Tribes Ascend Playdate Wednesday, May 9th

You've all convinced me to buy myself to victory. Filthy enablers.

I've found that it takes so long to master one weapon that by the time you do you can afford a new one. 100k or 42k or 75k is a lot for one gun, but not impossible.

The easiest way to unlock new guns is to just unlock new classes I just unlocked my last class tonight though, so the real grind for guns and upgrades begins.

Glad to hear so many people enjoyed it! As you can probably tell it has been my multiplayer passion for the last few months. Someone was asking about buying in, and really I think 30 bucks is just right, you will be able to unlock a few classes, a few weapons, and a booster. For reference I haven't purchased any weapons with gold, just boosters and I have all classes unlocked with all armor upgrades, and a fair amount of the weaponry. The 90 day booster is by far the best bang for your buck. If you find yourself interested try and at least play your 1 win a day for the first win bonus xp, it tends to add up quick.

Boosters are great if you plan to play about 5 or so games per day. If you get one of the big ones, the "first win" xp bonus alone will pay back enough xp to equal the gold cost.

I liked it ok I guess but I was really turned off by the lame weapons they give you and the amount of grinding you have to put in.

Stylez wrote:

Oh rezzy I felt bad after that.

No worries. I was on for the games of Rabbit, so it's not like I didn't get to play.

Certis wrote:

That was awesome! I had some great rounds and then immediately went back to sucking once we removed the server password. All is right in the world.

Next Wednesday for sure!

Edit: Oh, and the server is active for 30 days.

Thanks for setting this up Shawn. Was only in for a short while but had a blast. Looking forward to more!

Norfair wrote:

I liked it ok I guess but I was really turned off by the lame weapons they give you and the amount of grinding you have to put in.

What class did you play?

The only thing I felt was lacking in the starter classes was that when they shuffled some of the stuff around in the beta, the Soldier lost his spinfusor and I had to buy it for a large chunk of XP. But the Soldier thumper fulfills about the same role, so it wasn't that big of a problem.

The classes don't require that much time to unlock, though. They're pretty reasonable.

Also, all the gun leveling upgrades and armor upgrades can only be bought by spending XP. You can't buy upgrades for about anything with gold.

But yeah, F2P is going to make you spend more time to level up vs a $50 game. That's to try to get you to drop a bit of money to make things go faster.

If you enjoyed it, I'd say dropping $10 to get started would be reasonable. You could maybe buy a couple of things or a booster, but more importantly get into VIP status where you earn 50% more XP forever.

I've been playing a ton, and I can confirm that the whole grinding aspect really doesn't exist -- if you get good. I'm regularly in public matches where the guys at the top of the board are playing pretty much stock. Spinfuser/grenade or whatnot. The "small" upgrades for a class you can get through entirely in one evening's play. The "big" upgrades (guns, really) you can do about one a night.

Granted, if the ONLY reason your playing a match is to unlock a gun, thats boring and you should go play something else. But there's a ton of tactical variety available just in the free classes and stock weapons.

I rather enjoy the entire leveling and unlocking mechanic. It gives my games a bit more meaning.

By the way, I'm sorry you had to spend XP on the spinfusor, Destructoid was running a promotion code for a free spinfusor for the soldier, probably still active.

As far as the unlocking itself, I don't consider it such a burden. Unlocking the sniper, infiltrator, and technician took me maybe a week? And I can't play that often. Weapons and perks will probably be a challenge, but honestly, I've been able to hold my own with the basic weapons and classes. And I'm terrible! The soldier class is amazingly versatile.

I've found it very useful to spend XP on armor and weapon upgrades. This aspect seems somewhat neglected by people I've talked to. It's not a major upgrade because it's not a new "thing" you get, but it definitely helps in the game.

Had an awesome time last night. Was so pleased to get my first Rampage but then it didn't count. I'm hoping I can get my DxTory video capture working before next week cause man, how I wish I could have recorded those insane Rabbit mode matches.

Thanks all and thanks to Certis for organizing it. It was fun.

I know some of you were looking to get more info about the classes and weapons. The Tribes: Ascend Wiki has been pretty well updated and should keep you entertained while you should be working!

maverickz wrote:

I rather enjoy the entire leveling and unlocking mechanic. It gives my games a bit more meaning.

By the way, I'm sorry you had to spend XP on the spinfusor, Destructoid was running a promotion code for a free spinfusor for the soldier, probably still active.

This happened a long time before those codes started showing up everywhere.

Closed beta time.

Don't forget it's Tribes night! Server will be passworded and full XP is a go. Woooo!

Certis wrote:

Don't forget it's Tribes night! Server will be passworded and full XP is a go. Woooo!

Same password as before?

Nevin73 wrote:
Certis wrote:

Don't forget it's Tribes night! Server will be passworded and full XP is a go. Woooo!

Same password as before?

Same password. Bring your skis!

Just downloaded last night, and we'll see if I can get the kids to bed fast enough and join in.

Hi. My name is Rezzy. My Tribes Ascend character uses the name RSDNTGD, and I am a forum member of Gamers with Jobs dot com.

Rezzy wrote:

Hi. My name is Rezzy. My Tribes Ascend character uses the name RSDNTGD, and I am a forum member of Gamers with Jobs dot com.

KICKED!

Can't wait. I've been steadily unlocking Sentinel and Technician classes this past week. I think I might pay for an XP boost for tonight as well.

I may show up to add some additional cannon fodder to your games.

Guess who is leaving work early.

There will be a password AND XP tonight? I thought they were mutually exclusive (which stinks).

Fedaykin98 wrote:

There will be a password AND XP tonight? I thought they were mutually exclusive (which stinks).

They were up until yesterday

Wow. Any time any company anywhere stops doing something stupid and gives its customers what they want, I'm always shocked and amazed. Good for them. Makes me want to give them my money, and I haven't even played the game yet (hopefully tonight).

Maybe maybe I'll be able to get in tonight?

carrotpanic wrote:

Maybe maybe I'll be able to get in tonight?

Server will be passworded right away, so the odds are better!

Any CTF maps anyone absolutely hates and doesn't want in the rotation?