Tribes just went FtP

[Jay?]

I'm checking it out. I never really wanted to before, but hey, if it's free, why not?

[Aegis Fate]

Ascend has always been FtP, but its a PtW game. Still pretty fun though

[Neowulf]

Just saw that.

I know it's nostalgia talking but I wish they'd make one more like the first game. Base was a great game by itself, but with a mod like renegades it was just epic.

[Milk]

I think you meant it just went on steam. But anyways, I used to play the tribes game on Instant Action (good times). Too bad they went out of business.

[sct]

It stays very true to the original Tribes which is great but it's very much pay-to-win in my opinion.

[Moriim]

I don't really see the PtW in Ascend. In my experience many of the default weapons have their uses, I.E. default soldier setup is best for flag defense, L. Spinfusor is better for Path capping than Bolt Launcher, DMB Chaingun is pretty much the best thing about the whole class, and Sniper Rifle is pretty much universally superior in a CTF role than the Phase Rifle.

I bought the $10 package of "Shazbucks" and just spent all that on classes and perks, then ground out the rest in XP. I think the secret to success is to find a role you enjoy, dump all your XP/any cash you're willing to spend into it, and get the rest later. For me it was Technician Defense, it was really easy to top scoreboards at the time just wrecking the hordes of infiltrators that were playing back in Open Beta.

In short, don't spend 100k xp on something so that you can "try it" because you'll most likely come to regret it.

[okamikk]

Especially since you can "try it" in training mode

EDIT: what are everyone's names? we could have an all technic arena battle! =3

my nick is, predictably, okamikk