LivinDeath
08-28-2004, 05:43 AM
Ok first off, my vet4 sn mysteriously got banned so alas I am a newbie here again.
Secondly, where can I find some documentation on some of the more fine aspects of the game.. Like the user.ini settings and what not. Is there a good irc channel to go too? I haven't even figured out if there is a keybind for repair kits, or if its just automatic.
As for my initial impressions and thoughts..
1) Speed is fine.. I can't believe people think its slow or ackward. I haven't played Tribes for over four years (I was competition level back in T1) and I found myself zooming through cap runs just like the old T1 days, and capped out on some of the newbie servers without too much of a problem.
2) There is some lateral midair movement issues that are slightly irratating to get used too.. Especially when you are going mach5 and miss the flag by a millimeter. I suppose thats what the grappling thing is about, I haven't gotten used to that yet.
3) disk jumping is a little ackward.. It seems to push vertical much more than horizontal, even on an incline
4) Some bugs here and there, like stopping midair and lag at the beginning of matches at inven stations.. Thats been covered pretty much.
5) Disks are a tad slow at high player speeds. There was a good capper earlier today, and playing LD with the disk was an exercise in futility, even when I lead a mile away and was right behind him (same speed etc). Add a few mph on the max speed or something.
6) Ditto for chaingun speed.
7) Grenade launcher needs more ammo to be used at all
8) Other weapons are more or less balanced.. plasma rocks, rockets are cool to kill vehicles.. Sniper rifle is kinda messed up tho. The Mortar has a strange bouncy effect, but whatever we can get used to that
I still don't like the mine deployable thing... I find that ashame, especially with only 1 for ammo. It doesnt seem to be used very much effectively.. Maybe thats b/c im a newbie and not on competitive servers.
Also, is it true there is no scripting available? :( I long for a quick inven, and max power grenade script really badly.
Secondly, where can I find some documentation on some of the more fine aspects of the game.. Like the user.ini settings and what not. Is there a good irc channel to go too? I haven't even figured out if there is a keybind for repair kits, or if its just automatic.
As for my initial impressions and thoughts..
1) Speed is fine.. I can't believe people think its slow or ackward. I haven't played Tribes for over four years (I was competition level back in T1) and I found myself zooming through cap runs just like the old T1 days, and capped out on some of the newbie servers without too much of a problem.
2) There is some lateral midair movement issues that are slightly irratating to get used too.. Especially when you are going mach5 and miss the flag by a millimeter. I suppose thats what the grappling thing is about, I haven't gotten used to that yet.
3) disk jumping is a little ackward.. It seems to push vertical much more than horizontal, even on an incline
4) Some bugs here and there, like stopping midair and lag at the beginning of matches at inven stations.. Thats been covered pretty much.
5) Disks are a tad slow at high player speeds. There was a good capper earlier today, and playing LD with the disk was an exercise in futility, even when I lead a mile away and was right behind him (same speed etc). Add a few mph on the max speed or something.
6) Ditto for chaingun speed.
7) Grenade launcher needs more ammo to be used at all
8) Other weapons are more or less balanced.. plasma rocks, rockets are cool to kill vehicles.. Sniper rifle is kinda messed up tho. The Mortar has a strange bouncy effect, but whatever we can get used to that
I still don't like the mine deployable thing... I find that ashame, especially with only 1 for ammo. It doesnt seem to be used very much effectively.. Maybe thats b/c im a newbie and not on competitive servers.
Also, is it true there is no scripting available? :( I long for a quick inven, and max power grenade script really badly.