Tribes Ascend

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I don't struggle at this game actually (least of all ski-ing) but I do think that the playstyle of the Sentinel at the moment is a little bit misplaced/misguided. I do think getting close-range whipped by that unlocked secondary is a suspiciously common occurrence.

I love how the free-to-play games bring out and encourage the same social sub-set of gamers... the meme-spouting, sniggering, 'lulz' neckbeards that have probably crossed over from LoL/HoN. I've played FPS games for years and have never seen a 'community' like it - pretty uniquely fostered by the Reddit/4Chan generation methinks. A pretty... special... sense of humour, shall we say. Even at top-level LAN competition I didn't see such a gaming culture as this... full of dirty sanchez's and reacharounds. Wahey!
 
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I don't struggle at this game actually (least of all ski-ing) but I do think that the playstyle of the Sentinel at the moment is a little bit misplaced/misguided. I do think getting close-range whipped by that unlocked secondary is a suspiciously common occurrence.

I love how the free-to-play games bring out and encourage the same social sub-set of gamers... the meme-spouting, sniggering, 'lulz' neckbeards that have probably crossed over from LoL/HoN. I've played FPS games for years and have never seen a 'community' like it - pretty uniquely fostered by the Reddit/4Chan generation methinks. A pretty... special... sense of humour, shall we say. Even at top-level LAN competition I didn't see such a gaming culture as this... full of dirty sanchez's and reacharounds. Wahey!
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No-one is denying that the Falcon is OP here, we all know it's really damn good, but your statement about the Phase Rifle is completely false, in no way is that gun OP, it's not even a side grade, it's clearly a down grade, but it fits my play style, so I enjoy using it.

When you get in games where a Pathfinder is going 230Km/h you think anyone will be able to take them out between the grab and getting to their base? Not unless a chaser is also going the same speed (Very unlikely), which is where the Sentinel comes in, they play an extremely important role of stopping cappers, 1 of the more important classes in the game imo. Pathfinder is the capper class, and their counter is the Sentinel, there is no other class in the game to take out carriers as effectively as what a Sentinel does. If you think the class is easy I welcome you to try and consistently hit people going stupid speeds even with a hit scan weapon, I can tell you 1 thing: It's hard.

But guess what? The Sentinel has a counter class too, the Infiltrator. If a Sentinel is giving you that much hassle then just go Infiltrator and throw a sticky on them, or melee them once and they're dead. It's a class which in most cases hardly ever move, they have 900 HP for god sake, they die to 1 hit by a Thumper, Spinfusor, Bolt Launcher, Grenade, Sticky, Melee and 2 shots by the Arx and other weapons.

They really shouldn't be giving you problems, especially if you flank them.
 
Unlocked the Doombringer class today, the one with the chaingun do'nt really like it as my favorite is the tech. but it's pretty great when you have people all over one area only thing that needs tweaking is the stupid bullet/laser speeds still.
 
Tombo said:
Who's Jongs then?
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hello :) vgcg

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What's people's rank so far?

I am enjoying this game more and more the better I'm getting. Still annoys me when most of my team seem to think defending the gens or dualing people around our base that really are no threat to our flag is more important than actually defending the flag. I don't think half the people who play ctf actually understand what the aim is.
 
I keep coming back to this but don't see to be getting any better lol.

Normally have no problem with shooters which is why it's so annoying. I don't seem to move around the map with the fluidity of others. Doesn't help that I lone ranger a lot I guess.
 
McGray said:
I keep coming back to this but don't see to be getting any better lol.

Normally have no problem with shooters which is why it's so annoying. I don't seem to move around the map with the fluidity of others. Doesn't help that I lone ranger a lot I guess.
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I find it helps a lot to use the Explore Map option, and just ski and jump around the place without having to worry about getting shot
 
Just downloaded this last night - never played the predecessors, but this looks like the first game in a long while to have quake 3 style movement and map control, looking forward to giving it a go :)

Any tips for a Tribes newbie?
 
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Just downloaded this last night - never played the predecessors, but this looks like the first game in a long while to have quake 3 style movement and map control, looking forward to giving it a go :)

Any tips for a Tribes newbie?
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Learn to use the spinfusers first, good starting class is the pathfinder. Don't rage if you suck..you will for a while :)

Stay Airborne as much as possible when dueling.

Go Fast :D
 
use weapons to speed you up, especially when chasing down enemy flag runners/carriers only way you will catch them, assuming they are actually good at it themselves.
 
Anyone else logged in to their account to find that its 'de-activated' the game? I was playing about an hour ago and now when I log in it says that I'm not authorised to play the game. Looking at the website it also appears as if I've been removed?
 
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