[C4rnage]

leonthefox posted:

I'm surprised how the game doesn't have some sort of anti stack or team balance
It's bot frustrating and disgusting how your team is made of 4 silvers (incluiding you) and the rest are bronze players (some of them not even over level 8), and the enemy team is a stack of gold and silver players.
The enemy team caps once or twice at the beggining of the match and then half the team goes tech and doombringer, and after 10 minutes a decent capper joins and captures twice, game stays 2-2 or 4-4 and we go into overtime, and the enemy wins
Just kill me already

it kinda do have anti stack system. if one team is stacked they will win quickly and nobody gets high xp. basicly the game only rewards balanced matches

[DeeCeeTeeBee]

C4rnage posted:

it kinda do have anti stack system. if one team is stacked they will win quickly and nobody gets high xp. basicly the game only rewards balanced matches

or temple ruins matches.

[Ripper Roo]

What are flying pitch and yaw settings for? Don't seem to change anything when I mess with them.

[little.sparrow]

As nice as it would be to have class limits, they're a bad idea.
Your best class is maxed out. What can you do? not much.
All of the classes you own are maxed out. Welp, looks like you can't play...

[Clio]

why is there no auto balance on custom servers

its always 4 vs 12 on the old timer servers

[Funny Hats]

Clio posted:

why is there no auto balance on custom servers

its always 4 vs 12 on the old timer servers

That's kind of the point of custom servers, for players to police themselves. Autobalance is broken right now anyway (it doesn't even wait until you're dead before switching you). What I REALLY want is team scramble in quick matches before each round starts to prevent team stacking.

[Idzo]

So,I've been wondering,should i buy the jackal?
Is it better than my spinfusor?
And I'm trying to be sure,because i farmed 100k exp without vip or booster,and that was a bitch.

[C4rnage]

Idzo posted:

So,I've been wondering,should i buy the jackal?
Is it better than my spinfusor?
And I'm trying to be sure,because i farmed 100k exp without vip or booster,and that was a bitch.

u can test the weapons in training mode

[little.sparrow]

Tribes ascend is actually very, VERY broken.

You can't do class limits, as some people won't be able to play if all the classes they own are maxed out.
People who have paid or played for longer have more choice and therefore have an advantage.

gah.

[C4rnage]

little.sparrow posted:

Tribes ascend is actually very, VERY broken.

You can't do class limits, as some people won't be able to play if all the classes they own are maxed out.
People who have paid or played for longer have more choice and therefore have an advantage.

gah.

no they just have more choices.
what you said makes sense for teams, a team that have too many newbies with only 3 starter classes has a disadvantage against a team that have classes unlocked.

[Falcqn]

Ripper Roo posted:

What are flying pitch and yaw settings for? Don't seem to change anything when I mess with them.

Shrike controls

[little.sparrow]

C4rnage posted:

no they just have more choices.
what you said makes sense for teams, a team that have too many newbies with only 3 starter classes has a disadvantage against a team that have classes unlocked.

You're locked out of whole roles or are significantly worse at it if you haven't plugged a good amount of time into the game/paid.

[thisguy123]

On C&H raindance, go to one of the points that are underground as juggernaut. Spam fusion mortar at doorway.

Win.

[=DarkStar=]

You know you are playing one imposible game when the enemy have one Jamming raider level 60 and one brute level 48 and your team is barely level 20-25

[The golden]

The problem with Ascend is that the classes were made to fill certain roles in the gameplay, and each has their own set of retardedly overpriced unlocks. Meaning that to class-limit them could mess up gameplay, cause people to fight over the slots (I'm better than you are at class X!), and force people to pick classes they don't normally use.

But on the other hand, some classes are just simply better than others. The Juggernaut is simply hands-down the best multi-role class in the game, hence why so many people play it and invest so much into it.

Blegh. Ascend needs a SERIOUS balance makeover. It's starting to fall apart very fast.

[Eltro102]

little.sparrow posted:

You're locked out of whole roles or are significantly worse at it if you haven't plugged a good amount of time into the game/paid.

so all players should have the same skill level even if they've played the game for longer or shorter

Edited:

The golden posted:

The problem with Ascend is that the classes were made to fill certain roles in the gameplay, and each has their own set of retardedly overpriced unlocks. Meaning that to class-limit them could mess up gameplay, cause people to fight over the slots (I'm better than you are at class X!), and force people to pick classes they don't normally use.

But on the other hand, some classes are just simply better than others. The Juggernaut is simply hands-down the best multi-role class in the game, hence why so many people play it and invest so much into it.

Blegh. Ascend needs a SERIOUS balance makeover. It's starting to fall apart very fast.

remove all classes but the naked pathfinder and give him the repair tool

[Ripper Roo]

I played Juggerfat today, haven't upgraded anything on him but still I got 40 kills by spamming gen room. They should seriously do something about the mortar, it's just funny how broken it is inside bases.

[The golden]

Ripper Roo posted:

I played Juggerfat today, haven't upgraded anything on him but still I got 40 kills by spamming gen room. They should seriously do something about the mortar, it's just funny how broken it is inside bases.

but chances are they won't. Devs think it's underpowered and the community seems to love it.

[Ripper Roo]

I still remember that one vid where some dev was showing off how he plays Jugg and said he's not beginner friendly and requires strategy.

[The golden]

Ripper Roo posted:

he plays Jugg and said he's not beginner friendly and requires strategy.

oh god my sides

[Funny Hats]

little.sparrow posted:

You're locked out of whole roles or are significantly worse at it if you haven't plugged a good amount of time into the game/paid.

The starter classes fill the roles sufficiently enough. Pathfinder for flag capping/chasing, Juggernaut for base offense or flag defending, soldier for roaming or general base defense. The unlockable classes are just extensions of those roles. They're also attainable in only a few matches. Even without VIP you should be able to get like a class a week plus a few upgrades.

Edited:

The golden posted:

but chances are they won't. Devs think it's underpowered and the community seems to love it.

Make it solar powered. Problem solved.

[thisguy123]

Funny Hats posted:

Make it solar powered. Problem solved.

Let people shoot the mortar shells.

[TurbisV2]

[MAspiderface]

I am become shazbot, destroyer of worlds.

[TurbisV2]

i agree you are shazbot

[Rolond Returns]

MAspiderface posted:

I am become shazbot, destroyer of worlds.

no Slayer medal or Hurt Locker

I am become disappoint

[The golden]

So you were playing as a Brute and you got Explosive Spree medals, so chances are you were using fractal nades.

How many of those kills did you actually work for and how many actually belong to your belt button?

[Chirno]

Clio posted:

its always 4 vs 12 on the old timer servers

oh god i hope thats not the old timers clan im thinking of, if so ill avoid that server like the plague when bans are implemented, if theyre not already

[Clio]

Chirno posted:

oh god i hope thats not the old timers clan im thinking of, if so ill avoid that server like the plague when bans are implemented, if theyre not already

I think they are hirez servers

they just have naked spawn & no gen regen & expensive call ins

[MightyMax]

This game is excellent, almost perfect, except WHY THE FUCK does the infiltrator have a full auto grenade launcher with no counter? That'd be like giving the Spy, Demo's launcher ffs.

[Eltro102]

yeah it is op, they should add a delay before you can splode the thingys

[MightyMax]

Tech's sentries need a buff while they're at it. They take forever to kill anything

[Kinglah Crab]

MightyMax posted:

Tech's sentries need a buff while they're at it. They take forever to kill anything

no fuck that noise

turrets are annoying as FUCK

[Dummkopfs!]

had 11k, dropped orbital on temple ruins, got 14k (10 kills)

[=DarkStar=]

The golden posted:

So you were playing as a Brute and you got Explosive Spree medals, so chances are you were using fractal nades.

How many of those kills did you actually work for and how many actually belong to your belt button?

They count as explosive spree?

[coverop]

TurbisV2 posted:

i agree you are shazbot

No!

I am the -Shazbot!-

[Fusnax]

So it looks like Bella Omega might be added to Capture and Hold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXkUbbLHvuc&

[=DarkStar=]

Fusnax posted:

So it looks like Bella Omega might be added to Capture and Hold
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXkUbbLHvuc&feature=youtube/media]

I want to try that.

[Murky42]

Mines do so it would be quite odd if the fractals didn't count.

Also its possible to get airmails with frag grenades. Did that as a doombringer once odd stuff.

[4RT1LL3RY]

thisguy123 posted:

I still think that if a team has the most pathfinders, they should not be able to win.

I was in one game where we had two DMB's doing HoF, two techs doing rounds of the whole base making sure shit was fixed. Sentential's were in position to snipe cappers, Infiltartors were doing their shit.

Juggernauts were either roaming our base for defence or roaming their base to cause havok (as was a brute or two) And we had two pathfinders doing flag runs.


Heck it was borderline MAGIC to see such good team cohesion, but as we all know, magic is not real and the universe hates everything.

The enemy team had 5-7 pathfinders, two of which would sit on the base with thrust packs waiting to chase.

The rest would descend upon the flag-stand like a horde of hell-bats. Not even the best placed DMB defence could withstand the sudden 3-4 bolt launcher shots that would destroy every forcefield, mine, claymore and even one of the DMBs outright. The paths then just sailed on past, not giving two fucks about the turrets the techs had set up or the sentinels who keps missing by micro-factions.

Even with this lightning offence, anyone trying to capture the flag had better make sure their last will and testament was in order because the two chasers would just time their shots and oneshot a pathfinder as he passed the flagstand. They didn't even have to move half the time.

So as a brute, I decided to execute operation GOTTAGOFAT, and managed to get a flag gab at 190-220 SANICS.

However the paths on the flag just used their thrust packs and could impact nitron me before I even had the flag for more than 15 seconds.

What was particularly galling was that the rest of their team was just juggs and a tech in the gen room and they were never seen except for the Infs, who eventually gave up and went DMB.


In sort, a team of nothing but PTH's won, despite out mixed defence, offence and disruptiuon tactics.


You look me in the eye and tell me than an all class spam in a class based shooter should be able to win frequently.

Ah, the cluster tactic. It gets used in competive play alot. The offense has the advantage in Tribes. You can't do crap against 6 people in coordinated attacks. Sentinel can reduce the number that are at full strength when they get there, but wave tactics are very effective. A carrier with 3 escorts is going to cap if they are on a good route.