I was wondering if anyone has any skiing tips beyond the obvious like go down a hill to get momentum, especially if there's a way to reliably build up speed on a flat surface, like in the enemies base?
Tribes Ascend Released
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Well...NightHawk21 said:
1: Jetpack physics are weird and annoying in this game. They will rapidly accelerate you up to 72kph and then virtually stop. So they're good for that much speed, but nothing more. Inside the enemy base, this is pretty much your top speed. Right click to jump-jet, let off, then while you're still in the air, hold the right mouse button and move forward. Don't hit your head on anything. Drop to the ground and ski if you've got the speed and trajectory you want.
2: On-impact explosives. Shoot the ground behind yourself and jump to get a bunch of speed and air. Impact nitrons are best for this, so long as you're not carrying the flag (you'll drop it). The egocentric perk is hugely important to reduce self-damage. Most capper run egocentric. Don't do this indoors, though.
3: The thrust pack, and alternate pack for pathfinders. Not useful at high speeds, but it's commonly used by chasers to get up to speed and change direction.
Yeah I've found snipers aren't that hard to take out when you get close to them, but Jugs are tough as anything. I was thinking maybe of trying out the Raider when I've saved up a few points. I've already bought most of the cheap stuff for the Soldier so it's either new class or save up for the Spinfuser. Or maybe I could get a perk... Egocentric looks like a good useful one.The Crotch said:
Wow, no, don't do these.The Crotch said:
You don't use jetpacks for speed, you use hills for speed and jetpacks to help with your momentum up the next hill. You don't want to be meters above the air when you're just trying to get around horizontally, that's for dodging incoming spinfuzers and getting to higher ground. You should be appraching flags with well over half your jetpack and at about 120 minimum, I mostly play soldier as well so that's not even with the light whippy classes like pathfinder.
Obviously you're not going to be getting loads of speed with the heavy classes like Juggernaught, but you shouldn't be having to shoot the floor to get momentum, use your environment.
Edit: Oh, he did say on a flat surface. Which is mostly in bases where you're not going to be going overly fast anyway. I still would never advise what is basically a rocket jump.
Always loved Tribes, glad to see it making a return. I have been there since the Beta and it is truly a great return of a classic series. Loooove it. Awesome, truly a skill game.
I am very upset at all the "They copy Halo and TF"-people. Tribes was one of the very first pioneers of online shooters, inspiring games like Halo and TF. Know your retro games.
I am very upset at all the "They copy Halo and TF"-people. Tribes was one of the very first pioneers of online shooters, inspiring games like Halo and TF. Know your retro games.
Like he said, he was mostly talking about indoor/flat ground speed. Hence the jetpacks. They're useless for reaching a capping speed because of the acceleration cap.DazZ. said:
And disk/nitron jumps are a core part of the capper skillset. Absolutely essential. Observe:
That'll get you a lot more than "120 minimum".
Remember, egocentric to reduce the damage and lots of nitron grenades. Any on-impact explosive will work just fine (time-delayed explosives like the arx buster are trickier but doable), but nitrons do very little damage for the amount of impulse they give. And don't nitron yourself if you already have the flag, 'cause there was a patch about a month back that made it force flag drops even on yourself.
I played the beta of this game and I must say that it is very entertaining as well as challenging, it offers a different gameplay style to most shooters at this current date and alongside that, you gotta go fast. So, without a doubt, the title gets a thumbs up from me, and I will enjoy playing it.
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And that is the #1 reason I'm not playing yet. For one, I already have a grind-time sink in LoL, but I'm also not ready to commit real money to it because, well, I'm not sure if I'd be happy with the content I'd unlock.hazabaza1 said:
That's the Catch 22 of Pay-for-grind.
The spinfuser is really hard to use outdoors. I've been playing a lot of infiltrator and CTF and there is nothing more frustrating than a jug with fusion and a spinfuser guarding the generator. Especially when they just continuously spam mortars into the door.kortin said:
The easiest way to get a lot of XP is to do that. The XP prices on items are too damn high! D:NightHawk21 said:
Hopefully when the servers come out and they get a nice source of revenue, they'll be able to reduce XP prices to something a bit more reasonable. Hopefully.
Wait a minute, when you have the average enemy traveling at 100-150 mph while you're moving at a variable speed. Hitting someone requires timing and prediction to compensate for not only their speed but your own. Then for some weapons (like the thumper) you have to compensate for bullet drop. All those factors have to be compensated for in a split second so would you care to explain how they require no skill?Hammeroj said:
Shame a lot of y'all missed out on the soldier spinfusor giveaway.
Despite the fact that most explosives are harder to aim than and severely out-DPSed by automatics (the major exceptions to the DPS thing being a number of the grenades, including the raider's grenade launchers), projectile explosives still rule indoors. They also have a massive advantage in burst damage (a dead hit from the regular and heavy spinfusors or the heavy bolt launcher will one-shot an upgraded pathfinder or sentinel) and impulse (the ability to knock yourself, enemies, and flags around).
As Extra Credits would say, "first order optimal strategies". New players find it a lot easier to kill enemies by hitting them on the ground with splash damage. As people get better they find that the bullet weapons are much easier to aim and have better DPS. It's a lot easier to snipe or hose down an airborn target than it is to mid-air him with a slow-moving projectile explosive.Windcaler said:
Despite the fact that most explosives are harder to aim than and severely out-DPSed by automatics (the major exceptions to the DPS thing being a number of the grenades, including the raider's grenade launchers), projectile explosives still rule indoors. They also have a massive advantage in burst damage (a dead hit from the regular and heavy spinfusors or the heavy bolt launcher will one-shot an upgraded pathfinder or sentinel) and impulse (the ability to knock yourself, enemies, and flags around).
I managed to get the spinfusor giveaway! Check out this site:
http://www.ascendforums.com/topic/73-gold-codes-promo-codes/
Third post down will tell you how to get it. As of this morning there are about 1000 left, so you all may still have a chance.
Not sure I'm ready to give up my assault rifle yet though. I've been mostly playing Pathfinder and forcing myself to learn the Spinfusor, but the majority of my kills still come from playing Soldier. I'm getting good at keeping my speed up and learning routes though - got half the flag caps in my last game!
http://www.ascendforums.com/topic/73-gold-codes-promo-codes/
Third post down will tell you how to get it. As of this morning there are about 1000 left, so you all may still have a chance.
Not sure I'm ready to give up my assault rifle yet though. I've been mostly playing Pathfinder and forcing myself to learn the Spinfusor, but the majority of my kills still come from playing Soldier. I'm getting good at keeping my speed up and learning routes though - got half the flag caps in my last game!
Sweet! Thank you! There's still 992 remaining at the time of writing.Luca72 said:
Captcha: "chuck norris". Seriously?