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Tribes: Ascend [Closed Beta] - VGS is all you need
Marcem:
--- Quote from: Saber15 on January 21, 2012, 12:09:01 AM ---it's not just the speed bonuses that mountains provide, though. they dramatically effect the flow of the map, and how players move around.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO0D1r-Cp10&list=UUzqjpNfXv5DiTdaa9ALS76g&index=18&feature=plcp
the hills in that video are larger than the mountains on katabatic. i use them to force the tank to loose speed or risk damage.
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I guess they do affect gameplay in the fact that it's much easier to turn around and all of that, but don't they also add much more difficulty to the game?
Also, what is everyone's name on this? Mine is Marcem.
Saber15:
--- Quote from: Marcem on January 21, 2012, 12:19:28 AM ---I guess they do affect gameplay in the fact that it's much easier to turn around and all of that, but don't they also add much more difficulty to the game?
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not really, no. anyone could build up enormous speed after playing on the map for a few minutes, but real pros would be zipping across the map, hitting the apex of every mountain a precise angle to deflect off in a certain direction for even more speed on their flag run.
Marcem:
That's what I mean. People would be going faster and faster, more so than now.
stuntman021:
--- Quote from: Saber15 on January 21, 2012, 12:02:00 AM ---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.
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--- Quote from: Marcem on January 20, 2012, 11:14:54 PM ---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 tribes
and 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
Ector:
--- Quote from: Marcem on January 21, 2012, 12:19:28 AM ---I guess they do affect gameplay in the fact that it's much easier to turn around and all of that, but don't they also add much more difficulty to the game?
Also, what is everyone's name on this? Mine is Marcem.
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I'm Ector. Maybe I should add a list to the OP. Does the friend system work?