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IronKane Beta Tester Joined: Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:07 pm Posts: 497	Re: Vehicles and Tribes Acsend Havocs were great. They were instituted because Heavies had a really hard time getting from their base to the enemy base in any kind of timely fashion and alive. T2 Classic was a different story with mortar jumping heavies able to get to the base faster than most lights. So if you wanted to do a serious blitzkrieg base attack, you used the Havoc. None of the current T:A maps would really work with the Havoc. Distances are too short, HO's ski pretty fast and there is no complicated base designs that promote big interior battles.
Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:01 pm

EvilPhd Joined: Wed Feb 02, 2011 2:57 am Posts: 115	Re: Vehicles and Tribes Acsend More variety of vehicles would be super awesome. +1 to bring back the troop transport +1 to First person view in vehicles. +1 to at least 1 zoom level on the tank. _________________
Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:42 pm

Kilsalt Joined: Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:03 am Posts: 83	Re: Vehicles and Tribes Acsend FelixTG wrote: One issue: It's usually faster for a fatty to ski across the map to bombard the enemy stand than it is to pull a vehicle and get everybody gathered together. Blame it for the small maps we have atm. No proper large maps of previous titles have been released, when they put in one that takes 2-4 minutes of skiing to get at enemy base along with havoc transport we might actually see; 1) cappers using bikes when returning back 2) heavies on bikes + havocs and co-ordinated offense waves instead the non-stop "one man offense hero" that current maps recommend 3) how modern tech and fancy looks have made it impossible for us to have similar sized maps and teams that we had 10 years ago (64 vs 64 in maps without boundaries against current 16 vs 16 with bounds) Yeah it's sad, but that's the name of the game, "one man hero" fps's sell much better then those actually requiring teamwork from more then few inviduals in the team.
Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:46 pm

SeptaScarabae Joined: Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:48 am Posts: 648	Re: Vehicles and Tribes Acsend EvilPhd wrote: +1 to First person view in vehicles. This would be a great addition, expecially for the Shrike. I enjoy the ability to change to third person, but I prefer flying in first person. I think the last time I flew anything in third person was in Battlefield 1942, and again.. I would toggle views to get a better idea of enemy locations while dogfighting. This is something that would increase my likelihood of using vehicles ten fold. _________________ Classic Tribes Splash Screens, Tribes: Extreme
Mon Jul 02, 2012 12:10 am

sak1782 Joined: Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:46 pm Posts: 92	Re: Vehicles and Tribes Acsend I did not know riding Shrikes was a possibility. This makes sense now, being that a few days ago, a friendly Shrike landed infront of me and kept typing "get on" to me. I had no clue, kept pressing "G", and finally just ski'd off confused. lol I never play as jug, always brute, but I can see how it would still be useful for getting from pt to pt quickly.
Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:04 am

SeptaScarabae Joined: Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:48 am Posts: 648	Re: Vehicles and Tribes Acsend sak1782 wrote: I did not know riding Shrikes was a possibility. This makes sense now, being that a few days ago, a friendly Shrike landed infront of me and kept typing "get on" to me. I had no clue, kept pressing "G", and finally just ski'd off confused. lol. Yeah. I've seen people riding around with 3-4 people on their Shrike. It's absolutely hilarious to watch. _________________ Classic Tribes Splash Screens, Tribes: Extreme
Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:59 am

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IronKane

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Joined: Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:07 pm
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Re: Vehicles and Tribes Acsend

Havocs were great. They were instituted because Heavies had a really hard time getting from their base to the enemy base in any kind of timely fashion and alive. T2 Classic was a different story with mortar jumping heavies able to get to the base faster than most lights. So if you wanted to do a serious blitzkrieg base attack, you used the Havoc.

None of the current T:A maps would really work with the Havoc. Distances are too short, HO's ski pretty fast and there is no complicated base designs that promote big interior battles.

Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:01 pm

EvilPhd

Joined: Wed Feb 02, 2011 2:57 am
Posts: 115

Re: Vehicles and Tribes Acsend

More variety of vehicles would be super awesome.
+1 to bring back the troop transport
+1 to First person view in vehicles.
+1 to at least 1 zoom level on the tank.

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Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:42 pm

Kilsalt

Joined: Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:03 am
Posts: 83

Re: Vehicles and Tribes Acsend

FelixTG wrote:

One issue:

It's usually faster for a fatty to ski across the map to bombard the enemy stand than it is to pull a vehicle and get everybody gathered together.

Blame it for the small maps we have atm. No proper large maps of previous titles have been released, when they put in one that takes 2-4 minutes of skiing to get at enemy base along with havoc transport we might actually see;
1) cappers using bikes when returning back
2) heavies on bikes + havocs and co-ordinated offense waves instead the non-stop "one man offense hero" that current maps recommend
3) how modern tech and fancy looks have made it impossible for us to have similar sized maps and teams that we had 10 years ago (64 vs 64 in maps without boundaries against current 16 vs 16 with bounds)

Yeah it's sad, but that's the name of the game, "one man hero" fps's sell much better then those actually requiring teamwork from more then few inviduals in the team.

Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:46 pm

SeptaScarabae

Joined: Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:48 am
Posts: 648

Re: Vehicles and Tribes Acsend

EvilPhd wrote:

+1 to First person view in vehicles.

This would be a great addition, expecially for the Shrike. I enjoy the ability to change to third person, but I prefer flying in first person. I think the last time I flew anything in third person was in Battlefield 1942, and again.. I would toggle views to get a better idea of enemy locations while dogfighting. This is something that would increase my likelihood of using vehicles ten fold.

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Mon Jul 02, 2012 12:10 am

sak1782

Joined: Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:46 pm
Posts: 92

Re: Vehicles and Tribes Acsend

I did not know riding Shrikes was a possibility. This makes sense now, being that a few days ago, a friendly Shrike landed infront of me and kept typing "get on" to me. I had no clue, kept pressing "G", and finally just ski'd off confused. lol

I never play as jug, always brute, but I can see how it would still be useful for getting from pt to pt quickly.

Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:04 am

SeptaScarabae

Joined: Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:48 am
Posts: 648

Re: Vehicles and Tribes Acsend

sak1782 wrote:

Yeah. I've seen people riding around with 3-4 people on their Shrike. It's absolutely hilarious to watch.

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Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:59 am

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