I bought T:V Friday night Oct. 8th at EB Games here in Northern Illinois. I had already played the beta and the demo many times. Even played a few scrims on both. Sorry to say that I am disappointed in T:V.
I bought and played T1 the second week it was released. I played it competively as member of the enDless until T2 came out. I had pre-ordered T2 and my team is still playing it competitively on the BEML. I can remember both games having lots of patches and people complaining about different issues on both. Everything from cheats/hacks to gameplay to FPS. However, the one thing IMHO that both T1 and T2 had that seems to be missing from T:V is the game depth, uniqueness and functionality that made the two previous versions so addicting. T:V seems to play more like Quake or Unreal Tournament than Tribes (except for the spinfusor and jet packs) and doesn't provide that same yurning or desire for more and more.
However, as I stated, I have purchased the game and will play it because to me, one of the big parts of the overall gaming experiance is the team. Our team has been together a long time and we have developed many close friendships. With that I say that as long as we have the same core group of people playing, most of us will remain and play regardless of what game it is. I would think there are others that feel the same as I do and will purchase and play the game because that is the direction that their team is going. Don't get me wrong, I like the game but just don't see myself putting the time into it as I did with the other previous versions. Hopefully it will grow on me.