will definatley be playing it a lot in the future.

It's great, but it's not a hitscan game unfortunately ; '(JigglyWiggly_

Quite a lot of the weapons are hitscan actually. The shotgun, Assault rifle, sniper rifle, SMG (maybe more, but those types are 100% hitscan) . The only projectile weapons I've come across so far are the ones with splash damage. Hitting people with projectile splash is pretty easy too, just judge where the enemy will land with the jetpack and shoot there, thats what I do and I always come top 3.

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]It's great, but it's not a hitscan game unfortunately ; '(bonafidetk

Quite a lot of the weapons are hitscan actually. The shotgun, Assault rifle, sniper rifle, SMG (maybe more, but those types are 100% hitscan) . The only projectile weapons I've come across so far are the ones with splash damage.

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[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]It's great, but it's not a hitscan game unfortunately ; '(JigglyWiggly_

Quite a lot of the weapons are hitscan actually. The shotgun, Assault rifle, sniper rifle, SMG (maybe more, but those types are 100% hitscan) . The only projectile weapons I've come across so far are the ones with splash damage.

It's great, but it's not a hitscan game unfortunately ; '(JigglyWiggly_

I unlocked the sentinel (sniper) and his sniper rifle unscoped does 10 dmg. Yep, you need to zoom to do anything and it charges like the sniper in TF2. Feels ridiculous in a fast paced game like this to have a slow charging sniper rifle. Just to give you an idea the easy splash damage weapon does 500 to 700 damage (most classes take 3 or 4 hits of this to die) if you shoot within 5 meters of someone. Pretty disappointed with this sniper class. I was hoping to shoot people out of the sky while skiing around. I think Im better off using the splash damage weapon when they land. Its pretty easy if you watch for their shadow.

It's one of the few online multiplayer shooters that I like so I don't know what that means. :P

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]It's great, but it's not a hitscan game unfortunately ; '(MacBoomStick

There is a huge diffbetween noobs with like LG vs me or yz50 or strenx

Wouldn't mind it if it wasn't a F2P psuedo-RPG driven FPS.

Wouldn't mind it if it wasn't a F2P psuedo-RPG driven FPS.

Socijalisticka

It's great, but it's not a hitscan game unfortunately ; '(JigglyWiggly_

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]It's great, but it's not a hitscan game unfortunately ; '(Zubinen

Though yes I can chain frisbee discs in mid air against people.

I'll try the light assult rifle, never even knew it was in the game lol.

I never said I sucked. In fact about 90% of the time I am in first(In tribes)... my rocket skills are good in Quake, they just are not up to par on my rail/LG. Meaning I am not always the best, in Quake Live I don't think anyone can out LG me definitively other than YZ50. My rail is either on or sort ove, so that's hard to compare to other people, but I am mostly known for my rail. That is why I was sad about no hitscan lg type weapons, because they are my best. Though yes I can chain frisbee discs in mid air against people.JigglyWiggly_

I played it and like it, but don't care for the flying. I guess I'm just old school when it comes to FPS..

[QUOTE="MacBoomStick"][QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]It's great, but it's not a hitscan game unfortunately ; '(JigglyWiggly_

There is a huge diffbetween noobs with like LG vs me or yz50 or strenx

I haven't played an arena/twitch based shooter in a fairly long time. That being said, I'm loving TA and have been playing it since closed beta. It's strange though, I either have a really good day, or an awful day, I can tell it will take a long time to be proficient with all of the classes, there is a lot of skill involved.

It is awesome. I never played anything like that.

I played it and like it, but don't care for the flying. I guess I'm just old school when it comes to FPS..

BoristheBlade1

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[QUOTE="MacBoomStick"] Hitscan is for noobs.MacBoomStick

There is a huge diffbetween noobs with like LG vs me or yz50 or strenx

I love playing as the Pathfinder. Splash damage from the main gun when your target is landing, and then switch to the shotgun when they are in the air/low on hp.

I've played it for around 6hrs this weekend, and that netted me about 12k xp. I always come top 3 and 9/10 times on the winning team (Not gloating, just stating facts from this weekend). With this kind of win ratio and this of xp gain I can see this game potentially being a huge grind to unlock the better stuff at the F2P level. For example the Pathfinder's booster jet pack unlock is 48k xp. So at my current rate maybe 24 hrs of game time? Of course realistically its much more than that because I need to upgrade my weapons and armour a long the way to remain competitive. Damn.

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[QUOTE="MacBoomStick"] Hitscan is for noobs.MacBoomStick

There is a huge diffbetween noobs with like LG vs me or yz50 or strenx

I disagree in the skill part anyway, it takes a different type of skill to use the plasma gun, more rocket launcher skills.

I love TA, it's fun. Just took me awhile to get use to it, as it was fairly different than T1. Also, whoever said Light Assault Rifle is hitscan is wrong. It is not hitscan. Only Hitscan weapons now are:Shotguns, sniper rifle, and the pistols.

Also, as for sniper, snipers are beasty if they are good with them. Play on a few games with a good sniper and you'll see how they control their teams flag defense very well.

[QUOTE="BoristheBlade1"]

I played it and like it, but don't care for the flying. I guess I'm just old school when it comes to FPS..

bonafidetk

I unlocked the sentinel (sniper) and his sniper rifle unscoped does 10 dmg. Yep, you need to zoom to do anything and it charges like the sniper in TF2. Feels ridiculous in a fast paced game like this to have a slow charging sniper rifle. Just to give you an idea the easy splash damage weapon does 500 to 700 damage (most classes take 3 or 4 hits of this to die) if you shoot within 5 meters of someone. Pretty disappointed with this sniper class. I was hoping to shoot people out of the sky while skiing around. I think Im better off using the splash damage weapon when they land. Its pretty easy if you watch for their shadow.

bonafidetk

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]It's great, but it's not a hitscan game unfortunately ; '(Zubinen

but i get first place sometimes easily just shotgunning very accurately

the spindisc takes too long 2 kill imo

however this is all very good for my gamestyle

but i get first place sometimes easily just shotgunning very accurately

the spindisc takes too long 2 kill imo

JigglyWiggly_

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but i get first place sometimes easily just shotgunning very accurately

the spindisc takes too long 2 kill imo

bonafidetk

my whole gameplay style revolves around mirroring the other guy's movements

There is only one bad thing about the game;

Remove.

The fu'king.

Sentinel.

my whole gameplay style revolves around mirroring the other guy's movements

JigglyWiggly_

This could really be used to your disadvantage IF your opponent's realize this, and you still rely too much on it. They can overcome, and start predicting your moves, by predicting their own. Not just in Tribes, but many games.

Adapting is the best style of gameplay, but mirroring isn't bad. Until the enemy realizes what you are doing, and they adapt. Then it can be real bad.

Either way, so whats your guys's favorite weapon? Mine's the shotgun so far, because all the other unlocks require an insane amount of experience and I am not spending 10$ for a gun. Like, I feel like the shotgun is insanely overpowered, but I don't see a whole lot of people using it. JigglyWiggly_

Disc launchers/thumpers and AR weapons for chasing. Of course I like SMGs as well. I basically play what class is needed. I guess for a true favourite weapon would have to be disc launcher, love getting blue plate specials, not to mention best weapon to quickly get up speed.

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]Either way, so whats your guys's favorite weapon? Mine's the shotgun so far, because all the other unlocks require an insane amount of experience and I am not spending 10$ for a gun. Like, I feel like the shotgun is insanely overpowered, but I don't see a whole lot of people using it. AraiDaiichi

Disc launchers/thumpers and AR weapons for chasing. Of course I like SMGs as well. I basically play what class is needed. I guess for a true favourite weapon would have to be disc launcher, love getting blue plate specials, not to mention best weapon to quickly get up speed.

its alright, just not my cup of tea

It's great, but it's not a hitscan game unfortunately ; '(JigglyWiggly_

There is only one bad thing about the game;

Remove.

The fu'king.

Sentinel.

Am_Confucius

Hitscan doesn't take skill...PC4lifeman2233

[QUOTE="Am_Confucius"]

There is only one bad thing about the game;

Remove.

The fu'king.

Sentinel.

Zubinen

Remove the cry babies.

The sentries are pretty anoyying though lol.

[QUOTE="skrat_01"]I've loved the tribes series since the first, and I'd say it's actually pretty damn good. It's exiting seeing a big resurgence in popularity of the IP, and the developers are constantly making an effort to improve on the game, listen to the community and keep content flowing - as well as keeping it competitive. It's the best thing that could've happened to the IP this side of a massive sequel; which wouldn't have been greenlighted in the first place.JigglyWiggly_

Otherwise forever the Spinfusor, it's the one weapon in Tibes that I've only ever cared for - this side of the chaingun (ho-hum gone) and the energy rifle - haven't tried the sniper weapon in Ascend yet.

Also, motars, yet to try.

[QUOTE="Am_Confucius"]

There is only one bad thing about the game;

Remove.

The fu'king.

Sentinel.

Zubinen

What about the chain gun? Someone was using that and was like lvl 36 and keep calling in orbital strikes. He felt a bit way too overpowered imo. This game favors ppl who pay a lot of money lol.JigglyWiggly_

It's a good weapon, I don't favour Doombringer much though. I occasionally play it, but I usually when defending have to chase so I prefer SLD or Pathfinder. This game doesn't favour people who spend a lot of money at all. All the default weapons are just fine. I haven't spent a penny on this game and I get top 1-3 players for my team a lot. I'm closing in on level 26 I think.

What's your name in game by the way?