Yea I'm mostly attacking so far because on I don't have any unlocks that would make defense easier... stickies not the best defensive material unless timed perfectly.
Unlocking does take long. If you have a facebook account you can get 250 gold for free by link the account. Which will help with unlocks. If you ever make an in game purchase you will also get a permanent xp boost.
I did that... btw how much money would you have to sink into this game to buy ALL unlocks? It seems like a LOT. Even 250 gold doesn't buy much, maybe one low level weapon, which leads to me to the question of wtf AM I going to buy with this? Maybe I'll wait for a sale.
Honestly... the money I got from the Steam sale of the starter pack was more than I'd ever NEED for the game, got me all the things I wanted to use.
Been playing a lot of inflatrator/pathfinder lately, getting pretty good at flag nabbing, especially with the infiltrator and using cloak to disguise my approach. Working pretty well.
I was a longtime player of Tribes 1, didn't like Tribes 2 at all until they modded in Classic, and Tribes Vengeance was a disaster. I led a group that reached top 5 in Tribes 1, and we were #1 in T2 for a while. That was me at my most competitive, and I'm not sure I miss that part of it. Ascend is ok, but I'm not really a fan of the limited weapons all the classes get. I'm generally in a light defense or capper role when I play, which honestly hasn't been much lately. It can be fun in spurts though, gets the Tribes flow down pretty good.
Played a game, it was 4-4 CTF overtime, enemy grabs our flag from inside our complex (blitz game mode) and I can see him underground making his way out. I time an orbital strike to hit his exit right as he is leaving, boom. Game saved with 20 second left, ends in a tie.
