SathronNewbie in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 1:54am via desktop app Hey man ! How come I can't launch the game? Thanks! ~Sathron
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Elektr0nsNov 8 2012 at 1:47am I miss Tribes. :(
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JMJimmyNov 8 2012 at 12:44am When is the XBLA version coming?
- HiRezToddNov 8 2012 at 1:29am Hard to go fast with console controller. :) Actually turn speed & aiming in all 3 dimensions is a real issue. We had Tribes: Ascend running well on 360 in the early pre-alpha days but the game speed increased a lot since then. It could be done but the gameplay would need to be modified. No plans for console version of T:A.
  
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TRoberts1998Elite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 12:18am Hey are you planning any big new improvments on the support classes like, Infiltrator, Technician, Jugg, and Doombringer. they need more support items such as packs or drop items. Ex. a small drop for the Inf that when droped on a turret/radar/generator renders it usless unless removed. Idk maybe something. Always stay awesome Tribes don't let me down, Peace out HiRez, Thomas-Ginga101
- TRoberts1998Elite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 12:25am Possibly even sentinel and not Doom so yeah i was also thinking of manual control over a turret from a specific place/controller-like thing that a tech has, or even the ability to change turret type (Ex. Laser, Missile that targets flying players, pulse, machine gun.) Just ideas they come to me and i thought you should hear them. Peace out HiRez, Thomas-Ginga101
  
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BoredNov 8 2012 at 12:00am What sorts of things are being looked at for bridging the gap between casual and competitive? Will there ever be an easy way to play competitive style matches through some sort of quick join or matchmaking functionality?
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detesttheheroElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 11:33pm via desktop app Any ETA as to when any new(or old) maps will be implemented?
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KamineyNov 8 2012 at 10:41pm via desktop app Are you going to make any other F2P sequel of tribes ascend like global agenda??..
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SpeedRacrNov 8 2012 at 10:15pm HiRezTodd, Will the shotgun bug be fixed anytime soon? If it's not current a priority, can I bribe you to make it a priority, =)? If so, how much?
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Xero-CageDedicated in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:57pm Hello, i am a fan of tribes, i was wondering if you will have a MEGA update that adds ALL of the other factions in tribes in thier own maps, like in tribes 2 or something? or maybe add Throwback sound effects and stuff?
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shadow1w2Amateur in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:25pm Will there be a winter Xmas stage with visual traditional skis/snowboards on players feet and really big hills and jumps? Cause skiing in Tribes is awfully fun and I'd love to have a giant ski jump into the enemies base. This has to happen.
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SouthwestSideStoryElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:18pm I haven't played the previous games but I gather that some of the changes such as increased auto prevalence and fewer carried weapons are quite divisive amongst Tribes veterans. Which changes were made because the devs felt the game would be more fun with them in the long run and which were made to make the game more accessible to today's audience? How often have these goals actually conflicted with one another? I hear that the free to play model is the main reason for the lack of modding; are there other areas where unfortunately the F2P model held the game back at all? Conversely, has it brought unforeseen benefits?
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BarlkElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 8:57pm How would you describe your experiences with one of the most passionate FPS fanbases around?
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TerrafailNov 8 2012 at 8:29pm via desktop app What is your favorite unreleased weapon?
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 8:51pm Not to say this was included in any version of Tribes Ascend, but I wanted to comment that I do miss the shocklance from Tribes 2 more than any weapon in the Tribes franchise.
  
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VeryMelonElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 8:20pm Have you guys thought about making tribe selection client-side (as in, your team would appear to you as the tribe you have selected in options, the enemy team would be a random other tribe)? Maybe even make announcers a separate option?
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GallopingCowElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 7:54pm Tribes needs Demo Recording. That is all.
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zzcorrodeHardcore in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 7:51pm Do you plan on optimizing the game for lower end machines?
- HiRezToddNov 8 2012 at 9:06pm That is an ongoing goal. T:A "scales down" for low-spec machines better than our first game Global Agenda; but still not as well as we would like.
  
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  - zzcorrodeHardcore in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:29pm Although it's not quite low enough to run on my laptop smoothly, I've been able to play it on my other higher end desktop well and you've done a great job with the game.
    
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SnapEyeElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 7:41pm via desktop app Are there any news on Tribes Universe, do you plan to continue developing the game and if you do when are we going to see the game come out?
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BlotterNov 8 2012 at 7:39pm This is for APC. APC, since you just joined the team a week ago, give us your first impressions on who from HR looks like they're full of shit, who's an idiot, who's cool, and who is a bad ass. Follow up: What's the shittiest thing you've been asked to do so far?
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FixiousElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 7:29pm So, how about that command map?
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 8:57pm I remember that thing... Do you find yourself still pressing "C" in Tribes Ascend or something?
  
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  - VeryMelonElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:11pm I find that VGS such as "Help!" or "I need support!" s completely useless without being able to know where is the person that used it, unless they play an obvious position like HoF.
    
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virtblueDedicated in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 7:27pm Hello hi-Rez! Love the game, is there any thought of bringing back any of the other Tribes? at least in cosmetic items. I saw that you have harked back to old tribes lore as the Raider skin is a griever. Great game, thanks for going through all the effort of picking up the tribes franchise!
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:00pm Thanks for the kind words and I'm glad you're enjoying the skin since personally it's one of my favorites as well. The other Tribes games are still available for download, for free, but we don't have support behind those - just Tribes Ascend at the moment. Some of the devs here have some good lore that pertains to Tribes and maybe they'll share some more with you in the future :)
  
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vodny_czHardcore in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 7:22pm Will there be any modding / map editor for Tribes: Ascend?
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kovasuelElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 7:21pm via desktop app The joy for me in the original Tribes was drived mostly from the various mods that were applied to it. Don't get me wrong; I am nerdgasming over how awesome of a reincarnation your team has made. I LOVE T:A and am a supporter and will continue to as budget allows, but I digress. My question put simply is what can I honestly expect to see in the way of mods and the ease of deployment/modification/implimentation of the aforementioned? Thank you so very much for your time and reply. Kas
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BoxheadHardcore in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 7:18pm Hello Todd and Adam! Did you guys play the original Tribes? If so, did you play any mods? Do you think mods will ever be implemented in T:A?
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:06pm Hey Boxhead, The original Tribes was the first PC multiplayer game I player as a kid... many many years ago. Tribes 1 I played more mods than i did the actual game - shifter mod to be specific. Actually, funny story... The reason I have the name APC is due to a mod I played back in the day called TAC - Team Aerial Combat if I recall correctly. I created a name "Apc_Pick_Upper" back in the day because I loved to pilot the LPC and APC's around loaded with heavies - I figured people would trust me with that type of name. As Tribes 2 came around and I grew older, I saw that this name was not only obnoxious, but also wasn't relevant anymore since TAC didn't exist. So over time I shortened it to APC or Apcizzle in games that wouldn't allow me to have a 3 letter name. Thanks for letting me share that :)
  
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  - BoxheadHardcore in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 12:03am Awesome! I played shifter too under the same tag, Boxhead. I wonder if we ever played one-another. I was in *EWF* and then [x_x]. Oh, and I played the football mod for fun haha.
    
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    HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 12:34am @Boxhead ah the football mod... i remember that. That was Tribes 2.
    
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LLJK_IzamDedicated in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 7:06pm Is there a formula for how the devs prioritize glitches and imbalances in game? I like how they've addressed class balance issues but I'm puzzled as to how something like dryfire can still be an issue almost a year after public release.
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Mu6oHardcore in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 7:03pm Do you believe this game is hard to play? Because I joined several games and have been in beta... And I think non-shooter players play it more than shooter based players like me... Because at least I can't be MVP2 in my first game, right and with most kills(TDM)?
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:10pm Tribes was always considered one of, if not THE hardest game on the market. There's a reason why we label this game as "The world's fastest, highest, and HARDEST multiplayer shooter." Sadly, due to the games difficulty, it really limits the player base as it discourages new players thinking that the game is too hard to enjoy. We're looking into way to introduce new players into this game without having this feeling but maintaining the game as a whole.
  
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  - Mu6oHardcore in Tribes: AscendNov 9 2012 at 1:53pm I like the game, it's not so easy and not that hard... I liked it for the psysics and somehow about the shooting. The hardest game I've have played till now was BF3 which was mostly on teamplay, if you are not with the team you will loose. CS and Borderlands and lots of other games are not team based, so... to make it hard you must choose somehow playing with teams and not so on shooting each other.
    
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ThisRandomNoobDedicated in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 6:47pm Hi Todd and APC! The original Tribes had a dedicated fanbase that pushed the game toward competitive e-sports. Did you consult with these players as you developed Tribes: Ascend? Was their input helpful?
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 8:37pm During alpha testing of Tribes Ascend, we had a small yet dedicated group of individuals that were partially chosen to test the game due to their past in Tribes. They worked with us on different aspects of the game, whether it was its physical or graphical attributes. We also spoke with the previous owners of the franchise on their take of the game just so we could carry on that unique Tribes feel. As Tribes Ascend went live and was continued its development, we listened to the community on many different views and made adjustments accordingly - as their input is very valuable because they are the ones who are playing the game. I recently was hired by Hi-Rez, a previous competitive player in Tribes Ascend as well as past Tribes games, to continue the support and communication between the Tribes team here in the studio and the players.
  
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  - HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 8:39pm Let me also mention the face that Tribes: Ascend was also a passion project and as such the dev team consists of several gamers who grew up playing Tribes. The input of these nostalgic Tribes players from both the community and the developer team had a helpful impact in keeping the Tribes: Ascend experience true to it’s roots.
    
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pota360Dedicated in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 6:23pm The development of map underwater, underwater vehicles and would it be possible?
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pota360Dedicated in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 6:22pm Le développement de carte sous marine, et de véhicules sous marin serait-elle possible?
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FirzenizerElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 6:10pm Will you have some e-sports events in Europe? Like on Dreamhack or some similar event.
- HiRezToddNov 8 2012 at 9:10pm Speaking of last week... http://www.pcgamesn.com/article/tribes-ascend-eu-esl-lan-contest-streamed-live-paris-tomorrow
  
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pullarius1Elite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 5:57pm Commented before but it looks like it didn't go through: Inheritence is a really tricky subject with many facets and complicating factors. A little while ago you let us have a %100 inheritance 'fusor and it seems to fit into the game well. How successful does the team feel the Blinksfusor has been, and can we look forward to seeing other odd-inheritance-valued weapons in the future? Follow up: what are some issues with inheritance that the normal player might not think about?
- Alen_Elite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 6:01pm via desktop app The biggest problem is that you don't really think about inheritance when you're not going that fast, e.g. when you're strafing or hopping about. Personally I feel that it would be great if we got some weapons with inheritance split amongst the different axis of movement separately - e.g. full inheritance for forward motion but decreased inheritance for side-to-side motion or something. Would aviod the weird shots when strafing, hopping around etc., but retain the functionality of 100% inheritance when moving at fasts speeds (when most of your velocity is forward motion anyways).
  
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LLxBLUxJNov 8 2012 at 5:01pm Hello, I actually have a couple of questions. First, I believe one of the biggest issues that both pub and comp players can agree on at the moment is the lack of quality maps. There are probably on 4-5 maps right now that are considered "comp" level maps, and we haven't seen any new maps released since August. My first question is, will we see any new maps released in the near future (before the end of the year)? My next question is we haven't heard anything about NASL doing another season for tribes. Is hopes for another NASL tournament dead? And will we see any more cash tournaments in the future for both NA and EU?
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mark467Nov 8 2012 at 4:30pm via desktop app Since the Raptr update Tribes Ascend progress (for many players) has been reset desqualifing us from a rewerd.
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PiximanNov 8 2012 at 3:20pm I was very surprised that HiRez has just hired a new employee specifically dedicated to Tribes after the decline in both players, support, and content the last few months. The trend previously seemed to be that employees were being moved to other projects, and the studio more focusing more on other games(SMITE, GA2) This alleges to the fact that HiRez will be starting to explore a new direction than we have seen over the last year. Can you please elaborate on how HiRez will attempt to grow the game from both the our perspective(tourny's, content, balance) and the business (making money) perspective? Will this include giving the playerbase more power in development of things like maps and server options? Thanks for taking the time. -Pixi
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 8:45pm With me on board the HiRez community team with a focus in Tribes Ascend, you can consider me as the reassurance that we are still supporting this game and want to work with the community directly to help with ideas, events and communication. In a business prespective as you ask, having someone like myself representing HiRez will help bring and assist new players to the game with whatever help they may need as well as keep and maintain the competitive and casual atmosphere fresh and enjoyable.
  
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griddarkAmateur in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 3:16pm Hey Todd and Adam, I come from Australia and we have a much smaller player base here compared to Europe and America, you recently introduced a server browser which is a life saver for the smaller communities such as ours, we can easily find games and know if they are filling up or not. PC gamers are used to this and love it, so thanks. My question is, for those of us who love this game, but hate the waiting time to find a match that has low ping because while hundreds or thousands (no idea) of us play here down under, we have no organization. Does the HiRes team have any ideas or thoughts on getting players on at the same time, games such as BF3 and COD have double XP weekends, and the such, it also helps newer players catch up to older players. (I'd like to note in tribes XP is used to make purchases, while I am referring to the XP earnt to level up). Tribes is the most fun I've had in a long time, but I rarely play due to disliking the wait, and not really wanting to play with 150+ms with Americans. I have spent time skiing the slopes waiting for a second player, and I feel 2 player matches isn't what the game is about. Have you considered adding "race tracks" or even race matches? Skiing is very fun, and it would be nice to see something implemented into maps to make waiting for other players have a point, maybe have cubes that appear when you reach high enough speed, and let the players collect them to gain levels (the ratio could be very low it would still give the player something to do while being a loner). Just ideas and thoughts for your consideration.
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:36pm Hey griddark, I've recently been speaking with a few players in the Oceanic community regarding different events they plan to host in the near future. One of the biggest communities you have out there is Bittah - https://bittah.com/. Try to get involved with their community and maybe you can find some players to play with or maybe even develop a "race match" of your own in a custom private server. Just an idea :)
  
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Abaddon92Elite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 2:57pm [VGH] Hi! I was wondering if there are any plans to split Arena from PvP. What I mean is, some classes/guns are imbalanced and, as a result, people cry a lot... but there's this sort of solution where depending on the game type, weapons have different stats. To put it simple, automatic weapons are quite overpowered if someone is able to aim properly and are considered "lame" in arena, however such isn't the case when it come to (for example) generator defense as TCN, where it actually becomes quite lackluster due to the tight area. On the other hand, raider's grenade launchers are quite good in generator combat since the AoE usually affects >75% of the space, but they don't do anything outside buildings. As far as I know, splitting stats between modes can be quite tedious, but it totally rewards everyone. That would, for example, solve the problem where autos are OP in arena and crappy in CTF, since they won't have the same stats. Another question I have for you is this: Will we be able to see numbers in the store menu for weapon stats? While the bars there show an approximate value, it would be awesome to see raw numbers, showing damage dealt on hit, damage on AoE highest value, damage-decrease-with-range rate, etc. Thanks for your time!
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ExoElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 1:53pm via desktop app Hi Hi-Rez Team, I am a young video game developer, I would like to ask you what its like to remake a classic and what precautions did you have to make to make sure you recaptured it well enough?
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BlackHazeElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 1:43pm Hi Hi-Rez Team. When will you add third faction? For example: Ruin Empire. And will you add global scoreboard, and craft system, with inventory?
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jovanhan2Dedicated in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 1:12pm Why is it that medium and lights have the same hit boxes when their health and speed varies?
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BallsdeepNov 8 2012 at 12:03pm T:A Is the biggest leap of evolution in the tribes series, not only graphic but also as a new game concept that aims to grow in the gamers community. The team responsible for this is small, compared with other great production companies, and still is handling 3 games at the same time, the lack of periodic attention span was unavoidable since smite was presented, thus leaving the T:A in a dangerous crash&burn possibility. Many of these typology games have had their progress and comunity growth aid by 3rd party developers, interested players and stable core testers. My question is this: This game can grow so much by community contribution content, pre release testers and more variety of platform compatibility, why won't they do it? You could release the SDK for map development for monthly (or other time range periods) custom map contests, where developers would create their own map and the selected winner would receive a certain prize and see his map featured in official map rotations. You have the possibility to create a pre release test core, players with lvl 45 and above would test content before it is released in order to fix them BEFORE instead of DURING. This game has everything possible to work with a conquest map type, this would be the first in the Tribes series and would definetly grow the new player income from such similar type of games (BF3, COD, ETQW and so on) "Whish your new item day", let players ask for a new type of weapon each half year (or other time range) so that variety and interest never stop in a F2P game. These are many of the great addtions that would help T:A, make this game stable before going for another project.
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EcstasyNov 8 2012 at 11:24am copy of halo.
- Bonfi96Elite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 2:49pm Please... -.-
  
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OfenlichtNov 8 2012 at 10:40am Shoutsouts to Bart for HRV.
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:39pm I'll pass along the shoutout
  
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b1ueElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 10:37am vgs
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:40pm vgw vgh
  
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saladfulHardcore in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 10:28am Are HERCs still planned for proper implementation or will they forever remain nothing but a few dummied-out sound files?
- HiRezToddNov 8 2012 at 8:37pm sound files. :) We don't see vehicles as the strongest part of Ascend. (understatement). So not looking to add more.
  
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CybDimitrij25Dedicated in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 10:09am 1. Why we cant download game and have it on ours computers, every tiem when we changing windows we must download again, with my speed(4mb/s) that is 2-3 hours. 2. When we chating with some1, messages desapire to fast, why we cant have a normal chat where we can see a history chat? 3. Can we get a "general chat" that should be a big help for players. That is all for now, sry for english, BUT I DONT HAVE A TIME TO LEARN BECOUSE OF YOU
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AzureFlame98Elite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:26am I had a question. You guys have improved this game quite a bit gameplay wise with all the content such as Maps, Weapons, Perks, and Player run servers. But my question is. Will you be trying to expand your list of cosmetic items that are available? (Example. Skins, Custom Armor Color/Separate Armor pieces.) To further expand customization options to make yourself more unique in the community?
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ilikecheezDedicated in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 8:11am Hello Todd, Adam, and anyone else who may be reading; I am considering playing tribes as a serious thing since i've played it for a long time (since closed alpha) and enjoyed it. For my question, when (or will) will Tribes become a major E-Sport, with featured events like a tribes-con or something. I'm looking forward to more development on the game being pro player centric. I hope one day it will beat League of legends on the ladder.
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 10:50pm Have you tried getting involved with the competitive community at www.playapug.com? That's a great way to get involved with pickup style games and possibly getting involved with a team. In order for Tribes to work at being an eSport, we need to establish a community of competitive players and teams to move forward. This site is a great way to get started. We're also looking to help the community at improving their game with different video tutorials and workshops. As the community florish's, we'll be able to move forward in the world of eSports. Also, have you seen the events at NASL and ESL the past few months? We've seen some goof turnouts there!
  
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AnskiHardcore in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 7:30am Are you going to try to make Tribes more e-sport friendly, and how?
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Hazard117Newbie in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 7:03am I'm a n00b to this game as I only recently downloaded it, it looks alright, but the not all the weapons can scope in and to scope you use shift instead of the RMB as I am used to from playing Blacklight Retribution, it's hard for me to get used to the game so I end up going back to play BLR, when I first launched the game I didn't get to do the tutorial first so it wasn't very helpful. Do you think you'll patch the game so that tutorials and other icons will be more effecient for newbies to find? as it's pretty hard to find everything. and Will you ever release more characters other than the ones already in the game or make customizable characters with skins and different pieces of armor?
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 10:46pm Hey Hazard, welcome to Tribes Ascend! We do have a couple tutorial video within the game if you look on the main menu. Also, there are couple modes that you can use that can help up your game - such as a skiing tutorial to help you learn the basics of skiing which you can take those skills to "roam a map" and see how well you can ski through a whole map. There are also community events being developed for users to get involved in to learn about basic roles and positions in the game. Follow our facebook page as well as these twitter pages @TribesAscend and @HiRezAPC to get information on these events. If you need further assistance with the game, I would love to take the time to help out. Find me on the forums as HiRezAPC :) I look forward to seeing you in the game. VGW!
  
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jtpup0Elite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 4:21am Do you believe having high-end graphics heightens or lessens the nostalgic feels of Tribes?
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 7:26pm One big focus we had behind the creation of Tribes Ascend is to make it look and feel modern, but also to give players that nostalgic feel. I think we can both agree that Tribes is a unique franchise. So we made sure we added those unique features such as skiing and jetpacks (of course) but also add weapons from previous iterations of the game - The heavy spinfusor was an early design of Tribes Vengeance where as the light spinfusor has the looks and sound of the Tribes 2 spinfusor. We of course couldn't forget some original maps that really left a mark in Tribes such as Katabatic, Raindance and Stonehedge. There are plenty other nostalgic type features, but I feel we made a good balance between the Tribes we use to know and the future of tribes in the modern world.
  
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Nostalgic_DazeElite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 4:15am Will there be indoor maps in the future? Kinda changes the pace on how the game will be played.
- LLJK_IzamDedicated in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 7:11pm There is an indoor arena map that's still in development but honestly I don't think it would be beneficial to the game unless it was a wide open cave with stalactites for cappers to fly behind and stalagmites for cover and skiing.
  
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- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 7:29pm As previous Tribes games did have a couple indoor maps, they weren't the most popular. Tribes is built around the mechanic of skiing and the "GOTTA GO FAST" motto and we wanted to make sure we created maps that would support this. There are maps that vary in size which do change the pace of the game (crossfire vs katabatic), but we kept away from the idea of indoor maps for the time being. Maybe it's something we can look into in the future?
  
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  - FixiousElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 7:53pm Indoor maps would bring me back, to be honest. Given how chasing is and the 'scene' it created, putting in something like Scarabre could be fun. Screw comp players for not liking the idea. They don't have to play it (they have no qualms ignoring half of the current CTF maps). And I mean a real indoor flag map. Not half-assed version like Permafrost, which got turned into yet another side-route cap-fest after people whined. Of course, custom maps would solve this issue. I remember those.
    
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SanegaDedicated in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 3:26am via desktop app hello, earlier this year you guys at hirez said something about tribes ascend being an mmo, this would be an excellent idea because the blood eagle and the diamond sword hatred for each other would really show off in pvp while there would be a pve side of it, all i wanted to ask was when will this be going into closed beta? when will you guys talk more about the idea of tribes being an mmo? and will you guys put classes like the medic or assault in tribes ascend like you did for global agenda? Having a medic in tribes ascend wil really step up the competitive side of it!
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jgiubardoElite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 3:11am Out of all the updates you have released so far since beta started, which was your personal favorite?
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 10:42pm Tough question... I honestly loved the latest patch with the server browser... it opened up the accessibility to custom servers and knowing who is in what server is something that i've always wanted to see. As far as ingame content - the weapons patch was fun to get accustom to everything and seeing what will be viable in competition.
  
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- HiRezToddNov 8 2012 at 1:24am My favorite content was the MEGA-PATCH we did after Beta but before release when we introduced the brand new UI and ability for players to swap out the weapons. That was entirely community-driven in terms of wanting more customization around each class/loadout. Of course the most recent patch with server browsers was also good; mainly because of the hirez gals in french dancer outfits (in the patch video) :)
  
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TacoElite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 3:04am People still play Tribes 2. You know why? It's because custom maps and mods have kept the game alive. If you want Ascend to have longevity and stay relevant, you're gonna have to send out the modding and mapping tools eventually. I'm an avid TF2 player, Valve gets tons of my money, I would have quite years ago if it wasn't for all the amazing custom content that is allowed within that game. I even make some of that content myself.
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Ser GregorElite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 1:37am Are there any plans to add Star Wolf and Children of the Phoenix to T:A?
- LockeHardcore in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 7:09pm They've said before not as teams, but maybe as skins.
  
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chissmithNov 7 2012 at 1:33am custom maaaaaaps moooooods private serveeeeers
- chissmithNov 7 2012 at 1:36am also remember when there was an option for ranked games?
  
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SirblinksalotElite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 12:54am hats pls
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BarlkElite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 12:51am What is the highest recorded speed anyone has travelled at in Tribes: Ascend?
- AmeNoKarasuNov 8 2012 at 5:12pm via desktop app 999 mp/h done by skiing in a circle/loop/whatever
  
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lordrand11Dedicated in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 12:33am Has the games' development in the free-to-play market impacted the revenue you receive off the game versus a standard 50 or 60 $ title? And do you make more or less in the long run versus a standard 50 or 60 $ title?
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Fez-o-JoeNewbie in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 12:27am via desktop app Long time player, first time troll - my question is this... First a little backstory: In Tribes2 there were two other vehicles that made for some rather interesting game play - the Bomber, and the Jericho. As memory serves, the bomber could hold up to 3 (pilot, bomber, tailgunner) and was quite the fun little vehicle when we had small groups of friends on voip. The Jericho was the 'portable base' that could be driven into most areas and set-up. It had a turret and medium range radar. Not all maps would allow the Jericho, but those that did, made it a real fun time. The main question: Are we ever going to see either one of those vehicles in Ascend??? And, why can't the Tech change the Turrets??? (Erg, Plasma, Missle) That would REALLY change up the dynamics. Thanks for listening and one other *poke* ... Will there ever be a CNC screen that you can 'take over' the turrets (all of your teams - not just the mains) and also see what's going on with your teammates? This would make for a nice Commander variant. Have fun.
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VeryMelonElite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 12:22am Partybringer update when?
- Ser GregorElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 5:33pm I want this so badly. A new pack as an alternative to the force field would be especially fun.
  
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  - saladfulHardcore in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 6:34pm via desktop app I want something like a gravity pack that increases the weight of everyone in a certain radius around you, the slower they move, the fatter they get. Or alternatively, it makes other players gravitate towards you, again the slower ones are more affexted than fast runners. Or maybe both! At any rate, DMB needs something that isn't a big ol' glowing target that screams "SHOOT ME!".
    
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dodgepongNov 7 2012 at 11:47pm Hello Todd and Adam! It's me, dodgepong! It was good to meet you both at PAX Prime! When Bart was asked why they won't be adding support for custom maps, he gave the reason that amateur mapmakers aren't skilled enough to make maps up to HiRez's standards, that it wouldn't work with the Free-to-Play model, and that it would take time to assemble mapmaking tools for users to use. Ignoring the third point (if that's the case), I would argue that community mapmakers are absolutely skilled enough to create maps, having made many of the most well-known maps in gaming, and we've seen that community maps have only helped grow TF2, a competing F2P game. Personally, I believe the addition of custom mapmaking is the single most important thing HiRez could do to increase this game's longevity and breathe life into both public and competitive communities. The community would be doing the work for you, adding new and novel content for players to enjoy at no additional cost to HiRez. Furthermore, the new server browser revamp feels even more suited to this kind of activity. Will you please consider adding support for the community to make custom maps for the game? It will increase the game's longevity, which means more money for you in the long run, after all! Thanks for taking questions! dodgepong
- Alen_Elite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 4:37pm You have to take into account that TA maps are reasonably huge (I remember hearing that they're hundreds of megs bit or something, might be wrong though), deploying a custom map distribution/hosting system takes some time and effort and that you definitely need some sort of filter for what gets put on custom servers and what not (seeing as you can't host your own servers). Having no filters, no proper system in place would easily lead to each player creating their own retarded "ski-around-two-hills-with-a-flag"-grade map and suddenly you'll have terabytes of pointless traffic right there. The story would be completely different if we had the ability to host our own servers, seeing as it would be up to ourselves to distribute, host & filter maps, but we all know we can't have that when you want to have a centralized, controlled system based around xp / gold. Getting HR to release game server files, even if they have to be used with like a dev version of the game (something like that was already done iirc) or if we don't have access to their user account stuff (experience, weapon unlocks etc.) when using the servers would go a long way in the direction of promoting custom content. Simply asking for an implementation of a custom content system on their side, especially with their limited manpower, server infrastructure and experience, definitely won't get us anywhere.
  
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  - griddarkAmateur in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 4:58pm via desktop app TA maps could be massive, but deploying a custom map system would be easy eg. Torrents. You simply wouldn't be able to join a map without having a map. If you don't like that system you don't play custom maps. Custom maps would need to be unranked anyway, so only people who want to play them to have specific kind of fun (eg small slaughter maps). Custom maps would never be pointless, only pointless to some. Where they could shine is if the devs saw a map and said wow this is really high standards, they contact the map maker and tell him it's going to be used in an offical map pack. I see modding in the community only ever a good thing. DOTA, Counter-Strike, Team Fortress, DayZ. Hell, some mods are more popular than the original game itself. Look at how much valve as profited by embracing the modding community. Modding doesn't have to interfere with the XP/Gold system, heck done right it could enhance it, and making HiRez money can only be a good thing.
    
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    Alen_Elite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 5:37pm I'm not saying they wouldn't be beneficial, I just don't see how HR could possibly implement them in their current server system. I honestly doubt they'll give end users access to upload maps & whatnot to their server instances, not to mention that it would be terrifying for new players to get kicked out of every second game because they don't have the right map, or even map version, installed. As it is TA loses most of its new players pretty fast because the game is relatively hard, the community hard to join and making half of the servers on the server list inaccessible because you haven't made modifications to your client manually doesn't really seem like a great idea. I'm pretty sure that if HR managed to set up a system even half as function as what Valve has it would work wonders for the game and the community, but given HR's track record with implementing new features I wouldn't be too hopeful. Let's just say that if they managed to make the client download custom maps from the server it would be a great start, but I doubt it will ever happen. inb4 someone makes a run around the dildo map and dear mommy sues HR for making lil 12 year old Timmy feel sexually abused.
    
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  - Ser GregorElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 6:57pm "hundreds of megs bit" huh? That sounds pretty serious. What if we recromulated the CPU drive and installed three more RAMs?
    
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    FixiousElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 7:50pm @Ser Gregor http://www.downloadmoreram.com/
    
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    Alen_Elite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 10:23pm via desktop app @Ser Gregor harr harr harr so fanni, I was tired and feeling ill so just disregard the "bits" part. (:
    
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- HiRezToddNov 8 2012 at 8:32pm Hi Dodgepong. PAX Prime was a blast and thanks for coming by to talk. I agree that custom mapmaking would increase T:A longevity and strengthen community. I'm skeptical that it would bring in a lot of new players; but for players who enjoy TA it means new content, fresh ideas, plus the fun of creating/sharing maps for those into that. And there is no real issue with F2P model since we decided not to charge for maps anyway. One of the reasons we chose UE3 was the strength of the editor & mod scene. In fact many of our Tribes dev team members have modding/mapping background. Supporting community/custom maps would involve: - distributing version of UE editor that also includes T:A specific functionality (for example after you make your map you'd want to be able to test skiing/physics) - distributing version of UE editor that doesn't overly expose us to hackers/cheats - deployment system for creators to upload maps and then players to download as needed; plus some review process for hi-rez to prevent/minimize dildo maps. To do #3 (the deployment part) right, without confusing users, is actually a significant dev effort. It is something we have scoped out & discussed options around, but not yet scheduled. So, the answer is not 'never'. But it isn't 'coming soon' either. Thanks for the question/feedback.
  
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  - LoneProvoElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:21pm As far as the deployment part, I don't think a system would truly need to be in place for this. It would be nice to have an official system at some point, but couldn't people just upload maps where ever they want, and have people manually download and put the map in the folder. If I remember correctly this is the way it worked for Halo 1 which was extremely popular with custom maps. All you guys would need to do there is have some way of checking whether or not the map is installed, and if it's not it pops up a message saying "You do not have the map required to play" and maybe allow the host of the server to provide a link to the download that could be shown along with this message. Maybe this would require more work from you guys than I think it would (I only have a basic knowledge of programming), but it seems relatively simple. This would also solve the problem of the file sizes being so big, since people could control whether or not they wanted to download a map, and you guys wouldn't have to host all the downloads yourselves.
    
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  - dodgepongHardcore in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:40pm Thanks for responding, Todd. :) I can definitely understand the difficulty of managing/deploying that kind of system, especially since you host all the servers and they are managed from within the game. I am very glad to hear that this is something you haven't ruled out and have been attempting to tackle, and I look forward to hopefully seeing this in T:A eventually, even if it isn't "coming soon".
    
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spinmasterExperienced in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 11:44pm Also, will you keep updating the classes after all of them get their updates?
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spinmasterExperienced in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 11:43pm Hats?
- HiRezToddNov 8 2012 at 1:26am Helmets/Suits. We had a great hat/head-flair system in Global Agenda. (even BEFORE TF2...) But in Tribes everyone is going too fast to notice hats.
  
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TRoberts1998Elite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 11:35pm I am Thomas Roberts a fairly decent Tribes player and lover of FPS and other gaims, Startcraft, LoL, D3, All good gamesand so far Tribes has hit the top of my list. I just love the endless fun you can get from each class. Here's my Q: When will all of the planned equipment come in, Voices, new skins, more packs, I also wonder if the Infiltrator could also make a hologram or disguise himself. Maybe a technician could have more turret options or instead a "Long range Drop Interfere" that messes with radars from a distance, or even an Infiltrators drop pack that is placed on a turret/radar and renders it usless. That is my question. please consider me for the honor of having my question answered.
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CloutACNov 7 2012 at 11:15pm As Tribes:Ascend has progressed you(HiRez) have accepted more and more community help with the game by allowing players to come and work conventions with you, allowing players to stream on the hirez channel and now actually hiring somebody from the community. Meanwhile direct support from HiRez has been steadily decreasing (much slower and smaller patches, no class updates, very few skins, less frequent tournaments). It has gotten to the point where there isn't really enough developer support for the game to grow. Is there any chance of this pattern continuing to the point of HiRez releasing modding/mapping tools to the community so that the game can thrive with minimal dev support?
- HiRezToddNov 8 2012 at 8:50pm Hey Clout, see my response to Dodgepong. TLDR: We'd like to support custom/community map creation. But doing it poorly would be worse than not supporting it at all. If/when there is more to communicate we'll let you know!
  
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DarkusHardcore in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 11:08pm When we will have a working Linux version?
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jpodzExperienced in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 10:36pm Where do you see the Tribes franchise in the in 5 years? Are you happy with how it has turned out since the release of Starsiege? If you could change anything about Tribes, what would it be?
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 8:28pm Good questions. Question 1) Where do you see the Tribes franchise in the in 5 years? Answer: Tribes always seems to find its way to come back to life. I know back in my days of Tribes 2 and hearing the master server was being taken down, I felt like Tribes was done for good. But what do you know - Tribes Vengeance was developed. Fast forward to now, we now have Tribes Ascend. Looking towards the future, we plan to carry on with Tribes Ascend but who knows what the future may bring as it seems the franchise is an unpredictable one. Question 2: Are you happy with how it has turned out since the release of Starsiege? Answer: I come from Tribes 1... and I think it says a lot that I still play this game on a regular basis. As i mentioned in the previous question, I was surprised to see that Tribes continued its legacy. And it's not just because I play to support the game. It's that I love the path it has taken to this day. Question 3: If you could change anything about Tribes, what would it be? Answer: Its difficulty. To me the game is second nature, but that's not the case with people new to the franchise or your average FPS player. Its difficulty really has limited the games potential as people seem to get really discouraged by getting owned hard. We're working on ways to change that.
  
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  - jpodzDedicated in Tribes: AscendNov 9 2012 at 3:40pm via desktop app Thanks for the great response. :D
    
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sterveNov 7 2012 at 10:30pm any future plans for a record function? thats seriously a huge chunk of its growth right there as a game and esport.
- HiRezToddNov 8 2012 at 8:42pm All our games are online PvP/competitive. So all our games would benefit from demo/record function. (in the same way they all benefit from spectator functionality and cheat detection). So we'd like to do it eventually for Tribes and other titles but if it isn't coming very soon we generally don't talk about it or commit to it.
  
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lordjojotElite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 10:19pm Y U NO CUSTOM MAPS! Seriously, give us a mapping tool and the ability to upload them to custom servers and auto-downloading and it will be a huge boon to the community. You don't charge for maps so it can only help you guys in the long run, more people playing and more importantly, more people buying servers to run maps on. More cosmetics would be awesome too, something like the keychain idea in Blacklight (lol wallhacks) is a cool idea, and everyone wants rainbow jetpack trails, PTH capes and spinfusors that fire nyan cats.
- lordjojotElite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 12:52am via desktop app Also, please have another crack at getting demo playback working, even games like Halo/CoD have it and it would be great for the community. Most of us can't record and play well at the same time, having demos we can record from would make that possible. Then there are all the competetive aspects around it like being able to review your matches, check for cheating and have records of tournaments etc.
  
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SlicerDigZNewbie in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 10:19pm Will you ever make a map that has anything to do with water in which you can swim/skii ontop of/shoot in? Plz put flag in the middle of a river
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KaretyrNov 7 2012 at 10:14pm The original Tribes offered players the ability to make their own maps from prefabs, triggers, and terrain generators. What needs to happen to add that to T:A?
- Bonfi96Elite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 10:19pm To make that happend tribes shouldn'be FTP
  
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ToolBagHardcore in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 9:50pm What would you rather fight, 100 duck sized horses or one horse sized duck?
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Est2banElite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 9:43pm Any ETA for those maps we saw weeks ago? Canyon Crusade and Blue Shift both looked pretty good.
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m000Nov 7 2012 at 9:37pm When will you actually fix (instead of offering workaround solutions that don't work) the huge-ass memory leak in your game that has been getting progressively worse with each patch?
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soma-aHardcore in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 9:36pm Where do you see Tribes in the coming future?
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mirezAmateur in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 9:33pm Are you going to keep TA updates coming for a long time from now, or rather do like with Global Agenda, stop updates and later relaunch with a sequel?
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pht23Dedicated in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 9:26pm via desktop app Maern pretty much covered my point, except for i love splash, ganking, nading and quiqdraw. Just update your mutators, so custom servers can choose to ban automatics. That would be nice. Also a meelee mode should be made available through this "Loadout-Server-Settings". I love it. Main Question: Are you ever gonna release Tribes 1 Voicepacks? More awesome questions: Does VGS any damage? It obviously does, but how important is that on a competitve level? Discuss! Does Smite potentially decrease the possibility of a badass soldier skin? Last but not least: How could you disable team switching in arena. I dare you. Sincerely, your most exceeding vgs-arena junk.
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shayeskingstonDedicated in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 9:25pm What do you intend to do to keep the game from 'dying' and where do you see yourselves taking the IP next or after Tribes Universe if it goes ahead? [VVT]
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saladfulNov 7 2012 at 9:19pm When will the DMB update come out and what have you planned for it? Give the fatties some love!
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Bonfi96Elite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 9:15pm How many maps and weapons are planned in the "final Tribes relase" ? We seriuously need more arena maps and maybe some ctf map with something strange in them (like a map on floating spaceships or in city).
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XanekElite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 9:09pm What are the current short-term goals of Tribes Ascend? Are there going to be any optimizations toward the game anytime soon that will help with issues on certain maps such as Arx Novena and Temple Ruins on higher graphical settings? Also this question is for APC, how did you feel when you got hired to work with Hi-Rez Studios after being a avid player and community member of the tribes series?
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:58pm It was like a dream come true, Xanek. With me being a solid tribes fan for 12+ years, I never thought that the game couple potentially land me a career in the industry and franchise that I love. Boy were my parents surprised when I first told them. I used to get kicked off the computer for playing Tribes 1 too much as a kid haha. As for short-term goals, i'm looking to communicate and work with the community each and every day with projects, events and whatnot. I want to help promote and get the word out to others to show how great this game is. I also want to work on ways to draw new users to the game and help them get the proper training to help their transition into the game to be as smooth as possible. As we all know - this game isn't the easiest to pick up from the beginning.
  
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AmeNoKarasuNov 7 2012 at 9:06pm When exactly will Bacon be implemented?
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:41pm mmmmmmm bacon..
  
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- HiRezToddNov 8 2012 at 1:30am in my household... every single morning. sometimes twice.
  
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Waterman7Dedicated in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 9:05pm Were there any other games apart from Tribes 1 and 2 that had an impact on the development of the mechanics and design of Tribes:Ascend? Also, which games if any do you two enjoy playing in your free time? Keep up the good work! [VGCY]
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Zexion1911Elite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 9:01pm Any word on an Autobalancing feature? Teamstack kills public matches!
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:53pm There is an auto balance feature in place. It's the matter of if the servers you are joining have that feature enabled or now.
  
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xenoxenDedicated in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 9:00pm Will you bring up a "ranked" or "skill" based system to give bragging rights?
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TheArganianNov 7 2012 at 8:57pm Arena has been getting popular. A 2v2 twl explosives only ladder has started up and quickly went from an idea, to 20+ active teams challenging eachother. Are we going to see more support for these game types? Arena players have been hoping for more maps for a long time now, and a four map rotation gets stale. Also, will we be getting custom server options to help enforce custom server "rules" for game types like *explosive only* arena? In other words, weapon flags, that will be good for all of comp and server renters implementing a ban list.
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chickenNwafflesNov 7 2012 at 8:57pm How and when will you fix D stacking in competitive play? Tribes is now turning into a D stack. Comp matches are boring and the goal now is to protect the mines not the flag. Look at Tao vs mMe. Plz fix D stacking and make this game great again.
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Splitsec0ndElite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 8:53pm Is hirez planning on updating the spectating client ? I mean correct the player infos, make a proper first person view and such :).Could be rly helpful for casters :). Also, are you considering ryulink's post about nerfing sonic punch to cause a flag drop only on melee ? Thx ^^
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bokaghaElite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 8:37pm Would you consider a level unlock system for certain weapons/utilities? Lets be honest some of the weapon prices are really high up there, so having some weapon unlocks as you level up would help feel like you are doing something instead of grinding 75k exp for one weapon unlock. The usage on weapons to unlock their levels was a great idea and cut back a lot on grind, but to get new weapons the grind is still there.
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xXAlekseiXxHardcore in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 8:28pm What team do you like more, The Sandrakers (Diamond Sword) or The Blood Eagle? Cheers.
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:52pm Diamond Sword. The blood eagle announcer is very negative to me when I lose a match :(. The female diamond sword announcer with very influencing - such as "In defeat we learn". It's so deep.
  
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KamilExperienced in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 8:26pm I have been playing ctf for very long and when blizt come out i found it more entertaining. Are you going to introduce more gametypes (maybe 1v1 match)?
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:50pm Have you tried 1v1 matches with the arena gametype and adjusting the custom server flags to your liking? I've seen a couple iterations of arena set for 1v1 that were quite successful. Also, have you tried rabbit?
  
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LieskaNov 7 2012 at 8:23pm When will you fix the SAP20? you can currently not get any types of sniping spree with it, which makes you lose a big amount of credits.
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PureiNov 7 2012 at 8:17pm Why snipers..?
- PureiElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 4:59pm Ok i'll make this clearer. I've played Tribes Ascend now for >150h since closed beta and what I enjoy in it is that it's all about going fast. There is not anything more fun than going for the enemy flag and dodgeing enemy defences. I love those close call situations with enemy HoFs and their forcewalls when im coming in >300kph. And after i dodge them all i carry the flag to my base like a boss. And the enemy does its best. But then poff. Wild sniper appears and sits on top of the mountain sniping me off before i can even dream about the flag. And when there is one sniper, there usually is another. So I can't, nor any other capper, can reach the enemy flag. So enemy pth's can go and do what ever they want and all the cappers in my team becomes the chasers and vóila. We play until time limit because noone can't score. And all this thanks to the snipers. More fun is when both teams have good skilled attack and defence. Once I got to a match where both teams tried to chase down their enemy flag carrier with no success. That was probably the best round ever. It actually ended in tie. And as you can imagine, no snipers were there screwing the game balance. ... Nevertheless. I love this game. ^^
  
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SnapEyeElite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 8:16pm when will the next update be launched and what will it bring?
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FreakingCreepyNov 7 2012 at 8:05pm Have you guys played the original Tribes and Tribes 2 much? How did you get the idea for Ascend?
- HiRezToddNov 8 2012 at 8:56pm The Hi-Rez dev team had a couple guys (Sean & Mick most notably) who were BIG fans of previous Tribes games. Our first game (Global Agenda) was online 3rd person shooter with jetpacks and was somewhat influenced by Tribes. After GA we wanted to make another jetpacking shooter and looked into acquiring Tribes franchise so we could make a game in that series. Sean/Mick/others said if were were able to get Tribes franchise it would be their happiest day at Hi-Rez and they would work like crazy and put everything they had into making that game. We did. Then they did. :)
  
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SkylaatNov 7 2012 at 8:05pm What's up?
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 8:50pm Oh nothing... just enjoying a hot cup of coffee with some left over halloween candy. It's a secret goal of mine to finish it all by this weekend. Big Costco pack is big.
  
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  - birdstewHardcore in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:47pm via desktop app Developer here: doing the same with the coffee and the left over halloween candy! It's mighty delicious!
    
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MayPeXNov 7 2012 at 8:02pm When will you Shazbot!
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 7:18pm I shazbot every day! [VGTW] [VGS]
  
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harybeanbagElite in Tribes: AscendNov 7 2012 at 6:50pm 100 duck size horses or 1 horse sized duck?
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:42pm [VGQ]!
  
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- HiRezToddNov 8 2012 at 1:34am If my wish was granted I would definitely like to wake up with one horse sized d... ...oh wait, you said "duck".
  
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99percenterNov 7 2012 at 5:56pm via desktop app what is a good way to find other players in tribes that are on my skill level, and buddy up with them, etc?
- HiRezAPCElite in Tribes: AscendNov 8 2012 at 9:48pm Glad you asked! There are plenty of communities out there with varied skills. I recommend going to www.playapug.com for casual to competitive atmosphere where players get together to play pickup style games to uncommon modes such as rabbit. Also, with the new custom browser, you're able to filter more options to fit your needs and see the servers that fit your criteria. I am also available in the forums as "HiRezAPC". If you'd like to contact me there on help finding players to play with or something like learning more about the game - I'd love to help.
  
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KarmasutraNov 7 2012 at 5:48pm Why does Automatics need a 5x bigger hitbox, 1.8x higher DPS and 3-5x higher velocity then a Spinfusor? More importantly why does the Automatics carry a 1m hitbox and Spinfusors 0.2m hitbox? Dont you think that having weapon types that are superior in the act of killing decreases diversity?
- BoredNov 8 2012 at 1:44am DPS is a poor mans stat, take a look at the TTK: http://www.reddit.com/r/Tribes/comments/12lg49/better_than_dps/
  
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  - KarmasutraNov 10 2012 at 9:17am Sooooo much incorrect data in that post! All the DPS and TTK data has already been debunked 10 times over mate.
    
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    BoredElite in Tribes: AscendNov 10 2012 at 7:45pm @Karmasutra much more accurate then your "1.8x" DPS number
    
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