Tribes Ascend

Jongo · 13 May 2012 at 15:28

I watched part of the a51 game it was pretty good, but when i tuned in it was quite boring for a while.

.:SAmSuNG:. · 13 May 2012 at 15:45

I watched most of the a51 game on conspiracies stream as was interested in the routes they used until the last map where he didn't play. Tailspin was great on kata I think it was but lacked on arx.

Interested to see how the losers bracket final goes tonight before the grand final. I feel legion and deadstops snipers aren't as effective as Tao or a51.

Aedus · 13 May 2012 at 16:06

Talespin really carries A51, he could do so much better in another clan.

.:SAmSuNG:. · 13 May 2012 at 16:09

Agreed they really have a good player there. I'm surprised some of the better teams haven't tried to poach him. He was all over taos cappers.

JimAroo · 13 May 2012 at 16:18

I think a51 gimped themselves last night by not having a 2nd capper, as did Legion during Arx.

.:SAmSuNG:. · 13 May 2012 at 17:08

I agree running 3 raiders seemed a little overkill considering there was only one capper. Matin and player3 both did decent jobs all things considered.

JimAroo · 13 May 2012 at 17:19

.:SAmSuNG:. said:
I agree running 3 raiders seemed a little overkill considering there was only one capper. Matin and player3 both did decent jobs all things considered.

Indeed, that Katabatic BE back to front route that Matin was doing with the rock bounce, 300KM/H exit.. pretty awesome.

Surprised at how consistent he had it too.

SheepBeast · 13 May 2012 at 17:25

just got this game yesterday, it's awesome

reminds me a lot of unreal tournament 2k4 which is a very good thing

i'm favouring the juggernaut class. on some maps it's great for long distance artillery and the other weapon is amazing in any confined space

JimAroo · 13 May 2012 at 17:27

SheepBeast said:
i'm favouring the juggernaut class. on some maps it's great for long distance artillery and the other weapon is amazing in any confined space

Jug is awesome, just wait until you get the throwing disks and X11.. so much fun.

SheepBeast · 13 May 2012 at 17:29

JimAroo said:
Jug is awesome, just wait until you get the throwing disks and X11.. so much fun.

i did a bit of browsing around the customisation options and it seems to me the armour upgrades are the best value, at least initially? i've got the +100 health and the -25% regen delay, the latter of which is a pretty big deal.

i've been averaging top 5 in most lobbies (out of both teams) which is surprising since i haven't played a PC shooter in years

or maybe cos it's f2p there are lots of noobs lol

JimAroo · 13 May 2012 at 17:42

SheepBeast said:
i did a bit of browsing around the customisation options and it seems to me the armour upgrades are the best value, at least initially? i've got the +100 health and the -25% regen delay, the latter of which is a pretty big deal.

i've been averaging top 5 in most lobbies (out of both teams) which is surprising since i haven't played a PC shooter in years or maybe cos it's f2p there are lots of noobs lol

You're right, the armour upgrades are the best thing to get first. I'd probably go for the pack upgrades after, but personal preference ofc.

You're probably getting put into games with players around the same level, level 1 - 8 has match making, after you exceed rank 8 you'll be put in games with everyone else.

The 1 - 8 is great and let's new players get a feeling for the game.

.:SAmSuNG:. · 13 May 2012 at 17:49

JimAroo said:
Indeed, that Katabatic BE back to front route that Matin was doing with the rock bounce, 300KM/H exit.. pretty awesome.

Surprised at how consistent he had it too.

Oh yea I forgot about that. Im not as confident on the BE side of kata but learnt some good routes last night. Also learnt 2 new routes on arx. Those guys are pushing level 40 so must have a lot of experience at the game.

I've got 100k to spend. What should I go for?

Falcon or jugs mirv or plasma?

SheepBeast · 13 May 2012 at 18:30

JimAroo said:
You're right, the armour upgrades are the best thing to get first. I'd probably go for the pack upgrades after, but personal preference ofc.

You're probably getting put into games with players around the same level, level 1 - 8 has match making, after you exceed rank 8 you'll be put in games with everyone else.

The 1 - 8 is great and let's new players get a feeling for the game.

Cool, thanks. One other question - for the weapon upgrades it says "+20% damage vs armoured". What exactly counts as armoured? Is it just turrets/vehicles or do juggernauts count as armoured too?

Ah ok, that makes sense.

JimAroo · 13 May 2012 at 18:59

.:SAmSuNG:. said:
I've got 100k to spend. What should I go for?

Falcon or jugs mirv or plasma?

I'd go for Mirv personally, Falcon is very good but is a secondary weapon so you'd get more value from the Mirv imo. As for Plasma can't say avoided the thing due to it being OP.

SheepBeast said:
Cool, thanks. One other question - for the weapon upgrades it says "+20% damage vs armoured". What exactly counts as armoured? Is it just turrets/vehicles or do juggernauts count as armoured too?

Ah ok, that makes sense.

I believe armoured counts as base turrents, vehicles, base sensors and generators, Juggernauts do not count as armoured.

Aedus · 13 May 2012 at 19:16

.:SAmSuNG:. said:
Oh yea I forgot about that. Im not as confident on the BE side of kata but learnt some good routes last night. Also learnt 2 new routes on arx. Those guys are pushing level 40 so must have a lot of experience at the game.

I've got 100k to spend. What should I go for?

Falcon or jugs mirv or plasma?

Falcon is the only 1 that is considered a complete upgrade over the others. Plasma is good for dueling, not great in CTF.

.:SAmSuNG:. · 13 May 2012 at 19:56

Do we think there may be a upgrade coming for the pathfinder soon?

JimAroo · 13 May 2012 at 20:15

.:SAmSuNG:. said:
Do we think there may be a upgrade coming for the pathfinder soon?

Judging from the stuff in the game files it mainly points to Technician, Brute, Sentinel for the next update.

Stuff in the game files..

- New sniper rifle fires a projectile 600 damage.
- Armoured claymore
- Rocket turrets
- Wall mounted sentry gun
- Plasma Cannon
- Spike Launcher

None of which indicate a Pathfinder update.

I don't care too much what it is next, as long as it's a defensive class.. think we've had enough offensive OP weapons for now.

Aedus · 13 May 2012 at 20:24

Arx shotgun for SEN too.

Yosiah · 13 May 2012 at 21:38

How come you can't change individual graphics settings? My CPU is weak, but that's never stopped me from playing games at minimum, and bumping up the GPU dependent options, like texture resolution.

Any ideas how I can play the game on Low/Minimum, but set the texture resolutions for players/weapons/terrain/buildings to high?

.:SAmSuNG:. · 13 May 2012 at 22:07

JimAroo said:
Judging from the stuff in the game files it mainly points to Technician, Brute, Sentinel for the next update.

Stuff in the game files..

- New sniper rifle fires a projectile 600 damage.
- Armoured claymore
- Rocket turrets
- Wall mounted sentry gun
- Plasma Cannon
- Spike Launcher

None of which indicate a Pathfinder update.

I don't care too much what it is next, as long as it's a defensive class.. think we've had enough offensive OP weapons for now.

Aedus said:
Arx shotgun for SEN too.

Ok thanks went for the falcon for now.

Yosiah said:
How come you can't change individual graphics settings? My CPU is weak, but that's never stopped me from playing games at minimum, and bumping up the GPU dependent options, like texture resolution.

Any ideas how I can play the game on Low/Minimum, but set the texture resolutions for players/weapons/terrain/buildings to high?

You tried looking in the config file?