Tribes: Ascend

[bldavis]

Tribes: Ascend is a new fast paced skill based shooter from HiRez studios.
It is free to play, free to download

variety of gameplay styles from CTF (capture the flag), Arena, Team Deathmatch, and CAH (capture and hold, think AB/BfG but with near instant caps)

by fast paced i mean as a light class you can go upwards of 200km/hr
most weapons are projectile based (only hit-scan weapons are the sentinel's (ie sniper) rifle and 2 unlockable pistols)

weapons include anything from an explosive bolt launching crossbow of a few sizes (bolt launchers) to SMGs to grenade launchers to one of my favorites the fusion mortar
one of the most iconic though is the spinfuser
it launches an explosive disk at high speeds with no arc

light classes:
pathfinder - flag grabber, high speed/decent armorment
sentinel - sniper, main hit scan weapon (not projectile flight time, no leading needed)
infiltrator - think rogue with sticky grenades

medium classes:
soldier - basic grunt, slower then pathfinder, but more health and similar armorment
raider - all round base destroyer, nice health and nasty weapons
technician - closest thing tribes has to a healer, base fixer you job is to protect your bases radar/turrets/generator

heavy classes:
brute - big nasty with powerful weapons, slow as hell (as all heavies are) but can wreck anyone else if you get in range
doombringer - my personal main class, flag defense with forcefields and unlockable mines, and a chaingun
juggernaut - artillery in soldier form. big and slow, but you can hit from half a map away, big explosive weapons

one of the most important things to know is that all but the sentinel's rifles are projectile based, so you have to lead the target and when you get light classes going 250+ km/hr (over 100 m/hr) it can be interesting to try to hit at times
it is fairly fun with a variety of ways to play even within a single mode

one of your most important skills is called skiing, using hills(boot rockets reduce friction and let you slide) and your jet pack to get to insane speeds

i will add a link to HiRez as well as the wiki
and i can try to answer any question you have

so anyone else play?
if interested and you dont play currently,
Join me in Tribes:Ascend by signing up now! My player name is "Catagon". Click here to get started for FREE: https://account.hirezstudios.com/tribesascend/?referral=1518447&utm_campaign=email (yes i am using the email friend referral )

edit1: added links
edit2: corrected hit scan weapons statement

[Gab]

Played Tribes and Tribes 2 back in HS. They were a lot of fun, always preferred them over UT. I had all but forgotten about the games, might have to give this one a try. If I do, I'll definitely use your referral scheme.

[bldavis]

Played Tribes and Tribes 2 back in HS. They were a lot of fun, always preferred them over UT. I had all but forgotten about the games, might have to give this one a try. If I do, I'll definitely use your referral scheme.

i actually got interested after watching TotalBiscuit do a WTF is.... video for it, as well as a few update videos

so far i am having a blast in it, though my PC is a bit laggy and so i dont dare try one of the faster classes, but playing a doombringer and getting a kill when someone runs into you trying to grab the flag always makes me giggle