Complistic
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I want the plasma gun. That thing tears me up.
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Tribes: Ascend |OT| SHAZBOT! SHAZBOT! SHAZBOT! WHOOHOO! (Now officially out of beta)
- Thread starter Card Boy
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Credits have very little to do with XP. You gain approx. 0.5 XP per second of playing time, plus 25% bonus if you're on the winning team, plus a small bonus depending on your position in that game. Additionally you can get XP for badges, first win of the day and VIP/Booster multiplier. 1000 XP is about the avarage of a normally long game, without any boosters or boni. Having VIP status helps a lot, especially if you get first win of the day regulary and complete gold/obsidian badges. I think my highest amount where ~6000XP.
so you get XP for badges like "Generhater" and for the time you have played the match. The longer the match = the more XP you earn regardless of your perfomance?
I have VIP btw
No, "Generhater" and the like are accolades, they don't give XP as far as I know. Badges are the achivement-like awards you get for e.g. total number of assists, repairs, flages capped and so on. You can check your progress under Profile->Badges->[subcategory].
And yes, the longer the match the more Base XP you earn regardless of your performance.
You can find the detailed maths here: http://www.tribesascendwiki.com/XP
MatthewB92
Member
ATI Radeon x1900 GT.
I'm not sure if its supported, minimum requirements say that at least a HD3870 is required, your GPU is one generation behind that. I guess some shader implementation isn't supported by your card. You might try the official technical forums for help: http://forum.hirezstudios.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=314
Danne-Danger
Member
Who said the Tech SMG is weak? (did anyone?) This thing is a beast! Best you could do when starting as a Tech is get the second nade + radius (for indoor mayhem) and the first two SMG upgrades along with the turrets. You'll be the slayer of every pub game after that!
*Oh and upgrade the repair tool of course.
Love the latest update with the turret support badge.
*Oh and upgrade the repair tool of course.
Love the latest update with the turret support badge.
Tech SMG is a monster. Don't think anyone's called it weak
I've been using the thumper a fair bit recently, and have found that I really miss the SMG! Such a great little weapon.
This is now the first F2P game I've given money to. Bravo Hi-Rez.
Tech is hilarious to use in duels, whichever mode you're playing him in. SMG is beastly enough to just use by itself but it's also a lot of fun to lay down a turret when someone isn't expecting it and ream them from two angles.
Another fun thing about the autos in this game is that so many people absolutely loathe going against them that it has a massive psychological effect, where you can practically see people becoming flustered and screwing up as you ravage them with bullets.
I largely just stick to Spinfusor w/ Soldier - or lately Pathfinder with Bolt Launcher since I recently got that on sale - but it can be quite the laugh to bust out an SMG every so often.
Danne-Danger
Member
Yeah I've been doing some thinking and I don't think I'd want to unlock the Thumper, previously that was my goal. It'd be nice to have when there are people in the gen room, but I think the SMG is better at keeping people out when you guard the entrance (as most just go straight at it at full speed practically asking for a stream of bullets to the face).
only in close quarters
The auto weapons in the game take very little skill to be efficient with. They are similar to Planetside, where being able to spam them works well enough. They give you an absorbent amount of ammo, hit boxes are generous, and they don't have the range drop to most other weapons. Good players with still be better with them, but at the same time. I can dodge unskilled players discs for a very long time. But eventually that bullet spam will hit me regardless.
Other problem are classes who shouldn't have them... Have them. Specifically Paths and Sents. I switched from the shotgun to rifle on my path. There is no fucking comparison between the two. I need to chase. Rifle is the finisher. Even if I knock them ahead, I can still close it. Shotgun and its 5 foot range is useless and another spinfusor hit is unlikely from certain ranges and speeds now that I have to re-catch up. Same with duels. Any bit of distance and they don't have a similar weapon means I win.
The game has been somewhat balanced with the primary weapons, but the secondary for a few classes are complete pay to win. A Sent with the Nova Pistol? LOL. A Sent with Falcon? Just hope he is a lousy shot with the sniper.
Well, you are playing Tech, so...
you might be extremely good
moojito
Member
I've been in plenty of 5-4 games. In fact just yesterday I joined a team 4-0 up and then the other team ended up winning 5-4!
I may be a jinx.
See above ;o) But really, you get like 1000xp per game, more or less. Playing 100 games is a lot, sure, but you could probably do it in a week easy.
100 games isnt casual. lol. I play like 10 a week, thats casual.
moojito
Member
I never said it was, I said I'd been playing casually for a couple of days and had gained 60k xp (even though I was wrong about that it was 50k, but still). I then went onto say that playing 100 games to get one of these expensive weapons isn't so ridiculous a notion that you could only ever get them by buying gold.
Wait for a good deal of the day. Everything you could unlock with that gold is unlockable within a reasonable amount of time using XPs (except for skins).
Btw, new Patchnotes: http://forum.hirezstudios.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=261&t=72012
Vehicles now have a short invulnerability timer after spawning. Too bad, clustering the enemy vehicle pad with mines or claymores was quite effective.
iamshadowlark
Banned
I dont think a Invalid Call will halt the game but have you checked for those files in those paths?
I agree, hope they get nerfed. Either in damage or duration.
Thanks to their incredibly poor decision to have regenerating health in the game, fractals are currently the only way to clear a room of entrenched people.
They designed themselves into a corner and fractals being the way they are is the only answer currently.
They designed themselves into a corner and fractals being the way they are is the only answer currently.
Very true. I truly hate that spammy heavies can camp in the generator room (of which there are a few that are 1 way in and out only) and have their life and shields respawn, all the while they can just spam spinfusors or MIRV or whatever. My puny Tech can't get in there on his own a lot of the time. There should be an instrument in place that prevents at least enemy shields from regenerating when inside of the opposing teams' base.
Also, I really wish the Thumper would either hit harder (650hp on a direct hit to a heavy is not enough, though it's fine against medium and light armoured dudes) or its projectiles fly farther and faster.
Aside from me or two niggling map imbalances and the aforementioned annoyance, this is my favourite competitive FPS in years by a long long way.
Danne-Danger
Member
I find that the best tactic against heavies as a tech indoors is to use the SMG and stick REAL close to the heavy, like shoulder to shoulder. Chances are he'll hit you in the face, but since you'll have better maneuverability and a better weapon up close it's the best bet. Plus they need to hurt themselves to kill you, which may cause them to suicide.
I wouldn't want to duel one using a thumper.
I'd prefer to buy the game once and have everything equal for everybody.
That works, too, but it makes the game much more difficult to access for those who may be curious and want to try it.
I never played Tribes before Ascend, and if the game released at $60, $50, $40, or whatever, I wouldn't have bought it. If it released at the $15-$30 range, I might've thought about it. Because it was free, I got it, and with my next paycheck I'm going to put a couple bucks into it because I believe it is good enough to warrant support.
Yeah good points. Sticking up close certainly seems the way to go, especially if you can cheekily get a turret down before engaging (or even during engaging!) That SMG is nigh on irreplaceable for me - it's for sure my default load out, and I'll only change mid map if the game is swinging that way.
Danne-Danger
Member
I'm really curious to try out the secondary weapons though... I mean repairing is nice and pointy, but since I usually lead in kills on the stat screen I'm thinking that I'd be more useful with the pistol or the shotty (picking up a tool when needed). Problem is I don't know which one I need the most since the SMG is good at range and close up and I'm not sure how the pistol behaves... I'm already using Quick Draw as my secondary perk (because it's great!) and having another weapon there would make the game more fun I think.
Rawket Lawnchair
Member
Guys I installed it and had created an account a few weeks ago, but for some reason my username and password are not recognised and the game won't let me login, because apparently my username is not the username of my Master Account or something? I asked for my username using the email I've created my account with, but I haven't received an email yet.
Am I doing something wrong?
Am I doing something wrong?
Broseybrose
Member
Just wanted to second this emotion. I love this game so much that i gladly put $140 into Hi-Rez's pockets and joined my second ever clan.