Anyone else excited for tomorrow's Tribes Ascend patch?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yzN7KdUn0mFrZGHjcM8CUMSy8aV-WzYlu3NB3hyo760/pub
They did a LOT of changes, but the main things are:
>all weapons and upgrades are unlocked by default, no grinding
>classes removed, replaced by Light, Medium and Heavy types
>three new maps
>lots of balance changes to weapons and vehicles
Thoughts? Will you redownload, why or why not?
I'll probably give it a try again, but I can already feel the BS combos with some of the weapons.
did they bring back fast and get rid of the hitscan garbage?
LED BY A FURRY AND A BR WITH 140 PING
>>319632256
> We want to thank /r/Tribes for all the support and constructive feedback over the many PTS cycles. We couldn’t have done this without you!
> We want to remind everyone we spent the last span of production on the new patch(es) listening to elietest faggots who circle jerk on reddit, come join the fun!
The patch is an act of desperation, because they seriously can't get anyone to test the new PTS other than the occasional random and 8 or 9 vets with 10+ years experience. So instead of being more vocal through the Hi-Rez launcher, or sending emails to players with old accounts. They decided to tell basically no one except people who already knew about it.
That said, weapon changes are okay, you forgot to mention everyone getting at least 1 100% inheritance weapon.
Also forgot to mention that one of those maps was already in the game files, and the other is *another* rehash of an old map that isn't scaled in the slightest for T:A
Water being a massive conduit for free skiing is neato.
Fuck you, where is my map editor?
OP a shill.
![1bf[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/8lsFGht.gif "1bf[1].gif")
>health and mass increased for fatties
>fatties can equip 4 weapons
>body blocking deals damage to other players
Going slow never felt so good.
>>319633083
You seem to know more than me man, I only found out about the patch earlier today. Also not sure what inheritance is so I didn't add it, just added the changes that stood out to me from skimming the document.
>>319633278
Not him but I believe it's the mechanic that projectiles will go faster if you're moving faster, hence inheritance. A projectile that shoots out at 100 fasts while you're going 100 fasts will end up being 200 fasts with 100% inheritance.
>>319632383
What kinda combos are you talking about? I remember having fun with Doomsayer with shields and mines and chaingunning pths.
>>319632638
I'm not sure, sorry. It seems like they buffed explosives to go fast but I couldn't find anything about hitscan being nerfed. I think they're still in the game.
>>319633036
I actually played with that Seph guy a couple of times, he's really fucking good.
>>319633405
Oh, ok. Doesn't seem so important compared to the other changes but I'm not a veteran or anything so maybe I'm missing something obvious.
>>319633541
It's pretty important for lighter classes that can go faster, it pretty much means they can hit projectiles easier since there isn't as much travel time.
>>319633448
Heavies being able to use snipers will be pretty fucking annoying for example.
Yes but can I go fast?
>>319634005
Oh I see, that's cool.
Also there's something really comical about a big ass brute finagling about with a tiny little sniper rifle.
The damage to the community will probably never be undone.
I sincerely hope it can come back though.
I wouldn't want to play it with present day /v/.
Tribes is done for me. It was a fun time, though.
>>319632638
Some of the hitscan weapons were changed to projectiles and the remaining ones are so bad even the greatest shitters won't use them
>>319633405
>>319634005
Isn't that kind of necessary though? It'd be impossible to hit cappers otherwise, and teaches people to go fast
Out of the blue? I've got a better name: too little, too late. Funny how they care about Tribes again now that Smite isn't getting as much attention as they'd hoped.
>>319638713
If bad marketing and thought processes are making companies pay attention to better games, I'm all for it.
>>319632256
>can't gib lights with spinfusors anymore
It's fucking trash
Seriously fucking why that was the best thing in the game
>>319632256
Sounds like some god has gifted that update to us, really
>callins gone
>rebalanced all classes
>auto spam reduced, lower range
>linear damage spash on spinfusor
>100% inhgeritance spins for everyone
I could continue all day long
Fucking A
>>319633083
>hey /v/, thanks for all your advice. You were right all along! Our game was shit, we are massive faggots and we should all die for "Raping the Tribes series". We've taken your advice and everyone in the studio is now killing themselves. Once again, thanks!
Seriously, if you think reddit is worse at fixing a game than /v/, then you haven't been here very long. If devs came here and asked "what's wrong with my game", they'd get 1 overly complicated response from one try-hard who spends too much time looking at his word-a-day calendar and every other response is from idiots who either know shit-all about games or just don't give a shit. If you were to take a great game and put it through /v/, trying to improve it in any way possible, you'd end up with some unplayable mess which /v/ would then shit on for "not following the communities wishes".This happens almost every time a programming student comes on here and tries to follow /v/'s advice.
>>319639992
That's because the programming students know to go to specific places on the site for programming, genius. The best time to come to /v/ is when you already have a game or are just looking for core ideas.
Seems to have worked out for Notch and McMillen.
>speed cap still in place
hahahaha get fucked OP reddit.
sah-gey.
>>319640189
>ingle player games
>competitive multiplayer games
One is not like the other
>>319640326
>speed cap
>relevant
>not just a meem for people who don't know shit about T:A
You fags are annoying
>>319640435
>speed cap still in place
>"haha but its no big deal! Check out r/tribes!"
Here's your (You).
>>319640365
Minecraft is single AND multiplayer. Building giant dicks with other weirdos was the main drive originally, remember.
Besides, my point still stands. Ideas and criticism are only useful when you either don't have ideas or aren't sure what to fix, and I have seen several individual devs come on here to ask about problems with their games before now, all it takes is not doing it too often or overreacting to things (refer to YandereDev).
>>319640557
Please anon tell me when the speed cap kicks in surely you know
>>319632256
I will consider it.
>>319640581
But in MC you don't have to balance stuff. Here you do, and a centrallized platform is much better for that than the clusterfuck that is 4chan threads
But did they remove automatics?
>>319639992
>ask reddit about something clearly OP in whatever game on how to beat it
>ITS NOT OP YOU JUST NEED TO ADAPT
>You have to play around, change your playstyle and work in very close cooperation with your team to beat 1 shitter using OP flavour of the month bullshit
>Balance
thats pretty much how reddit thinks
>>319640782
No but they nerfed their range and bullet size
>>319639992
>every time a programming student comes on here
When does this ever happen?
I only see either semi-competent devs just looking for advice or absolute schmucks asking shit like "how 2 make gaem" or "what language is best"
>>319633448
>Seph
>good
>>319640730
Balancing is far too complex a problem to be talking about in a space where a lot of people who don't even play this sort of game will be./vg/is actually quite a good place for things like that, since people who are happy to help and are autistic enough to do something about it will stay in one place.
They kinda shot themselves in the foot in this aspect though, since generals tend to stay dead once a game loses popularity.
>INF mediocre
>Other classes keep getting toys to directly counter INF
>INF gets nerfed some more
>INF gets nerfed again
>Buff SEN because fuck skill right
>Game dies
>NEW PATCH NEW THINGS YAAAY
>Completely shit all over stealth packs again for no reason.
Seriously just fucking remove the goddamn things if you hate them so much. Stop acting like its ever worth it to play INF anymore, or take the "stealth" pack or the "stealth" spinfusor that is louder and more noticable than anything else in the game.
>>319632256
holy FUCK
10.5 Mb/s is not fast enough download man
How are they planning to make money then? Skins?
>>319641536
>being a stealth shitter in T:A
>>319641661
They don't
It's basically a leisure time activity from some guys in HiRez since they made loadsa bucks with Smite
>>319641661
I really hope they take this route. It's been proven thrice over that the model works (Dota, PoE, etc.) so as long as you don't fuck it up and put p2w stats on everything like Payday 2.
>>319641723
People actually play Smite?
>>319641774
While I'm no fan of DotA2 I hate to admit that it uses the best F2P model ever. Gives a 100% complete game to the players and still makes tons of money.
>>319641868
surprisingly enough, ye
but you should ask that question but replace "Smite" with "Heroes of the Storm" because jesus fuck, at least Smite is somewhat robust, HotS is a fucking mess of an ASSFAGGOTS game
>>319641868
It's super popular for some reason
>arrives just after CS:GO shits the bed
>>319632256
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EKTw50Uf8M
>>319641969
Control mode (third person shooter over-the-shoulder) is different from every other moba offering. The fact that it lends itself well to being played with a controller so console kids can get in on it probably helps.
Smite's pretty fun. It's got the different game modes so you don't have to play the rage-inducing 5v5, 30+ minute games that piss everyone off to no end.
So is this game still a meme, or worth redownloading?
>>319645030
we starsiege now
/m/ here, excuse the dumb question but is assfaggots a world filter for moba games or something?
MOBA
>>319645526
Aeon of Strife Style Fortress Assault Game Going On Two Sides
>>319645526
no, it's just a pejorative
>>319645692
fukuda pls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEjSgAiluk
Could it be? can we have these kind of OC once again?
>>319645526
>>319645692
It's an acronym that stands for a much more specific definition of the genre
So i never played tribes, should try it out?
>>319639992
>Seriously, if you think reddit is worse at fixing a game than /v/, then you haven't been here very long
Hey butthurt reddit poster. I never said /v/ was good at anything, ever. EVER. The only thing /v/ is ever good for is shit posting.
That aside, your post changes nothing about how the reddit is just a circlejerk of players who are about as bubbled off from the rest of the community (all like 100 or so other players, on live anyway.) as they could possibly be. They have so much experience they're better off fucking off to some home made game that resembles T2, instead though, they're just trying to make T:A into T:A-T2.2.0. Fuck you.
>>319646148
>T2.2.0
Where do I sign up?
>>319646557
reddit.com/r/neckyourself
>>319646594
is this the fourchan version of downvoting? thanks
>>319646772
>fourchan
>>319646594
/r/Tribes has links to all the old tribes games and various places on where to speak to people to get into games.
>Tfw having T:V matches again
I still think T:A needed the grapple hook.
>>319646851
sorry is this some /V/ meme i dont know about
>tfw i miss the time when tribes was really great even though my old pc couldn't run it worth shit
20 fps back then, or less, and it was still fun
Yeah, whatever
>>319640189
>Worked for Notch
el oh el
