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Tribes: Ascend

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Just got back from vacation and have been playing a bit today. Ping is FINALLY acceptable - I now get 30 on a full server. The new map seems pretty fun too.
 
Any of you Tribes players have Tinywings on your mobile?
I contribute my skill in Tinywings to hours of skiing in Tribes. 🙂
 
Some pretty wholesale changes were made yesterday:

HiRez said:
CONVERSION NOTE: Due to the depth and breadth of changes in this update, users will start fresh in the game with no items purchased. Gold and XP will be refunded based on previously earned XP, Tokens and Gold in the game (such that your time in the game thus far is rewarded). This will allow each user to choose how to allocate their earnings optimally under the new system without being constrained by your previously made choices.

Major Highlights

● There is a new UI for all the front-end menus. Many aspects of the new UI are still a work in progress, so please forgive any issues or quirkiness.
● The class and purchase systems have undergone a major overhaul. The new system allows greater customization within a given class. Among the highlights:
○ There are now 9 classes instead of 12 (Pathfinder, Sentinel, Infiltrator, Soldier, Technician, Raider, Juggernaut, Doombringer, Brute).
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○ New players receive the Pathfinder, Soldier and Juggernaut classes for free.
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○ Each class has a default loadout associated with it that includes your Armor (Light/Medium/Heavy), a Primary Weapon, a Secondary Weapon, Belt item, a Pack, and two Perk Slots. You may unlock alternate weapons for each slot, using XP or Gold.
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○ The class specific skill trees have been removed and replaced by a weapon-centric and armor-centric upgrade system. Upgrades are still unlocked using XP.
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○ Perks have been overhauled. With this patch, there are 18 perks in the game -- nine assigned to Perk Slot 1 and nine assigned to Perk Slot 2. You now unlock Perks using XP or Gold. Once a perk is unlocked, it can be used on all classes.
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○ Perks now have upgrades that can be purchased with XP, and contain additional functionality. (Example: The Pilot Perk gives +10% vehicle health, and has upgrades that provide +10% more health, with a final upgrade giving Ejection Seat).
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● 16 new weapons have been added to the game.
● A new Crossfire Team Deathmatch map has been added. This map is an early iteration and is not in its final intended artistic or design state.
● Several new Rabbit maps have been added (using previously released Team Deathmatch maps as their base).
● Tokens have been removed from the game, and all purchases previously made through Tokens can now be made through XP (see CONVERSION NOTE).
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Full notes.

Haven't had enough to chance to play to see what I think for the most part yet, but one thing's for sure is that the new UI needs a lot of refinement; takes a great deal of clicking to get anywhere.
 
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yeah, re-upgrading all my stuff was a nightmare with all the clicking

and even simply wanting to change a weapon in a class loadout is also a major PITA

as tedius as the new interface is, it does look a lot more aesthetically professional, however it was a major step backwards in user friendliness

as far as the game changes go, its definitely a ginormous step in the right direction
 
I tried playing again because of that major update. It feels much better, better all around.

I still don't like the matchmaking system. Always seems like a small number of players when i use it. But it is beta so not a huge complaint.
 
any one else here having trouble running the game on nvidia cards/laptops? I love it on my main rig, but it crashes on start with a "BEX" error on my 560M GTX laptop with latest drivers.
 
Wow, didn't realize there was a new tribes. I never liked any of the sequels after playing the original way too much. Probably the most fun I ever had with a game.

The site is dead though so I can't grab it. All sites related to the game are dead for me.
 
Is anyone able to buy gold? Both the in-game store and website keep telling me they can't validate my credit card, and I really hate "grinding" in online MP.
 
Downloaded it. Installed it. CTD. Tried every solution I could find and still couldn't get into the game menu.

Uninstalled. Shame.
 
Oh hey, a tribes thread.

I've been playing this, it is pretty good.

Elcs for your CTD you might try changing your driver if you have an nvidia card, I think I saw something on the forums.

Oh also, it could by PhysX if you have it enabled/installed. My friend has a problem with that.
 
novasatori said:
Oh hey, a tribes thread.

I've been playing this, it is pretty good.

Elcs for your CTD you might try changing your driver if you have an nvidia card, I think I saw something on the forums.

Oh also, it could by PhysX if you have it enabled/installed. My friend has a problem with that.
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Yeah... I'm running the 12.1 Cats and even tried disabling CrossfireX to no avail.

I tried various uninstall/reinstall methods, verifying the game content and going as far as trying to modifying the ini files based upon what solutions have worked for others.

Nothing worked. I spent ~3 hours on it. Not worth any more hassle for now.
 
Did you try updating the physx drivers?

My friend had a problem with crashing and had to do something with physx. If you don't really care though no big deal.

It is a pretty fun game though. 🙁
 
novasatori said:
Did you try updating the physx drivers?

My friend had a problem with crashing and had to do something with physx. If you don't really care though no big deal.

It is a pretty fun game though. 🙁
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Yeah, I had my 8800GT in my rig whilst my 6870's were away so updated the physx drivers at the same time.
 
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