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Our first Closed Beta Patch is here! Version 0.1.523 contains new maps, skills and physics changes, server improvements, UI changes and more!

I heard they changed the Light to handle more like the Medium. Since it takes 100+ hours to unlock a Light, I wouldn't know.

Play it. Then give feedback. Feedback on patch notes isnt really useful.

want to see the cap in action still? Go to the top of the center hill on kata. fly up and ski all the way down. In tribes, the longer you ski on a downslope, the more speed you get (think xtreme ski maps). In T:A there is a point where you will still be going down a slope, but your speed will just stop going up. This is the speed cap and it is the main problem with the game. Why work on perfecting routes when you will effectively be stunted by the physics of the game regardless of how well you hit the route.

I played it, could not notice any difference. Physics still suck, and so does the perspective.

they're doubltalking right now.

they 'removed the speedcap'....but changed the physics of every class to make them have more friction with the ground or air or something.

its still faster than the last build tho. my issue is not speed while skiing. its getting started again. a lot of the time when yer chasing and a capper goes down, if it gets picked up by an enemy with any sort of speed, hes gone. u have zero chance of disk jumping and restarting the chase.
Post edited by JT at 11/11/2011 8:06:28 PM

Originally posted by: JT
its still faster than the last build tho. my issue is not speed while skiing. its getting started again. a lot of the time when yer chasing and a capper goes down, if it gets picked up by an enemy with any sort of speed, hes gone. u have zero chance of disk jumping and restarting the chase.

Definitely agree with this...

Originally posted by: Odin^

Originally posted by: JT
its still faster than the last build tho. my issue is not speed while skiing. its getting started again. a lot of the time when yer chasing and a capper goes down, if it gets picked up by an enemy with any sort of speed, hes gone. u have zero chance of disk jumping and restarting the chase.

Definitely agree with this...

Third. I've disc jumped twice in my shitty Soldier class (from a standstill) and picked up no speed, the capper was still moving away from me.

Momentum just stops when you go up a hill trying to cut off the grabber and you end up walking trying to chase.

I've not played the game yet, but after watching the heavy love video I couldn't help but think it looked very familiar. Much more so than T:V at least. I'm definitely going to give it a try.

Originally posted by: _BEAR_
I've not played the game yet, but after watching the heavy love video I couldn't help but think it looked very familiar. Much more so than T:V at least. I'm definitely going to give it a try.

i watched it too....it will fool you. most of those shots you'll notice that he's not moving very fast, if at all.

second, a mortar usually wont kill a full health light...but a disc will.

third, the mortar seems to always bounce when it shouldnt...extending the time to explode. Couple that with it not inheriting much of your speed and you have to really overshoot where you think he'll be.

Nice video...but not very representative of 'tribes'. its just a frag video.

ya the mortar is mos def different that we are used too. Ironically, the class Ive buffed up the most is the jugg. been base raping and flag clearing mostly. kinda funny for a career D player.

oh, for those that are playing, my nick ingame is Zombieher0. sadly, yet another tribes game comes along that wont let me use a 2 character nick :/

({[[[--=JT=--]]]})

use your middle initial?

just wish i had more than 2 classes unlocked x.x


also wish there was a light loadout with an energy pack
i mean really wtf

Originally posted by: JT
its still faster than the last build tho. my issue is not speed while skiing. its getting started again. a lot of the time when yer chasing and a capper goes down, if it gets picked up by an enemy with any sort of speed, hes gone. u have zero chance of disk jumping and restarting the chase.

also this


(though from what I've seen the laser rifles/sniper rifles that you can use as an LD are pretty easy to use and effective, which i guess makes the "chase" game easier? kinda ... fuck you NYC)
Post edited by Vaxemous at 11/12/2011 1:21:23 PM

if you can't catch up to a capper then you're doing something wrong.

for one, disc jump is awful. there's other weapons in the game that actually have a knockback included in their damage.

the thumper weapon of the ranger is an example.

35% reduced self-inflicted damage allows you to shoot yourself 3x and not die, and pushes you upwards of 250km/h in less than a few seconds.

I usually play pathfinder when I am flag chasing.

I use the two hand grenades (the ones that knock the flag from a person) on myself. they boost you insanely fast, ive been pushed to 300km/h with two grenades and it only takes me to half health.

any decent capper will have a perk to not have their flag removed any ways.

every capper I've seen is still using the stupid jumper class, which is absolutely awful. they go slow as hell, and their stupid pack makes their movements really predictable.

two grenades on myself as pathfinder, i can catch up to a jumper that's already at midfield when im at the base.

and by the way, moaning about the class locks is getting really old and it's embarrassing. You don't walk around in public complaining about how poor you are, so why are you doing it here?

It's like an additional 25 dollars to buy enough tribes gold to unlock all the classes. I am absolutely confused as to why some of you people are so distraught over spending 25 dollars.

Who cares if its the beta, everything you do sticks in the release. That's the one distinguishable factor that prevents most anyone from wanting to care about a beta compared to release. It's not the bugs, it's the wiping of everything you've done.

Quit bitching about something you can control. Pay the money, or just keep bitching and everyone is going to judge you and think you're really not very well off in real-life and have a piss poor hourly wage job.

Also, if you had a piss poor hourly wage job you'd still be able to pay $25.00 so I guess the only thing that may prevent you from doing this is if you're 15 years old and you aren't old enough to open a checking account.

I doubt this is the case. So I guess you're all unemployed and living at home.

I'm taking over this thread.

Vax...something I've found to be incredibly overpowered and actually makes the game feel like Tribes 2 (not joking, it really does) is using Pathfinder with +10 energy perks x2.

There are two x10 energy perks, Extra Capacitor which you get by default and then one in the Brute class called Ultra Capacitor.

You can stack both of these.

With both of them stacked, I have the same amount of energy as an energy pack, but I am using a recharge pack which makes the regeneration rate of my energy absolutely ridiculous.

I can win fights against mediums/heavies despite me being light and potentially being one shotted by anything simply because I can suspend myself in the air for such a ridiculous amount of time.

Tribes has always been about energy, and everyone else that is playing has absolutely no idea how to conserve what they have because, in my opinion, they simply don't have enough.

Someone like you wouldn't have a basic understanding of psychology. You see, if you reward someone for doing something bad, you encourage them to continue doing the bad thing. Perhaps the reward in this case is monetary and the bad thing in this case is killing Tribes. By not throwing money at Hi-Rez, I am discouraging their bad behavior.

You probably bought Modern Warfare 3 too.

Originally posted by: Red Shifter
Someone like you wouldn't have a basic understanding of psychology. You see, if you reward someone for doing something bad, you encourage them to continue doing the bad thing. Perhaps the reward in this case is monetary and the bad thing in this case is killing Tribes. By not throwing money at Hi-Rez, I am discouraging their bad behavior.

You probably bought Modern Warfare 3 too.

You must be one of those people who was told that the individual makes a difference and you believed it.

You're going to be quite lonely in this world.

(No, I didn't buy MW3. I hate war games).

You must be one of those people who loves following the leader and gives blind faith.

You'll eventually jump off a cliff and die, making the world worse for ever having existed.
Post edited by Red Shifter at 11/12/2011 5:19:52 PM

Great info Anarchy!

red shifter likes to bitch and moan a lot about shit no1 wants to hear. He's been a negative nancy since ta was announced.

nice info andybreh

i dunno AO. being a competent ld in in t2, i see a distinct difference in chasing. i mean if u stop a guy and have to slow up to return, anyone that is moving faster than walking that picks it up is simply not being caught by u. generalizing of course but the point holds in most cases.

And i as ive said am enjoying the game much more than i thought i would. my hope is that they fix some of the flaws and have a solid game at release. something T2, my fav game ever didnt enjoy.

its funny, alot of the shit i thought i would hate doesnt bother me. even the renegades stye forcefields. lol.

I do think theres some silliness that needs to be addressed.
*no zoom range on rifle
*no range numbers on anything
* no CC.
*better hit sound. current one is barely audible
*jetting/skiing physics
*spawn in gear makes defending gens much less important
*points for ill advised returns
*ping fps huds since we cant script them ourseleves
*no goddamn 2 character nicks again makes me smurf. dont like smurfing :/
*kits while acceptable for what they are going for are not a panacea for all needs. for instance, i would like some sort of shield kit i could use on D. the weapons of the raider class fit poorly for this and thats the only shield class.
*grens are wierd but cool when u blow someone the fuck up with them.
*mortar seems slightly weaker than it should
*the inheritance issue makes what seems to be routine shots in t2 much more dicey in this game.
*autoregen health is acceptable but it has its downside in a tribes game. an entrenched ho is way too difficult to root out when he can kill a shitload of ppl, run, reup and go back at it. im going ho alot in this game (i know, rofl) so it doesnt bother me in that aspect. but jesus, get cpm, ds or the like in there and good luck getting him out anytime soon.

so ya I have my bitches, but again, noone is more surprised that me that when I get home from work these days, Im pubbing that shit for hrs on end and having a good time.

ppl should be posting their nicks in some of these threads if they are not their normal nick. I know im playing with some of u fucks
Post edited by JT at 11/13/2011 9:27:55 AM

wat is ur nick jt

Zombieher0

THE THUMPER WEAPON OF THE RANGER IS COMPLETELY OFF BALANCE!

THE THUMPER WEAPON OF THE RANNGER IS COMPLETELY OFF BALANCE

THE THUMPER WEAPON OF THE RANGER IS COMPLETELY OFF BALANCE

anarchy's pathfinder gets pwned by raiders tho