By Richard Cobbett on December 9th, 2011 at 12:17 pm.

Tribes: Ascend is a game about leaping off a cliff, hitting your jetpack at exactly the right moment to build momentum, then skiing across the whole map while hurling explosive discs at equally zippy pursuers. Backwards. It’s also one of Those franchises. You know the ones I mean. The ones with an army of fans fueled by nostalgia and high-explosives, ready to set fire to anything that dares even think about taking the name of their beloved game in vain.
But is Ascend a brave new start for the series, or just so much free-to-play kindling? I pulled my jetpack out of storage and ventured into the Not-Quite-Closed Beta to find out…

Like most Tribes fans, the original game has a special place in my heart – specifically, just past the third aortic valve. It wasn’t my first online shooter, but it was the first my crappy internet connection let me really get into. “Come for the jetpacks,” I remember hearing it whisper. “Stay for the scale. Oh, and feel free to slip that Starsiege disc I came bundled with into the microwave. Nobody’s going to give a squitty little crap about that in a couple of months time.”
Playing Tribes: Ascend’s current maps and modes, I can safely say I don’t feel the kind of geek-rage that resulted in what our in-house therapist now calls “The Syndicate Incident”. That said, my memories of it are more a warm fuzzy cloud of “Wooo! Jetpacks!” and “This is actually playable on my rubbish modem!” than specifics of its balance system or map design. I played Tribes 2 for a bit, but not as much as the original. Most damningly in the eyes of the series’ fans, I even… gulp… enjoyed the much despised Tribes: Vengeance back in 2004, if only for the novelty of its neat character-swapping single-player campaign. (I know. I’m sorry.)
With all this in mind, here’s how things stand: Hi-Rez still has some way to go before launch if it wants Ascend to match its predecessors, but I’ve been enjoying it on both its own terms, and as a sequel – if not to the point of paying to unlock anything in its item store. As for how it compares to its upcoming semi-competitor Firefall, I have no idea. I’ve not played that one yet. They’re two very different games though, with Firefall embracing open-world action and PvE, and Tribes: Ascend sticking firmly to the series’ roots as a round-based team combat game.

If you want to get in on the Closed Beta, you have three basic routes – ask a friend who’s already in to give you a key, if they have one, find a site giving them away, or buy pre-order a £20/$30 copy for guaranteed admission, along with 3,000 futuristic funbucks to spend in-game and some other bits and pieces. Without paying up, you only get access to two of the 12 classes – Ranger and Soldier – and have to unlock the others with gold (520 for most right now) or playing roughly a billion rounds to earn enough in-game credit. On the plus side, anything you unlock will remain yours after launch, along with any ranks and progression in each class.
The problem with this approach is obvious. With only two classes as freebies, and only one of them wielding Tribes’ iconic Spinfusor gun, maps have a tendency to end up as Soldier-fests, with only a handful in the games I’ve played going for more situationally relevant ones like the mortar-hurling Juggernaut. Soldier is a perfectly good class, and buying the others absolutely no guarantee of victory, but the core Capture The Flag game, complete with vehicles and bases to defend, just isn’t the same without a wide spread of character classes around you.
It’s largely because of this that I’ve been drawn far more to the drop-in friendly Team Deathmatch mode instead. This gives both factions a stockpile of lives, with a 2X bonus for the team that holds the flag at any given time. This adds a sense of focus while not requiring anything in the way of team co-ordination – people naturally gravitate to the flag carrier, while engaging in impromptu high-speed duels over the blandly attractive terrain maps.

Every class gets its own load-out, with weapons ranging from sniper rifles to futuristic machine guns. For Soldiers though, Tribes continues to belong to the Spinfusor – which is odd, because it’s about the stupidest, most poorly conceived weapon in the history of everything. In fact, in any real world situation, even suggesting it be built would result in the creator being taken out and shot. In the Tribes-verse though, its introduction apparently went something like this…
“Sir! I’ve finished the new gun. I call it… the Spinfusor.”
“Excellent! With this, we shall finally crush the Diamond Sword! Or Blood Eagles! Whichever one we aren’t! Frankly, I can’t remember myself most of the time! Tell me, is it all I hoped for?”
“Uhhh. Maybe? It’s a spectacularly slow projectile designed for hitting enemies with jetpacks who are travelling at high speeds in three dimensions. For safety reasons, it also has very limited splash damage, and doesn’t even hurt all that much if you get hit in the face with it. Also, its ammo is so big and bulky, our Soldiers will only get a few shots from it.”
“I… see. Well, your death probably won’t be torturous, but…”
“Did I mention it fires those glowing blue disc things from Tron?”
“WE SHALL MAKE IT OUR SIGNATURE WEAPON!”
Luckily, being stupid as hell doesn’t mean it’s not incredibly fun to use. Hitting enemies from a distance requires incredible precision/good luck that can be put down to incredible precision, and the fact you usually have to get in two or three solid hits makes it all the more satisfying to win. Duels are huge, spiralling and chaotic, forcing you to stay off the ground as much as possible (since that makes you much more likely to be hit by splash damage) while still tracking and predicting enemy movement. A good kill is a thing of beauty, especially in the rare occasions you get to turn and pop someone right out of the air. This is known as a Blue Plate Special, and the pop-up notification when you get one is sweeter than any sack of bonus points.

Along with jetpacks and the Spinfusor, the defining Tribes mechanic is the ability to ski around levels at insanely fast speeds. Most spawn locations in the maps make a point of starting you on a hill to make it easy to get your speed up, as well as providing you with an at-a-glance view of where the action is happening and where your skills will be most appreciated.
To ski, you simply jump down and hold the spacebar to be freed from the evil bitch that is friction, making judicious use of your jetpack to fly up hills and leap over obstacles. Momentum is retained whichever direction you look in, making it easy possible to shoot pursuers if you’re holding a flag, or spin to strafe a flag-carrier as you both hurtle across the map. Grab it yourself, and you’re immediately thrust into a mix of Sonic the Hedgehog, Starship Troopers and playground tag – especially in Team Deathmatch, where the question isn’t whether you can hold onto it, but how long you can evade your pursuers before your luck runs out.
As with almost everything in Tribes, it takes time to get the hang of this – but that just makes it more meaningful to finally clamber up the competency curve and start scoring points. Those points also pay your way into the more advanced tools at your disposal, like buying vehicles and calling in an orbital strike from anywhere that gives you line-of-sight on the target.

The downside of the combat style is that it tends to distance you from your enemies, to the point that you don’t leap into battle against Infiltrators and Juggernauts so much as little red dots. Killing those little red dots feels good, but it’s a thrill destined to fade as you get more comfortable with the weapons and being awesome becomes less of an Event.
Original Tribes made up for this slight disconnect with its focus on team-play, though it still remains to be seen if enough people will stump up the cash/time to make that as enjoyable this time around. Tribes: Ascend’s use of a League of Legends style free-to-play model makes sense, but only having 12 classes to parcel out compared to that game’s 41,540,329 different champions seems like it could be a problem for a game designed around the assumption that people would just be able to jump in and play the different roles as required. There’s still time to fix that though, as well as adding other money-sinks like cosmetic character options, which could allow for more class choice up front if balance proves an issue after launch.

As for the pre-order option, it’s not a bad deal if you already know you’ll be playing Ascend. The gold will help unlock the majority of the classes for you up-front, as well as give you a handy booster pack that lets you unlock their individual talent trees considerably faster. These don’t seem to radically change your role, but give you upgrades you’ll want, like an extra 10 Spinfusor shots, or extra running speed, all paid for by experience won for winning games.
For the cost of it though, I’d advise trying to get a free closed beta code before committing yourself. It’s an enjoyable game, but one that’s definitely not going to appeal to everyone. There’ll be an open beta a bit closer to the game’s release in 2012, which will both hopefully have more maps, and have given early players plenty of time to unlock the other classes. That’s when we’ll really see how well Ascend lives up to the Tribes legacy, and if its world of jetpacks and flying discs can win over a whole new generation of Eagles and Sworders.



I’ve got a beta key as well, and hot DAMN I am having some major fun with this.
I’ve never been big into the competitive FPS scene (Bad internet connection as a kid), and faux-realistic stuff like CoD and BF just didn’t appeal to me.
This is my first Tribes game, and I am having massive fun just moving around the map at crazy speeds. That’s always a sign of a good game.
The kills are VERY satisfying to achieve (especially with the spinfusor), and tagging the flag is always exhilarating.
I already threw 8 bux their way, because I believe the game’s worth it. I can only hope it will trigger a change in the current FPS flavor of CoD-like games.
EDIT: Also, don’t be mean to the pistol! It’s a great weapon, especially for finishing people off, or simply pummeling lighter classes. That is, if you got enough accuracy to use it!
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“It’s a great weapon, especially for finishing people off, or simply pummeling lighter classes.”
And “Bard” is a perfectly valid choice of RPG character class…
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My Ultima 4 Avatar was a bard. Eat that!
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Spoken like a Bard.
Which is to say, rubbishly.
Mages are best.
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Well, can Mages do… THIS?
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Shazam!
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Oh come on, you can’t possibly have never picked up light armor and a blaster and taken down a juggernaut just because you could.
The piddliest little weapons are always the most satisfying. Like you said the spinfusor is poorly conceived and practical like an underground airport but that just makes it more fun, and the worst possible weapons have the same charm (but don’t shoot explosive discs).
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“Well, can Mages do… THIS?”
VAS ORT SLAM!
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Have at thee, foul magician!
REL POR VAS!
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Yeah, the pistol’s purpose really is being a “last resort”, to some extent. It’s a secondary weapon that’s intended to easily take away that last sliver of health from enemies quickly skiing away, and to keep enemies’ regeneration from kicking in during prolonged fights.
Don’t expect something like the Ranger’s grenade launcher, which is effectively its primary weapon, despite filling the secondary slot. (While its “primary” weapon is(/was? Don’t know, haven’t played the last patch, yet, which is supposed to reduce its accuracy) still vastly overpowered, due to rapid fire hitscan)
And I’d like to spinfuse some beta keys at you all, but I haven’t received a new batch yet.
Oh, and the spinfusor’s projectiles really aren’t that slow, they just have to travel tremendous absolute distances, making them seem relatively slow compared to the speed at which you normally traverse said distances. Though the community is trying to get Hi-Rez to add momentum inheritance to projectiles (and grenades), to make up for their seemingly lacking speed.
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“The piddliest little weapons are always the most satisfying. ”
Nothing gave a big middle finger like telefragging someone in UT2004.
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In fact, uh, the pistol is such a good weapon that the better players only fire one shot from the spinfusor for the front-loaded damage, and switch to the pistol.
The pistol has higher DPS than the Spinfusor(about 50% more, in fact), and it hits instantly, instead of having to, you know, aim it.
There are major balance issues in the game like this. The hitscan weapons are way too powerful because their in-house testers can’t aim.
High level play is going to devolve into players who can aim just right clicking on each other, instead of seeing them go for those mid air disk hits. :(
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My brother threw me a beta key the other day. I’ve only had the chance to play a few rounds so far, but I’m loving this. Maybe I’m just easily impressed (I thought Tribes: Vengeance was pretty neat, too, and I miss the grappling hook for crazy jetpack cornering action), but this feels fast, open and full of room for player skill to really shine.
It’s nice to look out across a map and mentally plot an ideal skiing course from where you are, to where you want to go.
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Horace goes skiing, best tag-line ever. Ahhh, the warm, rosy glow of nostalgia!
Edit: The warm, rosy glow of nostalgia over Horace has turned into a raging, rosy fire of nostalgia after being combined with Tribes 2 memories! Someone dial 999/your local equivalent!
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Great article, have been enjoying this quite a lot myself over the last few weeks.
I would suggest trying to get a beta key and then purchasing the cheapest gold option (800 gold was about £6.99 here) simply because making any purchase in the beta will get you lifetime VIP status (plus the bonus XP and tokens every game that come with it). I would certainly recommend picking up the pathfinder with the gold as well, great class.
Also on the topic of beta keys:
EDIT: All gone…more below
You will need to download the hi-command client from their website to redeem them.
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Don’t know if these have been used yet.
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FYI: first key in EvilMonk3y’s list has been claimed, and I’ve just taken the second key. Thanks a bundle!
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WHY AM I ALWAYS TO SLOW TO THESE THINGS?!?!
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All those keys are gone
The beta may as well be open now as every time my ‘keys for friends’ list empties they fill it back up again. Will keep posting some as long as they keep being used.
EDIT: Gone, more below
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More please! :)
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Happy tribing.
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all gone … :(
can I buy the 8$ booster pack to get beta access? Or does it have to be the VIP pack?
Edit: Thanks EvilMonk3y!
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first one is used up, thanks for the keys!
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You have to buy the VIP pack, sadly.
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Another set for you fine gentlemen.
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Thanks to MunchySnacks!!
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i got one of Zhou’s keys (thank you brother) and i received one for a friend after sign up, since i’m forever alone here :
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I would love to have a chance to play at all. Got an beta invite and crashed on the brick wall of Hi-Command, HiRez’s all new Launcher that on some machines doesn’t install, on some its unable to properly download the client, and on some never gets past infinite “Loading” stage (this is my case). Tried every trick in the book provided by their CA team, support posts and player-made guides; to no effect.
Well, good thing I also got invited to the DOTA 2 Beta that WORKS for a change.
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If you haven’t tried this already, download the HiCommand download on the main site (it might be in support somewhere.. I can’t remember) instead of the one it gives you when you say you want to download Tribes Ascend
The generic download doesn’t seem to run into this problem
I had two friends who ran into the same “Loading” problem as you
HiCommand does suck though, and I believe they’re working on a better launcher
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Loving the beta so far. I can see why the Spinfusor sounds silly on paper, but it is so satisfying to get a perfect hit on an enemy and kill him.
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BUT HATS, WILL IT HAVE HATS?!?
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If it does, the first had better be the Shazbonnet!
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Three reclaimed and a bills for your Genuine Shazbonnet!
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It’s 8 AM here and I’m already convinced this will be the most entertaining comment I’ll read today.
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If someone has played both Section 8: Prejudice and this – how do they compare? It sounds like it would be a more fruitful comparison than CoD or BF.
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Section 8 has no similarity to Tribes: Ascend. Trust me on this.
Jetpack dynamics are a whole lot more than “superjumps” in Tribes. Try it! You might
Iike it!
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@Zealuu
Although there’s an obvious thematic similarity between Section 8 and Tribes, they could hardly play more differently. Section 8 is, for all intents and purposes, basically a standard first person shooter played on a larger battlefield with some nifty high-tech add-ons. Sure, you can sprint around pretty quick and jump a few stories high every so often, but it’s still a run-around-and-shoot game at its heart.
Tribes isn’t really like that. You can run if it tickles your fancy, but you’ll be easy pickings for the thirty guys flying over your head. Instead, the jetpack is your best friend and primary mode of transportation, allowing you to slide down hills and blast through the air at 150-200 KPH. Combat is fast and frenetic, a bit like a bunch of guys on Japanese superbikes trying to nail one another with baseballs. Overall, the game will make you think a first-person shooter had a drunken dalliance with a flight sim one night, and this is their bastard, mutant offspring.
…and good god is it fun.
It comes down to this: The battlefields in Tribes are probably a bit bigger than Section 8′s, but Tribes has no need for a burn-in spawn system because you can cross the map in 10 seconds once you’ve got skiing down.
This should give you a fair idea of how Tribes plays.
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One blue plate special, coming right up.
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The game is fun but unlocking things without paying will take ages.
I tried to pay for the cheapest booster pack (10 days) which is $8 or about 6 Euros and their system wouldn’t accept my prepaid Visa in any way.
A bit of a disappointment, since I’m not going to spend months trying to unlock classes the free way and I lost interest in the game altogether.
Pretty cool though, if I could get their payment system to work I’d definitely have kept playing it.
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They just lowered prices by a truckload
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currently am on a break sort of. too much lol, too much fun.
but i really enjoyed tribes and will again soon. i am new to the tribes franchise though. it’s pretty hard to learn the game but once you get the hang of it, it is so rewarding.
btw. only because firefall has jetpacks does not mean that both games have anything in common. in fact they don’t have anything in common other than the jetpacks that also work totally different in both games. nono, bad bad. never ever compare both games. i am actually in both betas. i can’t tell you anything else.
except…
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good luck.
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I never played the original Tribes, but I’m really enjoying Ascend. Shooting your pursuer’s knees with Spinfusor while skiing backwards at ridiculous speeds feels absolutely amazing.
The game still needs some work (no ****, it’s a beta!), but if they can fix some performance issues (FPS randomly capped to 30 on 2500K / 2×6950) and make the progression more appealing (not much to unlock and it’s extremely slow), I can see Tribes: Ascend getting really popular.
Richard: Have you really shot 3 solid spinfusor hits to enemies before they die? I’ve only played for a couple of hours, but usually direct hits kill enemies instantly and even the splash damage seems to take half the HP off from soldiers, if you hit right next to their feet.
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I tend to find it takes at least a couple to take someone out, though I might just be rubbish. But usually surviving ambling around, so it’s possibly contagious.
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Funny Zealuu mentions Section: Prejudice. Tribes sounds like Section 8 writ larger, with a more grandiose scale. And, hopefully, more varied maps and modes. Though Tribes does not have GFWL, which is always a plus.
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I too am curious how they play from a comparison standpoint. Being more of a coop person myself, however, I am looking forward to finally playing Firefall more so than this, but to each their own.
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Noononononononono ooooooo
Tribes is totally different!
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I probably loved all the features in the original Tribes that were ultimately useless once a few good twitchy skiiers were on the server. Like targeting assist/laser guiding, hiding sensor extenders around the place and then using homing missile turrets to take out baddies clear across the map, general command screen bollox and of course vehicles.
Are any of those things still in there? Hard to tell some times.
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Starsiege was a glorious game, you knave, and left its story indelibly imprinted upon my teenage brain.
I couldn’t play Tribes thanks to lacking a real internet connection at the time.
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Gave this to some fella on the forums roughly two weeks ago but it hasn’t been claimed yet. So here goes:
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Thanks Hanban. Claimed yours a few minutes ago.
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Here is a key: V2DD3-7EB92-DA2B4-A59AC-C476E
I’ll be posting more as I get them.
Also if anyone wants to dick around on gravcycles (POSSIBLY THE FUNNEST THING!?) add retpaladin to your friends list.
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that would be grand!
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Almost got one a couple of times but someone beats me in the second menu :(
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Here’s another key:
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hehe, too slow
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If it’s alright with you guys, I’d like to join in the self-worth inflation.
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you beauty! downloading now. much appreciated!
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Good grief! I’m five minutes late and all three appear to have been taken.
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Picked up one of the keys, thank you kindly.
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Now I’m starting to wonder if I’m doing it wrong, but it always says the key I’ve entered has already reached its limit.
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Were you inputting them in the Hi-rez client? Downloadable here: http://tribesascend.com/
I’ve heard of quite a few people trying to redeem them via Steam, goes to show how huge a piece of PC gaming it is.
I’ll have more keys just after 16:00 if you are still around.
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I was logging in on the site and entering trying these as referral keys… That explains a lot. I’ll download the client on lunch break and try some then. Thanks!
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Why on earth does the Spinfusor have to be manually reloaded by sticking the disc in by hand? The original one just queued another disc into the chamber on its own. Not only is the new animation dumber, it takes some of the coolness away from the weapon itself.
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The Pathfinders Spinfuser still does this ;-)
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Where does one find these friend keys? In Hi Command or on the account page or….?
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In Hi-command, if you have keys it’ll say “Beta Keys for Friends” or something similar in the list below the Play button. You normally need to be VIP to get keys I believe but sometimes standard beta players get a couple keys as well.
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I can’t believe I missed all the sweet sweet beta keys D:
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” roughly a billion rounds to earn enough in-game credit. ” This has been changed for the Pathfinder and Juggernaught. They are much cheaper now. Technicion and Infiltrator are both in range of about half a billion rounds. The rest is still 9600 Tokens afaik…
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I played the heck out of Tribes 1, Tribes 2, and yes, even Tribes Vengeance, AND I beta tested and bought Global Agenda on pre-order. C’mon Hi-rez, help an unemployed guy out :P
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Can I have beta key as well please?
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Mmmhmm. Don’t suppose there’s any more floating around?
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Me three!
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Me 4 – Please so kindly :-)
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And more:
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Right, nabbed the first one. You’re brilliant.
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I grabbed the third one, it said error occured but it is downloading the client so I guess I got it?
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Got the second one. Thanks a bunch !
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I got in! playing now, thanks for key.
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More keys! Oh boy!
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Anyone fancy pming me one? seem to miss out on these by a couple of mins everytime xD
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Would anyone have a key they could just message me? I want to play a shooter like this to get away from the slurry of “semi-realistic” crap we have at the moment
EDIT: Never Mind, turns out a mate who’s had the beta for a while just realised he can refer people so gave me a code
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Well this is frustrating. I tried about 4 beta keys and they just keep sending me back my profile without saying if it was activated or not. Anyone having a similar issue?
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Can someone please pm me one? This game sounds great and I wish I could play it.
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how do you send a pm here?.
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Choose forums at the top, then go to private messages ;)
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if anyone wants to pm me one i would be quite grateful, i keep missing them
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Pff, what a Halo ripoff. I can’t wait until Microsoft sues the pants off these guys.
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Pff what a troll rip off, I can’t wait for the real trolls to sue the pants off you
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Tribes came before halo dude, get your facts straight
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No idea how they’re allocating them, the more I hand out the more they seem to give me. 4 more:
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Aw crap. Too late. Again. :(
edit: Woohoo! The first one from PurpleTentacle worked – thanks a lot for sharing! :D
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these keys just vanish in the thin air :D tried whole day to get key still havent luck :D
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No problem, neolith. Enjoy it :-)
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I want a key, pretty please with sugar, nuts, a cherry, and chocolate sprinkles !
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I’ve never played a Tribes game before, but hot damn am I having fun with this one. I played until 6am this morning, and even then didn’t want to stop.
It’s just so fast-paced and delicious :)
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ffs i keep missing them :(
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Can anyone please please send me a code for this! I’d be really grateful! I want to play it so bad!
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Can someone also send me a code for this? I’ve been trying and I can’t tell if its declining my code or not.
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keep ‘em rollin!_!
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As I am a very, very nice man:
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Have fun with it!
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W00t! Got the first one.
Thanks! :D
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Already gone! FUUUU
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Do all beta testers get keys my Bro is in beta but hasn’t said anything bout free keys to me and I am stuck at work so I can’t use any of these. Also I hear they are being posted a lot in 4chan’s video game forums if some of you guys are too slow to get any of these :)
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another key:
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GOTCHA! Thank you so much!
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Witness!
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Just grabbed the second key thanks! Were can I find the keys to share out?
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I’m feeling really torn here, I desperately want to spread the word and get fresh meat in the game but surely there are only a limited number of servers and I don’t want to be forever stuck in queues for ‘em.
Ah well:
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The 4th key is mine. Thank you kindly good sir.
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I snagged the first one. Big thanks, Provender. Also, thanks to everyone else who has been sharing codes.
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Argh! Why do the comments load so slowly! I can see some keys posted in the recent comments section to the right, but that doesn’t show the full key and they don’t come up here till in few minutes! THE PAIN!
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V20DD-694E8-47CF4-F619D-86D6B
V2477-64D11-DD8C4-5F9B1-BC2CF
Keys as promised!
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Can you message me on the forums?
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Meh my keys dont seem to be replacing after being used =/
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V2636-BC968-6C1F4-1CD87-F5288
V219C-4F546-B0484-0209A-9DE93
V2CB0-25FA5-FD7A4-FACA6-09C91
V298A-31177-CA684-A87AE-7C0C6
4 more :)
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thanks man :)
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shazbot!
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Man! I am so late to the show. I wanna play this so damn bad.
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MORE KEYS!
V25C0-91C6D-0A144-54894-506B2
V202D-FDB11-65254-D8BBF-5EC05
V2071-13553-4B714-580A5-0A967
V23EA-276A8-AC6E4-90D84-666C1
F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5
If you want to play with me add retpaladin to your friends list :D
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Got the 4th one, thanks! ^^
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Any idea how to get more beta keys once you handed the initial 2 out?
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V2B5D-EB0BC-251B4-91889-6E900
V2DD2-08E78-D98D4-63AAC-651DF
This thread makes me think of a digital keychain and how weird it would be to see a bunch of alphanumeric strings hanging from a loop.
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Damn… always late to this things -_-
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4 more
V2E01-C58B8-6FC04-FFFBD-C7E0B
V2578-36C74-EB704-F17B0-9878A
V2318-D8D96-9F5B4-F27A6-59D40
V2E48-6E857-990A4-44584-A5438
Shazbot!
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Awesome. Thanks!
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Thank you! You’ve gladdened the heart of one veteran jetpack-skier today.
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I grabbed the first key tungstenHead posted (thanks, man!) and would like to give keys back now as well.
Where can I find the keys/activate them/whatever?
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Take a penny, leave a penny:
V217C-C0A0B-4F7D4-EAEAE-7F3FE
Please be the kind of person who gets easily shot in the head and plays on the other team :)
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If you have keys it will say “BETA KEYS FOR FRIENDS” below the play button in the launcher.
V269D-299C4-DFF24-FDDAF-FB3C6
V281A-52992-FE754-09E91-E2232
V2C5B-30239-227A4-5DF96-08938
V2A31-0AC82-B5DB4-4C3B1-B0626
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Thanks a lot, Kretan!
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Woohoo! thanks Kretan. Im in!
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More keys, yo.
V2340-71AA0-CF064-4ECB5-87533
V2998-082BA-5ADF4-209A0-D0DE4
V2490-36223-02794-BFBBA-5047D
V234D-2034B-21D54-35188-8FBFD
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thanks dawg
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Tribes beta key:
V21FC-4DAD2-42C64-5CDA0-4D077
V27DD-6A8B8-D3734-D52A1-AE970
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VP959-84675-D50E4-51A8A-684E3
VPB11-11254-BB9F4-FD2B5-0AD95
Enjoy!
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I shall, thanks!
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Thanks nizzie!!! =)
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Drat.
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Shepard. Wrex.
V235E-70895-B2164-1DCBF-20D50
V2D08-99EEC-552E4-3E591-95BCF
V20C0-70DA9-4BF54-28C9C-B1D24
V2FDA-3A624-073A4-3079E-A3BF5
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Thanks so much!
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Enjoy the keys! ^^
V2D1B-6AE79-E2184-FE190-9353C
V2F19-B52AE-232D4-F98A0-741A4
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some more
V249B-8D811-8BC14-3D487-06F56
V2B0A-1C6E9-77BD4-1F4A1-EDA60
V26AD-DAB92-54594-197B7-A3979
V2EBE-0D89B-2A104-D0991-A548F
Shazbot!
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V2485-28F74-8B074-1B38F-0763C
V2857-2243A-776C4-527A0-A37EE
V2DF9-2F8CA-57704-75A98-CED20
V28B5-3BE86-86EC4-16588-EC17F
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Thanks alot, finally got one :)
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Paying it forward:
V2026-E7AC9-10214-94188-7F327
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Thanks so much, best game series ever :)
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It’s nice you guys are sharing keys.
Hope I didn’t miss out on all of them!
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wtb key
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MOAR.
V2CE5-72474-DCA54-51086-9C8D5
V29BC-9D273-A7644-1C4A2-B9DC3
V2C64-458F4-8A6A4-DC4AC-27007
V2227-168E8-21A54-48691-FF27D
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You have my thanks!
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Humbly requesting a key.
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Humbly offering four more keys:
V242F-57DE7-3F884-607BF-5CB44
V293F-67BCA-BC0F4-F6587-6CA9A
V242D-FB4BE-387B4-36382-146BD
V2591-D82DA-DC7F4-354A5-B377D
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Even more.
V2872-E1BC9-53A24-E0380-659DD
V2906-BE4F2-D80B4-F45AA-77E2A
V206F-41EFC-4CEB4-C77B0-DACA5
V2BD8-96A45-53184-115BC-8C661
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My beta keys
V2BE9-D5D8C-85544-00CAE-7A383
V29BF-BC281-AC5C4-B8F8E-82085
Enjoy!!!
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I don’t suppose there’re any more keys out there…
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I have one to offer:
V246C-E98A3-49484-E9DBE-A145D
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thank you sir!!!
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Here be another:
VP713-C356E-C9DD4-FEB9A-91F12
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I finished my finals today and now I snagged a key for a game I want to play! Ergonomic Cat, I must now swear a life* debt to you!
*Offer only valid in Canada.
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Shazbot! I only just found this thread, and there don’t seem to be any live keys left on it. >_<
edit: woo, went to twitter, saw a #tribesascend post about some streaming on twitch tv and someone posted a key in the coments box on the side ^_^ downloading now!
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Thought I would share mine too..
V2370-81704-33084-8A5B7-3EC3B
V209C-B4BF9-039A4-2AFA1-6683B
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Second one activated. Thank you very much !
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I’m spinning over on west coast. Here’s for three more blood eagles.
T1842-3D079-9B0C4-DC6B2-75F6A
T11C0-A9404-4FB44-6EBBD-A33D8
T19B7-36CD9-E2A14-4A286-6C286
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V2619-106F2-6AE84-A1E8C-7CB1D
V254C-18ED6-CCC14-BF38D-09B69
V2CBF-FDB88-04654-1A794-DC96A
V20CF-65054-D9814-68BAD-45537
For the phoenix!
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Any more keys?
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No…. oh go on then:
V2CA4-B9968-15E54-7A397-99740
V2655-40C43-13CC4-782B2-5CA2B
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paying forward from New Zealand:
V225C-12C38-E9734-459B3-385D6
V2ECE-E7F93-84854-045B9-69F2A
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Took the second one, thank you very much.
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And here’s me paying back:
V24BD-91A98-68604-B2683-EF192
V21FA-D7480-C06E4-5AD8B-A96BD
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Thank you very much, I took the first one
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have some more
V2375-1058A-EC6E4-0CF83-E4325
V2B59-B228A-4B134-3A482-2E410
V2B23-8264A-95034-76A80-9FA3A
V2C6C-CD59A-4E294-16EBF-C186
Shazbot!
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V279F-5E13D-5A624-7ADAF-29C85
V2072-DB7BB-CED34-4E3AB-B6C7C
V23BA-EBB68-994F4-D10AA-DEE46
V2715-A1481-072A4-2CB85-D3833
Shazbot!
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have another key:
T14D1-F29A4-6BFB4-98583-73E2C
my last one. good luck and enjoy!
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Use one key, get two back – has the entire internet got keys yet? Well, if not:
V2F81-35333-C1C54-2AC92-F9E2E
V23DE-4E92D-C1774-FEFA3-30E2F
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You can now get a beta key by using their app on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/tribesascend?sk=app_126443417467788
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With thanks:
V2F5F-464E0-E0344-F958C-7B5A5
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More if anyone needs one:
V26E2-FF52D-171A4-41D9C-9F80F
V21E7-9E763-20024-603AD-821A5
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V2A91-7F1B1-21564-C02A9-CC34B
V2C0E-DE05D-2D184-025BD-DF3D7
fresh from the keygen
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V2551-5C54B-A9E74-BDF8F-88EB3
V2420-AAF10-303D4-CFA91-0888E
V24E2-B402A-D02C4-8AE96-A3473
V2F6A-4AD9A-BACC4-66B9B-89F04
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First is mine. Thank you much buddy!
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I got the fourth, thanks a lot!
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Registered just to say thank you nizzie. Second key is mine thanks to you and I’ll be sure to post some keys of my own once it’s up and running
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Keys:
V2214-58ED1-3F384-3CFAB-76353
V2713-0399A-A5A04-568A0-2356A
V2701-A4F6D-67844-686BF-CB58B
V2A26-5DC17-A3774-CD3B2-057FB
Like them on facebook for a beta key. Seems like this is opening the beta up completely.
https://www.facebook.com/tribesascend?sk=app_126443417467788
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Repaying the favour!
V2583-2F4AA-06CE4-633B9-DAB15
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Got a key here, so I’ll give a key,
V22C9-06545-5B734-095B1-53EFD
Have fun!
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Same here: I got one, I’ll give one.
V20A4-E06BD-8B024-0979E-450CA
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More.
V29C4-35473-8E984-285A0-EE4C4
V2048-F3889-68A94-F9689-F3C2A
V214A-B0764-76824-ED082-C3864
V2F1C-DDA3E-42544-4DEBD-881DA
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V2B92-CD121-EA324-FA2AC-6C88D
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The best thing about T:A is that HiRez has been making steps to improve the game based on player feedback in the forums. In the most recent patch alone all vehicles were improved. The token costs of the two basic light and heavy classes plummeted so anyone can use them after a few days of playing. Following complains of defenses being too hard and generators being unimportant, Bella Omega was reworked from the easiest map to flag in to the hardest. Now if you don’t disable the gen, doors are closed which reduces the number of ways to approach the enemy flag to one. The game isn’t perfect, but there has been a steady improvement throughout the beta. Following the most recent patch I actually feel confident suggesting this game to other people.
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V2DAB-7B393-654B4-A65A6-B32D1
V2EFE-6B2E1-56E04-8DD85-1F8FE
V27EA-CFF39-00AC4-D828D-F3D37
V2B42-E91DA-B19E4-35D95-42315
More keys.
My major problem with T:A as it is right now is the pathfinder class. In my opinion it simply has too much going for it. The best energy pack, impact nitron grenades, and a spinfusor are an insanely powerful combination.
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Giving back:
V229B-156E2-1EB34-BB591-8EC0F
V2EB8-937D6-0F224-D8485-6390A
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Wow.
Havin a lot of fun with this game.
I hope they don’t get greedy with the microtransactions and cripple it’s future.
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So what did you say about spinfusors? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8AsgHVM7kg
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V27EF-D3291-160F4-429B2-66190
V2222-C272A-6A924-DB3B8-7971A
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V2605-6144D-BC384-C10A7-258ED
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V25D6-8F51D-B3D04-2FEB3-DAF69
V2497-4C35F-8ED64-B4AA4-6BAD8
V207E-23A89-5A8F4-61B8B-2E963
V227A-F10D9-ADE14-51480-CA3A3
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Any more keys ? :)
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V2A90-22221-AC504-46D8E-406F2
V280B-006E1-0A194-5CF92-3B84A
V2651-F73A6-5DFE4-613AC-566EE
V2E61-CFA93-88D84-8AEA2-2F1AF
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A265E-F1F93-72824-0DF88-DE8B7
A2DA7-B6A44-A26D4-4C88B-27B5F
A25B1-6F0AC-63414-3CA9D-C6A0B
A2F1F-3AF30-DC434-B969C-6BE57
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A2FF4-0260F-0CAB4-51791-45D89
A220E-6086E-48DC4-1FB9E-22521
A2AB8-A53C8-FEED4-FD082-DF35F
A208F-75940-2B9C4-B5BB3-7A734
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A2AFE-E1A6A-708D4-24A9A-625B3
A2F23-B6852-E11B4-5E38D-5A90C
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A26A0-26225-8F684-15C8B-05893
A219C-C59B6-B18D4-3399F-A74BB
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Keep the keys coming, fellas! I might just go ahead and preorder it… But I’d like to give it a whirl before I do.
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Here you go:
https://www.facebook.com/tribesascend?sk=app_126443417467788
Keys are self serve now.
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