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Hi-Rez Studios acquired the rights to make a new Tribes game. Apparently they have been talking with many of the hardcore members of the original Tribes and Tribes 2 communities to determine what the game should be like. From what I understand, this is going to be Tribes 2 but with some elements of various mods built in. Many of the vehicles are the same as Tribes 2. Drop date is supposed to be this year.

5/15/2011 8:05:30 AM

Yup, been watching this for the last couple of months now. Concept artwork looks great so far. I hope that they put the Thundersword back into this one. As long as they don't mess up the skiing mechanic and put some BIG ASS maps in, a lot of people should be happy. This current shooter trend of being trapped like a rat in a teeny-tiny maze (I'm looking at YOU, call of Stupidity) is so pathetically uninspiring.

5/15/2011 11:23:26 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jeBeP-kRjg

OH. FUCK. YES.

I'm already starting my plan for my new computer build.

6/29/2011 12:39:36 AM

Any word on system requirements?

6/29/2011 12:15:14 PM

bit more info

http://pc.ign.com/articles/117/1179299p1.html

6/29/2011 1:02:36 PM

The whole buying loadouts plan sounds lame. Just let me pay $50 to play the game without having to unlock a bunch of stuff or pay $3 for a shocklance.

Still excited though

6/29/2011 1:22:18 PM

I'd give 'em $50 out of my wallet right now to have the Thundersword back. I want to carpet bomb some fuckers.

6/29/2011 1:45:25 PM

Quote :

"Oh. Is there any sort of progression? Yep. There will be a perks system or some way to customize your character, and likely a leveling system, again somewhat similar to League of Legends. "

gross

Quote :

"Just let me pay $50 to play the game without having to unlock a bunch of stuff or pay $3 for a shocklance"

6/29/2011 3:13:37 PM

god. I loved me some tribes and tribes 2 back in the day. wonder if my T2 still works. I used to be a good striker pilot.

6/29/2011 4:26:07 PM

Shrike, perhaps?

6/29/2011 4:53:02 PM

been too many years.

6/29/2011 6:00:13 PM

No worries, I can't remember the name of the transport ship to save my life.

6/29/2011 6:13:23 PM

I loved playing the tank. Don't remember the name either. I think I still have my custom tribes clan skins somewhere that my friend made.

6/29/2011 6:19:12 PM

OK, so the Shrike, Wildcat, Beowulf, and Havoc are confirmed. Still no Thundersword, but the devs haven't ruled it out yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v78j_LhJsXU

Still so very excited about this game.

9/7/2011 3:18:07 PM

I would go shrike almost all the time. I didnt effect the game results much but I had a blast!

9/7/2011 5:37:58 PM

the original was one of the best games ever. I hope this one lives up to its expectations.

9/7/2011 10:42:22 PM

Wonder if the Jericho will make a return...? I'm becoming so curious about the pay-to-unlock options.

9/8/2011 8:23:32 AM

Damn it! The devs are opening a VERY limited server load test window today for people who got into the beta. And I still need 1 last part to complete my new computer!

10/19/2011 8:19:17 AM

Did you get into the beta?

10/19/2011 9:25:38 AM

Yup. I'm forcing myself not to touch it until after I finish building my new PC, though.

10/19/2011 11:03:47 AM

I've been playing a shit ton of tribes 2 lately, since its free. Plenty of servers online with people still playing.

I wished more people played rabbit, loved that mode. Specially with friends and on teamspeak.

10/19/2011 1:01:01 PM

Got into the Beta today. I've only played maybe 4 rounds, it's alright so far. Definitely not Tribes 2. I don't like being forced to use medium armor only until I somehow figure out how to unlock scout.

11/15/2011 12:44:33 AM

Finally got a chance to play this yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it. Went 10-1 in my first game after having not played Tribes-anything for years, so I feel good about that.

I've just started browsing the wiki for the game. While in need of some editing, it does at least provide some basic information as to what each current class can do/have.

http://tribes.wikia.com/wiki/Tribes:_Ascend

I'm becoming increasingly excited about this game now.

11/22/2011 8:02:38 AM

hey, got in the beta! have no recollection of registering for that.

11/23/2011 9:42:10 PM

Finally had a chance to play again for a little while last night. The Shrike is quite different from its T2 incarnation, but it's still great fun to play. Vertical climbing speed leaves a LOT to be desired, but its horizontal speed is substantially faster. I had no problem overtaking and intercepting several flag carriers, and accidentally rammed one. Is it true that vehicles cannot be repaired...? I didn't have a chance to try this.

12/1/2011 8:03:34 AM

I'm starting to like the Technician, although I surely wish he had some other gun besides that SMG. Went 13-0, 5 flag returns, and almost 13,000 points in the last CTF game I played tonight. I think my powers are starting to return.

12/1/2011 10:23:30 PM

bump

Finally got in on the beta action and I do say, I like. I've been playing Tribes2 on and off for the last 6 months to get my tribes fix, but this is pretty nice. Although the game is def unbalanced with those unlocks. Atleast they didn't cap the spinfusor. Still my fav weapon.

Kinda lame that you can't get the chaingun on all classes. I liked running light armour with spinfusor and chaingun for flag cap or retrieval. Wished the points had more uses than supply drop, tactical and orbital strike plus vehicles. Would be nice to use the points for other deployables.

2/14/2012 6:54:12 PM

yeah i've been in the beta for a few weeks and i ended up buying the preorder. its pretty dang fun

2/14/2012 7:00:06 PM

wow, how have i never heard of this. Based on the beta, will i need to spend some money to get competitive or is the starting class somewhat balanced with the rest?

2/14/2012 7:32:29 PM

Starting classes are ok, as long as you are good with the spinfusor. I'm averaging 3:1 KDR only because I've played tribes since the start and my skills are very good. This is definitely the better tribes then that other crap that came out a few years back to be the "sequel" to tribes 2. This is a much better sequel, keeping all the necessary game mechanics. I hope they bring back some of the classic maps from T1 and T2.

I also like how you spawn in as your class instead of having to go to an inventory station at your base; specially if the other team is being dicks and raping your jenny with heavies. I like the fusion spinfursor for the heavies, but it seems kinda silly that its the same size as a spinfusor. I would have thought that a more powerful version would be like all cool looking and big; nothing small like anyone else in the game could wield.

I really want to get that bolt crossbow for the light armor class. I've been killed way too many times from that thing.

Mind you, I've only played one day so far, and I love it.


Also, they are giving beta keys out if you like them on their facebook page.

2/14/2012 8:10:56 PM

I got an email with a beta key, and I don't even remember signing up for that shit. I've never played Tribes in my life, lol.

2/14/2012 9:22:01 PM

well they gotta put some sort of team balance in the game and not have the annoying "pick your sides for every match" crap. I kept getting on a match that was always stacked with high lvl dudes on one side with crazy unlocked adv. weapons. Can't counter that shit with a spinfusor.

And seriously? no flare nades in this game?

2/14/2012 9:46:25 PM

Since the latest major changes, I've been exclusively playing Doombringer and Technician. I can't tell you how insanely useful it is to have land mines back. It's almost crazy to think that Doombringer has become my go-to base defense class, but I wish that Technician had more deployable options. Putting out a max of 2 turrets doesn't really amount to much in the grand scheme of base defense...

2/14/2012 10:10:44 PM

Quote :

"And seriously? no flare nades in this game?"

No need. You can Macross shoot them right out of the air when they get close.

2/14/2012 10:11:27 PM

I want to be able to use a spinfusor on all classes... otherwise its not staying true to tribes universe.

2/14/2012 11:43:24 PM

I played a round last night where I went 23-2, and 21 of those kills were from land mines on the flag stand. I did this for at least 5 maps in a row, and it never became boring to me. LOL. You would think that people would eventually start to figure out that I keep mining the flag stand, but noooooooooooo. Even more funny is that I was the ONLY person on the team who was trying to guard the flag. This is a prime example of how people playing this game are WAY too focused on offense and not even remotely concerned about defense. Only at the end of the last map did one person start to consider attempting to clear the stand before a capper tried to get the flag.

2/24/2012 11:18:00 AM

For those who might not be aware the game is in open beta now.

You can sign up on their site ooooooooorrrrr you can use my referal code which gets me free xp

https://account.hirezstudios.com/tribesascend/?referral=1207815&utm_campaign=email

3/30/2012 8:28:51 PM

Is there something similar for the full release?

4/27/2012 5:15:10 PM

I keep trying to enjoy this game, but there just aren't enough defensive options. I have always been a hardcore flag defender and turret farmer, and this role sucks out loud in this game. Maybe sometime in the future that will change...

4/28/2012 12:06:12 AM

I just started playing this a decent amount. It is fucking awesome, definitely prefer the Pathfinder loadout because of the crazy speeds you can ski.

5/16/2012 10:29:55 PM

^gotta go fast

5/17/2012 1:10:48 PM

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"gotta go fast"

[Edited on May 17, 2012 at 1:25 PM. Reason : ']

5/17/2012 1:25:41 PM

SHAZBOT!

I'm playing this. Haven't been lured into paying for anything yet, though I seriously thought about buying a gun for Infiltrator (Jackal or something) because the standard gun is super, super weak.

5/17/2012 9:44:10 PM

the jackal is way overpowered so its a good use of gold/xp. if you're considering playing frequently, it might make more sense to buy a booster. iirc to break even on xp earned during a booster you need to get like 5k xp a day (assuming a 30 day booster). thats like 2-3 wins/day while on a booster. (or 1 game if its fwotd + you do well)

5/18/2012 10:01:38 AM