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Re: Tribes Ascend - Finally shooters are GOOD again.
« Reply #45 on: April 17, 2012, 06:50:50 am »
GameTrailers just released a review. There's a few factual errors, but overall, it's pretty much what I think of it as well.

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« Reply #46 on: April 24, 2012, 11:12:27 am »
I put down $30 this past weekend and got a bunch of weapons. Grabbed the LMG, MIRV, Bolt Launcher, LAR, thrust pack, and DMB Mines. The Jug weapons are awesome and fun, and the LAR and thrust pack makes playing chaser a way more fun experience. I haven't gotten a chance to play with the Bolt launcher for more than a few minutes, but those few minutes were awesome. Oh, and the DMB Mines are crazy effective.

I now have all the unlockables I want. All of them. All I am doing now is upgrading, and once I finish doing that for the classes I play all my XP is merely "fun money" to spend or amusements sake.

That $30 was totally worth it.

Anyways, It's patch day! This patch adds stuff to the Raider and marks the official release of Custom servers.

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Re: Tribes Ascend - Finally shooters are GOOD again.
« Reply #47 on: April 24, 2012, 11:28:57 am »
But... but... $30?  You're on these forums, so I know you know how much fresh gameplay you can actually get for $30 in the right places...

On second thought, given how many hours a lot of people log on multiplayer shooters, it might actually compete :)
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Re: Tribes Ascend - Finally shooters are GOOD again.
« Reply #48 on: April 24, 2012, 11:31:06 am »
Still playing without paying one cent.  and I'm starting to hit higher on the leaderboard now.  :)

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Re: Tribes Ascend - Finally shooters are GOOD again.
« Reply #49 on: April 24, 2012, 11:37:05 am »
But... but... $30?  You're on these forums, so I know you know how much fresh gameplay you can actually get for $30 in the right places...

On second thought, given how many hours a lot of people log on multiplayer shooters, it might actually compete :)

I am aware  ;D. I have a huge backlog of games sitting around though, so my money is not as stretched to get games as it once was. I have already logged a ton of time in T:A, and I do feel the developers deserve money for their great game.

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« Reply #50 on: April 24, 2012, 11:41:12 am »
But... but... $30?  You're on these forums, so I know you know how much fresh gameplay you can actually get for $30 in the right places...

Just realized that you might be implying that I should buy your games. Don't worry, I own everything that Arcen has sold to date.

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« Reply #51 on: April 24, 2012, 11:41:51 am »
But... but... $30?  You're on these forums, so I know you know how much fresh gameplay you can actually get for $30 in the right places...

Just realized that you might be implying that I should buy your games. Don't worry, I own everything that Arcen has sold to date.

That's a possibility lol.

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« Reply #52 on: April 24, 2012, 11:58:54 am »
Just realized that you might be implying that I should buy your games. Don't worry, I own everything that Arcen has sold to date.
No, I wasn't implying that you should, but that you had, and thus you knew how much you could get for $30 ;)

But yea, one thing being a really good deal does not remove the value in less-ludicrous deals ;)
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« Reply #53 on: April 24, 2012, 05:44:08 pm »
Doesn't sinking real money into pay to win games instantly mean that you lost? You basically just hurdled over everyone else without doing any of the work.
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Re: Tribes Ascend - Finally shooters are GOOD again.
« Reply #54 on: April 24, 2012, 05:48:09 pm »
Doesn't sinking real money into pay to win games instantly mean that you lost? You basically just hurdled over everyone else without doing any of the work.

If this was a pay-to-win game, sure. 

It isn't. 

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Re: Tribes Ascend - Finally shooters are GOOD again.
« Reply #55 on: April 24, 2012, 05:55:54 pm »
Doesn't sinking real money into pay to win games instantly mean that you lost? You basically just hurdled over everyone else without doing any of the work.

If this was a pay-to-win game, sure. 

It isn't. 

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« Reply #56 on: April 24, 2012, 07:59:24 pm »
Doesn't sinking real money into pay to win games instantly mean that you lost? You basically just hurdled over everyone else without doing any of the work.

If this was a pay-to-win game, sure. 

It isn't. 

King

So he didn't buy all the weapons and goodies that other people work for?
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Re: Tribes Ascend - Finally shooters are GOOD again.
« Reply #57 on: April 24, 2012, 09:01:24 pm »
Doesn't sinking real money into pay to win games instantly mean that you lost? You basically just hurdled over everyone else without doing any of the work.

If this was a pay-to-win game, sure. 

It isn't. 

King

So he didn't buy all the weapons and goodies that other people work for?

Even if you buy the weapons, it doesn't necessarily mean your instantly better than everyone else.  Which is what I assume people mean by "Pay-To-Win".

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Re: Tribes Ascend - Finally shooters are GOOD again.
« Reply #58 on: April 24, 2012, 09:17:44 pm »
Doesn't sinking real money into pay to win games instantly mean that you lost? You basically just hurdled over everyone else without doing any of the work.

If this was a pay-to-win game, sure. 

It isn't. 

King

So he didn't buy all the weapons and goodies that other people work for?

Even if you buy the weapons, it doesn't necessarily mean your instantly better than everyone else.  Which is what I assume people mean by "Pay-To-Win".

King

Okay, then he bought a bunch of weapons because they look cool, NOT because they help his character?  :P You're not catching on, are you?

It doesn't bother me if people play games like this. I'm just pointing out that putting money in to make yourself better than everyone else who's actually putting the work in is called pay to win. I play league of legends, it's no less guilty of that, but I've never put a dime into it. Never will.
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Re: Tribes Ascend - Finally shooters are GOOD again.
« Reply #59 on: April 24, 2012, 09:19:34 pm »
Doesn't sinking real money into pay to win games instantly mean that you lost? You basically just hurdled over everyone else without doing any of the work.

If this was a pay-to-win game, sure. 

It isn't. 

King

So he didn't buy all the weapons and goodies that other people work for?

Even if you buy the weapons, it doesn't necessarily mean your instantly better than everyone else.  Which is what I assume people mean by "Pay-To-Win".

King

Okay, then he bought a bunch of weapons because they look cool, NOT because they help his character?  :P You're not catching on, are you?

No, its that the definition of "winning" is different for me and you.  I guess the problem is, is that I don't view this as a pay-to-win game, just a freemium game with unlocks.  Its probably semantics at this point really.

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