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One of the only FPS's I could tolerate w/out my ADD kicking in :P

I played around 20 games last night and I have to say that the game is really close to be a successful tribes game. If they can remove the stupid speed cap it would greatly improve the overall gameplay.

You guys should get it if you can, would be cool to play together!

Soon as I get an invite I'll check it out.

Keep us updated on an open beta or release date..

questions I have though..

does it have the grapple hook?
how about the boomerang shield for medium armor?
did they keep the burner or go back to plascannon?
do the packs have both active & passive abilities?
still got style points for MA's & HS's?
all armors have 3 weps or do med/heavy get 4/5?

Thanks you!

No grapple hook

Only played soldier so far, I havent heard of boomerang shield

You can unlock perks for your class, they act as passive abilities

Yes you get medals for all kind of "stunts"

2 weapons only (main + secondary) + nade + melee


You get tokens for every game you play and you need 15k to unlock a new class, or you can buy tribes gold and unlock them. You also gain xp and you can buy skills for the class you are playing.

Today they will be removing the speed cap, so the overall speed of the game should be MUCH faster.

here's the patch note :

http://hi-rez.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/276

any of you got into closed beta?

I should get more beta keys soon for some of you, pm me if you want one.

All gone for now, Trance, Vermi and Fly. If I get more I will let you guys know.

So far, I'm liking it.

One big difference is you have to earn points and gold to unlock light and heavy armor. Not too much of a fan of that because it gimps your team if everyone can only roll medium armor.

Having a spinfusor back in my hands was pretty nostalgic and I almost creamed my pants when I had my first spinfusor duel.

One nice thing they added is a "ski" button (spacebar). Not sure if they had that in Tribes III, I never played that, but I know it wasn't in Tribes II.

So, when your jetpack runs out, if you time it so your coming down a hill into a valley, you can ski down the hill, building up enough speed to ski up the other side and pop the jetpack when you crest the hill.

Skiing isn't new to Tribes of course, but it definitely seems like they spent some effort to more fully intigrate it into the game play.

So far I give it a thumbs up and would definitely buy the full version, especially if we could get some LoD playing.

Thanks a lot for the key Slaker, much appreciated.

no problem,

so far I am can play Soldier, Ranger, Raider, Jugg & Brute. You should buy the 30$ pack!