well he's got a point - ascend has almost no real "mountains" or large hills like tribes 2 had. they were great for building up enormous amounts of speed, or ramping up high into the air. most of the levels are really flat with small hills.
it's painfully obvious that you've never played the game, because the stat bonuses are tiny and the game is still 90% skill 10% pure luck, like it was in tribes 2.

hnngh look at all those stat bonuses and random dice rolls, this game is ruined FOREVER.
it runs on the same engine as ut3.
holy forget you haven't even played the gameAre you kidding? They're all very good about skiing. Are you just saying "OLD IS BETTER BECAUSE IT'S OLD" again?
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i do not care how much or little of an advantage it is. i do not care if it's a bonus of 1% or 100%. i don't care how much or little of an impact it has on gameplay.
it makes it so the people with more hours are mechanically better instead of skillfully better, and that is never a good thing in a game like tribesand yes, i have played the game. the bonuses do significantly impact how well you do with a class. i was doing bad as soldier, got a few upgrades in spinfusor and speed tree, suddenly i'm pulling a 2 kdr and getting more caps than i do on my un-upgraded pathfinder