Midair Alpha Launching 26th March
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so ive played midair alot today. the physics are fun, and easy to pick up. Even in beta, miles ahead of shitty TA.
I like it, a few minor squibbles (no health kit, no shocklance, gimmicky alternate uses for packs), but overall its heading in the right direction. Not bad for $30
I like it, a few minor squibbles (no health kit, no shocklance, gimmicky alternate uses for packs), but overall its heading in the right direction. Not bad for $30
second best weapon in tribes
The Pumpkin King
Veteran XX
Replica post from 2001, 2004, and 2012.
"Desiring a quality product is for crybaby losers." -fratboy argument
I think all the naive 20 year olds are in another thread d00d.
TripLikeIDo
Veteran XV
is the ability to hold w coming as a micro transaction?
The Pumpkin King
Veteran XX
Yup, and now I'm on a forum 16 years later talking about a new "Tribes" game where the Ctrl-K suicide button has been rebound to the "W" forward key.
If you were on that team, you were probably a cool guy that I liked a lot... hats off to you.
If you were on that team, you were probably a cool guy that I liked a lot... hats off to you.
Laughing-Stork
Veteran XV
PSA: it was just as bad to hold W in T1.
smfh
smfh
it does take a bit getting used to. Hold jet (w key for me) to go up. Press fwd (rmb) and jet to go straight.
I do miss from TV and TA the adjustments you could make in the air though. Here, press A or D in air, without the jet, does nothing. Purists will love it, but it did make inflight adjustments easy
I do miss from TV and TA the adjustments you could make in the air though. Here, press A or D in air, without the jet, does nothing. Purists will love it, but it did make inflight adjustments easy
The Pumpkin King
Veteran XX
Laughing-Stork
Veteran XV
That's the truth. Most of the people complaining about this are Ascend players. All of the active T1 players have no trouble because it's the same fucking thing in T1.
This, maybe a bit easier though. Perhaps because the maps in t1 and t2 were at times jagged as fuck, these stock maps are all rolling hills on purpose
Laughing-Stork
Veteran XV
Yeah, the whole game is loads easier than T1. The jets are even more powerful.
groov
Veteran XX
i wouldnt say its exactly like T1, there are so many nuances that are different - less gravity, thrust power differences between horizontal and vertical, smooth skiing, less powerful jump, lower cap on fall speed, less fall damage, etc etc etc
and i still find holding W more punishing in midair at high speeds - you can hold W in T1 anytime ur not thrusting because it makes no difference, same as midair but there were definitely uber-fast routes like the IceRidge back to front that you had to hold W+Jet to gain and maintain your speed, whereas similar routes in midair feel like you should let off W and just tap upwards jet occasionally to maintain your height
so when people keep saying 'its exactly like t1' i find it a bit frustrating and really gives people the wrong kind of expectation that they can do everything exactly like they did in T1
its not exactly like T1 if you can list 5 to 10 differences. its similar.
if it was exactly the same then, if somehow they were able to make say, a copy of stonehenge, the routes would take the same amount of time, you'd jet and use vectored controls exactly the same, and you'd use the same amount of jet power. but for some reason, i think it would play out differently... cuz its not exactly the same.
not saying its bad, its far easier than T1 aside from picking up those little nuances - its just a little different
and i still find holding W more punishing in midair at high speeds - you can hold W in T1 anytime ur not thrusting because it makes no difference, same as midair but there were definitely uber-fast routes like the IceRidge back to front that you had to hold W+Jet to gain and maintain your speed, whereas similar routes in midair feel like you should let off W and just tap upwards jet occasionally to maintain your height
so when people keep saying 'its exactly like t1' i find it a bit frustrating and really gives people the wrong kind of expectation that they can do everything exactly like they did in T1
its not exactly like T1 if you can list 5 to 10 differences. its similar.
if it was exactly the same then, if somehow they were able to make say, a copy of stonehenge, the routes would take the same amount of time, you'd jet and use vectored controls exactly the same, and you'd use the same amount of jet power. but for some reason, i think it would play out differently... cuz its not exactly the same.
not saying its bad, its far easier than T1 aside from picking up those little nuances - its just a little different
Laughing-Stork
Veteran XV
it's not exact, it's easier. This is why I don't get the complaints. I'm one of the few who went from actively playing T1 to playing Midair for a decent amount of time. T1 is by far the harder game. People struggling with Midairs physics and claiming to be T1 fanbois is blowing my mind.
Complaining about the art, base design, balance of weapons, these are complaints I expected. But I didn't see the physics being something that TW would complain about.
The first thing I told Mabel and Bugspray was I thought it was too easy to get around the map. Ez ski mode and strong jets. I was concerned about it but apparently I was wrong.
Complaining about the art, base design, balance of weapons, these are complaints I expected. But I didn't see the physics being something that TW would complain about.
The first thing I told Mabel and Bugspray was I thought it was too easy to get around the map. Ez ski mode and strong jets. I was concerned about it but apparently I was wrong.
What was the point of this game again? Wasn't it Tribes with better graphics? lol