Battlefront edition, aka adopt a scrub and complain reddit is better then /vg/
http://www.hirezstudios.com/tribesascend/home
Out of the Blue Update Changelog (December 10 2015):
http://www.hirezstudios.com/tribesascend/home/latest-news/view/tribes-ascend-blog/2015/12/10/out-of-the-blue-tribes-ascend-version-1.1-december-10th-2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt9NGBCME9g [Embed] [Embed]
>Tribes Universe: (Official site with links to download the legacy games in the series)
http://www.tribesuniverse.com/
>>>126178134
>>126178185
I've literally only played Blood Eagle for the last 4 years because of this picture
>>126179362
Literally the most autistic retard probably unintentionally stacking every other game.
>>126178134
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt9NGBCME9g [Embed] [Embed] [Embed]
Hi.
>>126180610
Quiet
>>126181154
Hi.
>general keeps sinking to p10 and 404ing
Maybe we should just let it die. There are less players playing day after day.
>>126181196
at this point I legitimately only play to shitpost verbally with voice commands while going fast
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZegI6b6TsiopfV-ojtxFvbq6dKbNQVDW7s9MMtccx00/viewform?usp=send_form
Hi-Rez feedback form, for those who missed it.
Anyway,
>try to play today
>1000 ping
Fuck, no idea why, either.
remove X1
shits still absurdly broken and always has been
>>126181182
Hello
Good
Bye
Shazbot
>>126182398
No, give it 10 rounds more per mag. How is it broken? It went from 80 rouns a mag to 30 rounds a mag and from 0% inheritance to 100% inheritance after the patch. No spin up time anymore and less screen shake when firing. It's an entirely different weapon and I fail to see how was it broken before.
>>126181196
>let it die
That will surely help the situation, anon.
>>126184278
Nothing will, faggot.
>>126184385
Except if you log into the game right now and actually play.
>>126184857
kek
>>126184953
1v1 skrub
>TDM
>manage to grab the flag
>proceed to ignore the game and just ski around the map with the biggest, dumbest smile on my face
>26 Flag Held Accolades
I only just started playing Tribes and I haven't felt such joy at playing a game in a long time.
>>126185371
[VFQ]
aw shit we're dead
quick shazbot, post your loadout
>>126190820
light spin
LAR
Shocklance
>Tartarus
>Blueshift
>Dangerous Crossing
>Temple Ruins
remove from game please
>>126194353
Whats wrong with these maps? I like capping and chasing on blueshift.
>>126194353
>no perdition
>>126195081
>disliking Perdition
>>126195293
These niggas got pleb taste
>>126195293
there is nothing to like about perdition
>>126195735
Everything to like about Perdition.
>>126195830
>>126195735
>>126195552
It has nice hills on the outskirts
>>126195293
It's fucking trash m8.
>all servers are on shit map
>next one on this server will be good
>4-1 so it will end soon
>join
>it's over in 5 seconds
>server crashes
just
>>126195830
>i like shit terrain
>who cares if the bases are 2 ft apart
>a completely unobscured 360 view of the flag for defenders is fun
>fuck chasing, caps should happen in 5 seconds from stand to stand
>just do grenade launcher drive bys on the enemy base all game long
>mortar deals 1750 damage on direct hit
>direct hit happens even if it still should just bounce
why
>>126200857
Fuck this bullshit.
>fat flies right next to me with mortar out
>laugh to myself and think "yea right nigga, stupid fa-"
>instakilled
Why the fuck. This is not how it should happen.
>>126180012
>sandraker scum
>>126196169
the hills do nothing but serve to setup those 5 second b2fs
>>126203225
ride routes are nice too. but the b2f is very cheap
>>126203225
I can be your b2f ;)
webms incoming
>>126204962
Had a gg
>>126205721
>[poo]
Just had a game of "no b2f allowed" on perdition and everyone that knew what a b2f was followed the rule.and it was fun
remove vehicles when?
>>126208081
shrike damage just needs to go back to 2 hits ded
>>126208317
nah just remove them, they contribute nothing besides being extremely easily accessible
>>126207574
What's a bee2eff?
(I'm serious)
>>126210407
blacks to fuck. plantations set aside some black female slaves that they had sex withback to front, like a route that goes from behind the base to infront. small maps these routes are cheap
>>126210163
Agreed. I don't mind bikes. Beowulfs are usually annoying but okay and easily dealt with. But Shrikes are overpowered and anti-fun for everyone.
And fuck reddit for defending Shrikes. They want their high inertia back so they can do those speed-grabs. Get fucked. Learn to git gud. Seriously. Most of the suggestions on reddit should be taken oppositely. It's so disappointing and dis-heartening reading their bullshit drivel. And it's doubly worse since LoRez take advice from these total shitters.
They're legitimately so shit they want "ground pound" (scrub term) to be nerfed. Oh and bolt launchers are OP apparently. This series is dead.
>>126210407
back2front, you come in the back and go out the front directly toward your flag.
>>126213428
So someone puts his penis in the back in your ass and you cum in front of you?
ded
>>126212435
I was so disheartened when I learned that they were taking serious suggestions and feedback for the PTS and being drowned out by this retarded balance that reddit was suggesting.
>>126218836
They (reddit and some HiRez guy taking suggestions) were bashing the Facebook HiRez/Tribes (forgot which one specifically) page because it was negative or some shit.
Like, wow.
This shit annoys me to no end. Every single game community on reddit that is multiplayer-heavy is absolutely fucked. Most games I can drop instantly and never look back--and I have (dota is a good example) but Tribes I love. Sadly, AssEnd isn't in a good spot. At all. Reddit is making it worse and HiRez specifically is listening to them as their sole source of feedback.
I made a thread asking why so many weapons were removed (all of which were fucking awesome to have) but no, down-voted and some people saying that "side grades were confusing"
Just typing this and rethinking it rattles my heart with anger. Fuck I wish it wasn't like this. One vidya of very few in a sea of many that I actually care about.
Are servers down?
>>126219436
I was so bitter about the dueling spin fusor. especially considering that they nerfed spin direct hit and increased splash radius. I felt that with those changes you would need the dueling spin more. There is hardly the sense of customization now.
Any news on Midair?
>>126212435
>>126218836
What In the world are you reading on Reddit if this is what you saw? Because I can't see anyone defending the new Shrikes. People wanted to modify them to make them more fun but the changes Hi-Rez did are completely off the balance. Most people want them to be nerfed and also to have strict limitations to spamming vehicles(which imo was a problem even before the patch) by possibly introducing player-specific cooldown and/or an earning system for purchasing vehicles.
Many people wanted to stop the heavy/medium caps with vehicles, hence the vehicle speed inheritance was nerfed.
>gp nerf
But everyone half decent with their aim wants that, what the fuck? The idea "reddit"(not really) came up with was the removal of banded splash damage which did not reward skill. You used to get full splash damage from the inner 50% radius of all explosives and then it would drop down to a relatively big minimum value within the outer 50% of the explosive AOE. It was silly and discouraging good aim.
After the banded splash was changed to what it is now(still clamped between min and max values, linear fall-off in-between), Hi-Rez decided to ramp up the radius of the explosives making the bolts stupidly easy to hit with. You can't dodge it and you have to be garbage to miss with the explosives.
I used to love Thumper DX with its high direct damage vs really small splash before the update. Now even the smallest fusors seem to have AOE considerably larger than that.
>>126219436
>"side grades were confusing"
Confusing isn't the right word but useless would be more accurate. i wanted them to leave more options for the weapons in but most of them got removed after the patch. What we got now are considerably different weapon types. No more sidegrades or weapons of slightly tweaked stats. They might bring them back but having such huge changes done to the game and trying to balance over 70(?) different weapons according to that would be a nightmare.
>>126219992
Yup. Game has next to no customisation and this is an extremely high selling point for all sorts of players (casual, serious etc) Certainly is a huge point for me personally.
I see no good reason AT ALL to remove all of those weapons. Some weren't even the side-grade ones. The Infiltrator shit has been removed (Silenced pistol, Rhino, Stealthfusor) like why the fuck? Reddit cunts saying they were confusing. Like what? The fucking side-grades were less of 1 stat, more of 1 other. Such as; higher damage less RoF. Higher damage less AoE.
>>126220664
>useless
The fuck are you smoking? Why the fuck would you remove perfectly good and working assets and content in an extremely nearly dead game? It needs as much shit it can get. These weapons were perfectly valid.
If you don't fucking like them because you feel they're obsolete, don't fucking use them then.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tribes/comments/3xqw2z/alright_my_tribe_nerds_time_for_another_patch/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tribes/comments/3xqyaf/why_have_a_large_number_of_weapons_been_removed/
>inb4 hurr u go 2 reddit ur opinion is invalid
I'm willing to suck eggs for a franchise I care about. I complain because I love and care about this series unlike 99.999999% of anything else out there.
>>126220664
>balance side-grade is hard
dumb nigger. they're bullshit like -5 dmg +5 radius. irrelevant argument point.
>>126220664
Dueling had a smaller splash radius but with the trade off of more damage. How is this useless? Things that were direct upgrades from other weapons were useless.
>useless
I should've picked my words better.
>>126220914
>The fuck are you smoking? Why the fuck would you remove perfectly good and working assets and content in an extremely nearly dead game? It needs as much shit it can get. These weapons were perfectly valid.
I used them all the time but the truth is they contributed extremely little to the game because they were so similar. The amount of them and the terrible "stats" provided probably did confuse newcomers, too.
Heck, Gasts + Thumper DX, Dueling Spin + LAR, Devastator + Colt, Deluxe Mortar + X1 were the loadouts I most commonly used. All of them had at least one of the introduced "sidegrade" weapons in use.
I filled the feedback form when it came out.
>>126221056
That was what people said when I asked them to leave sidegrades. I'm actually fine with it right now but once they have the balance right with what we currently have, it wouldn't hurt introducing the weapons back with tiny adjustments.
>>126221732
>How is this useless?
It wasn't in good hands. I only used the dueling spin. It still had a very little impact on the game itself.
>>126205952
Probably an Indian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Co5drsxQRU
How long until Tribes is real life?
Just finished playing my first match of this game.
It was weird, I really didn't do much of anything, I forgot I had an assault rifle and a grenade launcher, still haven't really got the hang of skiing, but we won.
>>126234747
Not wierd, usually only need 3-2 players actually doing something to win a pub. Plus you wont be doing much your first few games.
>>126178185
Ahh, those were the days.
drunk tribes
Wait what the hell ahppened to all of the servers
>tribes 2 has more players than t:a
how did they do this
I got fucking fucked by the servers also
btw, for anyone that never knew. Sexykate did have aimtracking software.
This is coming from someone who was in her competitive team.
>>126245443
literally who. are you euro
LIVE
>Get a beowulf EVERY FUCKING GAME
>Explosive spree and relentless
>"Beowulfs are OP! I cant dodge your shots!
Everytime
What is the /vg/ server? or is there not one?
>>126241609
But it doesn't?
Best pubber EU?
>>126256781
>get beowulf
ur trash mate
>Being a vehiclefag
>>126194353
B-but I like tartarus, dc and temple ruins, anon.Blueshift can go to hell tho.
>>126194353
DX is fun. Temple and Tartarsauce are eh. Blueshit just doesn't work.
>>126266221
>B-but I like tartarus
you can fuck right off to hell
>>126266221
>I like Temple Ruins
No.
>>126266221
you motherfucker you nobody talks like that around here
>>126220914
>those weapons were perfectly valid
>desert variants
>variants that reduced damage per shot to increase rof or the opposite
>variants that reduce the splash radius to increase damage
I'm not saying I disliked them, I did, and I used them a lot. But they didn't make any real difference, really.
What happened to the silenced SMG?
>>126267434
replaced by the falcon for some reason
i think sean had some kind of plan to fix the stealth pack by forcing them to used silenced shit but hasnt pushed it live yet
>>126266919
No reason to entirely delete them. If they weren't good enough, then tweak the stats.
>>126267434
According to reddit, having too many weapons were confusing. Deleting perfectly working assets from a nearly dead game is good.
>>126268220
Fuck off the variants were pointless. They added nothing more but confusion to new players in an already confusing game.
>>126268528
>already confusing game
fucker, if you don't have a brain you shouldn't be playing games
>>126268590
Oh fuck off with your elitism and face reality already.
>>126268590
Admit it, TA has a ton of stuff to take in even without the million weapon variants. When they introduced almost nothing but confusion with newcomers, why leave them in? Especially when the whole game is in the process of being rebalanced.
>>126268774
>>126268590
Not to mention new players actually have to grind for weapons, so having 5 different fusors sure was a lot of fun to figure out.
>>126268671
>>126268528
>extra options is bad
>side-grades are econfusing
>fuck your elitism despite the game having a very high skill cap
These are the sorts of people that complain to HiRez. These are the sorts of people that bitch on reddit. These are the sorts of people that HiRez continue to listen to. And these are the sorts of people that are continually ruining this game.
>>126269118
Yeah, side-grades like (5% less fire rate 7.3% more splash radius :^) are bad and add nothing of value to the game.
The real choices are Spinfusor, Thumper or Twinfusor. These weapons are similar, can fulfill the same roles but have their differences for niche purposes and therefore count as side-grades.
Just because you can add more shit to the game with extremely negligible statistical differences, doesn't make it better. It just makes the game feel bloated.
Now fuck off.
>>126269340
>dueling spinfusor is bad
>infiltrator weapons are bad
Yeah, you fuck off, retard.
>People unironically defending getting rid of working weapons that many people enjoyed and used
If you don't like it then don't use them.
>People unironically defending pointless bloat in a game that's meant to be competitive
Fuck off already
>add new weapons everyone uses instead of old weapons
>instead of modifying old weapons
wew
>>126269764
>>126269701
samefag
>>126269878
Many people liked the weapons and there's no reason to cut out content in a game that's devoid of just about any content. Game needs as much as it can get.
>more than one person calls out your bullshit
>s-s-samefag!
You seem to fail on every single aspect in all of your posts.
>>126269923
There's no hope for you, no point in arguing with someone so stubborn and retarded as you.
Bye.
>>126269985
The same is more applicable for people like you.
VGB VGTW
>>126269923
I already said I liked the weapons. I used them. It doesn't change the fact that their impact on gameplay was negligible and getting rid of them was a choice I can agree with.
>you
>thinking im alone with my view in this thread
>>126270014
Their impact is irrelvant. It was perfectly good content (textures, assets etc) that had no issues. People used and enjoyed it.
Your logic is hats are bad because they don't affect the game or the impact is insignificant yet ignore the fact people buy and enjoy them.
You're not alone and that's the problem, retard. Learn to read. If you were alone I'd just laugh and not give as much of a shit. It is worrisome you share such views with quite a handful, especially at reddit--a group that actively destroys game after game constantly with their horrible and close-minded selfish ideas.
>>126270307
just shut the fuck up already, jesus christ
go to reddit where the devs actually read posts if you care so much
Is 100 ping unplayable, anons? No servers near me
>>126270307
Wow the first time you explain why you want them in. Impressive.
And now we agree on one point: game could use cosmetic content which everyone has been asking since the start. Spinfusor trail colors, jet colors, weapon skins, capes, hats and whatever. I always wanted there to be some reskins of weapons based on stats you've done on them. 10k+ midairs could earn you a black spinfusor etc.
>>126270512
I'm playing fromSouth Americawith 140ms and its not so bad, actually.
>>126270512
Gonna make it stupidly hard to use projectile weapons. Capping and sniping would work fine.
>>126270689
This. Instead they choose to release OP weapons, charge an eye for them and then nerf them to oblivion.
>>126270689
>cosmetics
100% autism or underage b&
I used to care about car visual tuning in NFS when I was a kid.
>>126270801
Ground pounding works fine with 150-200ms, I only try not to depend on midairs too much.
>>126270907
Yes, its for underages and e-peen bloating, but monetizing a game around cosmetics is a better option for any kind of competitive game.
Why are people so obsessed with the game constantly gratifying your time spent playing it? Why can't you just enjoy playing the game? Good job buddy you defeated 100 opponents, here's a medal. Why can't video games just be video games anymore?
Fuck off with this shit already. So sick of it.
>>126270907
Because there's nothing wrong with cosmetic items and it's an effective way to monetize the game. Time for monetization is too late now but I don't get why anyone would hate cosmetic items as long as they suit the art of the game and don't affect gameplay in any way. You can safely ignore them if you don't like them but there are a lot of people who would want to grind and pay money for them,
>>126271045
I'm not but many are. It's easy to cater for that crowd by giving them rewards. The rest of us can just ignore them.
>>126271045
Thats actually fine, but in a game like tribes it would be better to congratulate people for capping, going fast, winning streaks instead of kill streaks, etc.
>tribes general kinda alive again
You wouldn't believe me if I said how happy I am right now to see tribes come back, if only for a short while.I missed you guys.
>>126270441
>the only people who disagree with extra content just chimp out with "lalalala dont talk here fuck off! :<"
>>126271379
General doesn't mean shit. Game's about dead.
![35i5fg2[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/XpH0tOQ.png "35i5fg2[1].png")
>>126271220
>Because there's nothing wrong with cosmetic items
Sure, cosmetics are fine, as long as you don't monetize it.
Why? Because eventually you start to figure out that the items selling the most, are the items that stand out the most. Not by little, no. By tenfold. People buy the absurd and the ridiculous so they can be a special snowflake and gain attention. And because you're a game developer trying to make money through monetizing in-game cosmetics, once you notice this pattern, you can probably guess where it's going.
I don't know of a single case in video games where monetized cosmetics haven't completely demolished the aesthetic integrity of the game.
>>126271430
>extra content
>pointless, bloated shit of an excuse just to drive xp boost sales
fuck off already
like I said, go to reddit if you actually want to get your voice heard, because here you're doing nothing but shitposting in a dead general
>>126271379
>Thats actually fine, but in a game like tribes it would be better to congratulate people for capping, going fast, winning streaks instead of kill streaks, etc.
This stuff is one area where Hi-Rez fucked up. Once again the vets wont care about any of these but newcomers and less experienced people will be doing shit that earns them something. The credit and medal system gave you a ton of rewards for easy tasks which rarely contributed anything to the game or objective like repairs or upgrades, "turret assisted kills" etc. There was also a considerable problem how these rewards were balanced between O and D.
>>126271731
Yes, its seems very unimportant but it tremendously affects the behavior of players. But hopefully they will change that soon, seeing as the new "team" is taking a much better approach to the game.
>>126271731
Rewards and accolades should just be removed. The only drive for doing what you do should be to win the match, and not for your personal gain.
>>126271969
that and ui shit is at the bottom of their to-do list which is unfortunate
like the equipment control shit for servers has been fucked up since day one and they havent even bothered to remove the old class names from anywhere but the actual loadout screen
>>126271632
>i dun like the content therefore NO ONE ELSE should be allowed to have 'em
Isn't this how babies act?
>>126272350
How can you be so dense. I guess you just don't understand.
>>126272115
But a properly executed reward system would steer the players towards tasks beneficial to winning the game. Everyone who plays enough will eventually learn how the game works out and the rewards, medals etc become nothing but clutter on the screen. But for the people new to the game they could prove out to be very helpful, even if they just subconsciously teach what is useful.
I like how the loading screen "tips" still tell you to upgrade base asset.
>>126272115
statistic collection is great, what the fuck are you on about
its like the best way to psychologically encourage and facilitate self-improvement in specific gameplay areas, ten times better than some obtuse "skill rank" and forced matchmaking system
theres problems when you overly reward behavior that shouldnt be encouraged but thats a problem with the developers not understanding how to play the game not with the idea itself
>>126272487
The problem is that there are a lot of useful things you can do that give you no magic points. There are also a lot of useful things you can do that can't really be quantified and rewarded. Like harassment. How do you reward harassment?
>>126272672
reward for kills/damage done to enemies in the radius around the enemy flagstand where the defense would receive "flag defender", or reward when the flag gets grabbed by a teammate when youre occupying or dealing damage to an enemy in that area
>>126272871
Now what if you pull a bunch of those flag defenders to chase you and now you're out of the zone?
>>126272672
It's obvious that you can't reward every single useful deed in the game. Especially those requiring more than one guy to succeed. But that doesn't undermine what I said. Rewards can be very useful. The game right now does a rather poor job at it. For example, there is still no reward equal for the Flag Defender medal(killing an enemy near your flag stand) even though killing the hof and clearing the enemy stand is at least as important than defending your own. Upgrades are gladly gone but those were tied into rewards, too.
>>126273075
I personally think it should be left for the players own intelligence to figure out whats effective, what they are good at and what they are comfortable doing. If they don't know, then they can ask and other players can guide them.
>>126272419
Imagine if everyone just used that for arguments. We'd still be in the dark ages.
>>126273512
We've told him the same thing several times and he still doesn't get it.
He's dense as fuck.
>>126273262
New players are much likely to get frustrated and quit the game when facing stuff they don't understand like "why cant i kill anyone in this game?" or "why am I losing even though my team has way more kills than the enemy team?".
The medal you get when you kill someone with a bp and even the sound it plays when you do it, makes people want to do that again and again. The same happens with people who keeps fighting off random noobs in the midfield area, but even tho they get lots of medals, they are not really helping with anything.
They should try directing those rewards towards tasks useful to the meta-game.
The problem with leaving the player to figure out whats best for the team on their own is that most players come ( or used to ) into t:a expecting a futuristic battlefield-like game and then find a game where they get rewarded for playing like it is some kind of futuristic battlefield-like game.
>>126273783
Yeah well I say stop catering to the expectations of retards.
>>126273262
Most people will learn once they spend enough time with the game - with or without rewards. Very few will go actively looking or asking for advice. A lot of people just join a pub game and never read or watch more than a trailer. They can't possibly understand what is a good role to fill or task to do. It's these who the simple rewards could help the most.
>>126272350
You're ignoring the fact that they removed it for a very good reason.
In case you missed their explanation as to why they removed that, check the official forums(aka Reddit).
>6273851
Back then, changing t:a's steam page to better depict how the game actually plays out would've helped a lot. Its too late for that now, and no one uses it anyways.
>>126273910
They will, but thats only the small percentage of players that keeps on playing after initially getting frustrated with tribes; T:A always had a really high percentage of new players leaving.
>>126274365
I don't know how the hell I managed to fuck that up.
>>126273851
>>126273669
You haven't done anything but "sidegrades are confusing"
Cutting out weapons for no reason is dumb as fuck, retard.
>>126273951
>cutting lots of content
>good reason
:^)
Mhm hey guys, our game is dead and when we "revive" it there'll never be more than 100 players on at once. What should we do? Let's make Shrikes stronger, remove all classes and only have it as armour. Remove a third or more of the weapon pool. Introduce shit maps that no one likes at all.
Wow genius! Alive game! W-Wait why's the game dying already? What?
>>126220498
It actually just got added to greenlight, here's the gameplay trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anrlw5nebJ0
looks sweet, but maybe a bit too slow and floaty
>>126277195
Already looks better than T:A. Hope it delivers and improves.
>>126277623
Looks really average desu
>>126285560
And T:A is pretty shit. Borderline dead, riddled with issues and patches make the game worse.
If there's a game like Tribes but is better, sure as shit everyone will hop onto it. No one is playing Tribes because it's Tribes. There's just no good alternative.
>>126277195
Not a big fan of the art style but I'd like to try it, the gameplay could be good.
So I have 6000 gold refunded I haven't spent and I haven't played this game in a year or two...
What voice pack/packs should I buy?
>>126287419
And it's not even out. Very reasonable for them to improve the graphics.
>>126287938
Whatever you want, anon. You can preview everything.
>>126287938
All the voice packs are terrible compared to default. The skins are cool though.
>>126289620
Using Disker Dundee made me want to stick a disk up my ass after a brief while.
>>126292345
AWRIIIIIGHT
>>126289620
>>126288863
Bought the Female Cadet voice pack, too bad theres no female armors
>>126295925
And they sound like shit anyway. Default or fusor yourself.
>>126296082
Nah Female Cadet has "HHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAA" for VGTB
Defend our flag!
>>126289620
>not VVH/VGW spamming as bioderm predator
>>126302321
No.
>still requires me to download flash
What the fuck is Hi-Rez doing? All their games require Flash, this is dumb as fuck.
>>126303067
>I don't have flash player
>>126303223
adobe themselves said to stop using it. I don't see the problem.
You got a discord or a vent so that we can all chat or is there ingame chat?
