

If there is any Tribes Gold on your account you will be automatically gifted the Ultimate Weapon Pack." If you have previously purchased the Ultimate Weapon Pack or Game of the Year it will be re-added to your account. "Due to the dramatic changes to the underlying game, all in-game purchases have been reverted and all Tribes Gold and XP refunded to your account. Check out the full notes over here for all the numbers on balance tweaks and whatnot.Īs the update changes a whole load, Hi-Rez have undone all in-game purchases: yeah, it adds and changes a whole load more. New battle arenas come in maps inspired by Tribes 1's Rollercoaster, Tribes 2's Damnation, and Ascend's own Katabatic and Arx Novena, which are all playable in CTF mode and in either Blitz or TDM on the side. One big change is an overhaul of the class system, going from nine distinct classes to three armour types - light, medium, and heavy - with customisable loadouts. And they did release it! The 'Out of the Blue' update (or version 1.1, if you have no romance in your heart - if you wouldn't pash with a plasma rifle) arrived last week, with new maps, new weapons, exploit fixes, and a whole hovershedload of balance tweaks. Hi-Rez Studios gave up on Tribes Ascend for a couple of years, but a few months back made the unexpected announcement that they we working on a big ole update for their F2P jetpacking FPS.
