Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!
http://www.hawaiitalks.net/images/tribes/tribescomparisonchart.pdf
Read it and weep.
For DX the fanboi;
There's nothing fundamentally wrong with designing a F2P game. If it's downloadable you don't need a publisher forcing release dates, pulling support, etc. and you as a developer keep most of the money. However the micro transactions should never, ever impact gameplay. They should be 100% cosmetic. A new weapon skin, perhaps a new model. A new map here and there whether or not they're competition approved.
Weapons, packs, loadouts are all terrible things to include for prices because inevitably they will create balanc...
Here is Fishstix who is an active Legions player - he was at Quakecon and played Ascend.
The Good
* It looks pretty
* It actually looks like Tribes
* The developers claim they want to support the competitive community
* The vehicles look kinda fun and semi-balanced
* Lots of weapons, they feel pretty good (I was hitting MA's in my first game)
The Bad
* Skiing feels awful. Like Vengeance but worse.
* Seem to gain very little speed for skiing down slopes
* It is T:V-esque in theory - sliding instead of jumping. Same inheren...
Jello is jello.
Tribes is a competitive game. True competition works best on an even playing field. That's sort of the whole point. Two teams given the same set of tools, stand off to test their skill and strategy. Limiting access to these tools even slightly skews the experience and outcome.
Adding any form of grinding or unlocks is a blatant grab at non-competitive customers. They are by nature "carrot chasers". This is fine for RPGs where everybody wins. No place for it in Tribes.
Free 2 play - you pay extra for loadouts. (aka HO or Capper = $)
Only 2 weapon slots - main/secondary
Uzi assualt rifle takes the place of cg, complete with small re-loadable clips
No private hosted servers
No modding
Guns take half of screen real estate.
I spent most of last week cleaning my computer of a nasty bootkit.
I should be back and playing this week!
Freaking kids...sheesh.
ALL OF YA.
Kurbs
You were just 19?
My baby is growing up!?
/me sobs
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