A Touching Story - AKA Beginner's Basics
Idk about everyone here, but this is NOT a place for noobs. You're trying to keep a community alive? How can you even THINK about doing that when your user database consists of rude players?
First thing I do is ask how you get into a vehicle because I saw something outside of base, and it had a turret on top of it, and wheels...
What's their response? "alt f4" and "it's god mode" and other bullshit keys and things they say.
Honestly, this is just plain ridiculous.
I'm sorry i've ever touched upon Tribes 2, even tribes 1 starsiege didn't have such a douche bag community as here. Plain pathetic. 0 Community Support whatsoever. Then I get called a faggot and a douche bag, when all I did was ask how to get into a vehicle... then i ask how to repair, and i get insulted.
Congratulations, players. You really know how to chase away new players.
Assholes.
Never coming back here again. What a waste of time...
Edit - Kudos to Thyth and Eolk for being the only nice people that i met so far, in this community.
Sorry, Just not putting up with such high level of unfriendliness. (And sorry for the cursing, I'm just frustrated to come here and be blown off like that. Oh well, not the first time it happened...)
First thing I do is ask how you get into a vehicle because I saw something outside of base, and it had a turret on top of it, and wheels...
What's their response? "alt f4" and "it's god mode" and other bullshit keys and things they say.
Honestly, this is just plain ridiculous.
I'm sorry i've ever touched upon Tribes 2, even tribes 1 starsiege didn't have such a douche bag community as here. Plain pathetic. 0 Community Support whatsoever. Then I get called a faggot and a douche bag, when all I did was ask how to get into a vehicle... then i ask how to repair, and i get insulted.
Congratulations, players. You really know how to chase away new players.
Assholes.
Never coming back here again. What a waste of time...
Edit - Kudos to Thyth and Eolk for being the only nice people that i met so far, in this community.
Sorry, Just not putting up with such high level of unfriendliness. (And sorry for the cursing, I'm just frustrated to come here and be blown off like that. Oh well, not the first time it happened...)
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No, seriously... the Tribes 2 installer that's listed on the downloads page comes with a manual! It provides you with a lot of the basic things like, how to get into a vehicle (collide near the seat), use packs, inventory, etc...
So a few people decided to play a prank on an unsuspecting newb (in their eyes), doesn't mean you need to get your panties all twisted and leave the game.
But whatever. It's not a prank, it happens in every game.
Why insult this community over a couple of ass hats.
No matter what game you play, you will find them.
Flaming here is not the way man.
We do have plenty of people that will help in this community.
::)
I'll give it a shot, but i'm not sure i can get used to the controls. Legends Online was easier to play... that's why i wanted to try tribes 2
It is a shame that most people treat newbies (new people willing to learn) and noobs (new people who are pretty oblivious and dumb) are the same.
...and yes, there are tons of things to remember and do. Too bad the Bozos have to ruin your first experiences with one of the bitchin'est games ever.
alt f4, that's a good one. ;D
=EDIT=
Loads of reading material here: Tribes2Guide
Right now, there are very few players that are new to the game. A common annoying troll technique is to ask very basic questions in chat and then after someone takes 10 minutes explaining, reveal that you've been playing since before anyone on the server was born. You've been mistaken for one of these people.
ProTips (these are free):
* Hop into vehicles (the slot you want to sit/stand in).
* In your options, make sure you set "Teleport to vehicle" so that you don't have to hop in when you "buy" a vehicle at the station.
This is actually one of the nicest communities you'll ever encounter, but the tolerance threshold for stupidity is extremely low (again, you've been mistaken for a troll - not your fault). A lot of the people that play Tribes are friends in real life and even players that quit playing years ago still keep in contact to see how everyone is doing.
Also:
ALT + F4 => closes current window
CTRL + K => suicide
Additionally, you'll probably get kicked at some point when you wander into one of the more serious games and the people are either about to have a match or think you are trying to ruin the game (because people seriously doubt there are any new players around).
Just an FYI.
umm... so, how do you get out of a vehicle then? and how do you get into a terminal to buy a vehicle? i don't understand what the keys are...
Jump
Just walk onto the vehicle station (usually on or very near the vehicle pad), and you can select the vehicle to purchase, if there are any remaining
I hope you give the community a chance were not all that bad. If you still are having problems you might wanna go on an empty server and play around for awhile.If you still are having problems after that drop me a message and I will be glad to try and help you out.
A little tip some types of armors cant buy certain vehicles.
A light can purchase any type.
A medium cannot purchase a grav cycle but all others.
A heavy cant purchase anything but can jump in and ride in a havoc after spawned.
also you can not purchase a vehicle with a inventory station or turret pack on.
The controls become easy after a bit of time and you will have no problem later on. If it is your first time playing here I suggest sticking to a regular scout loadout (Energy pack, spinfusor, grenade launcher, chaingun) for the first week or two. Try to keep your energy above 50% for a couple days as well, this will teach you good energy management, another good idea for this is learning how to keep your heat under the flashing level. This is a great skill considering missiles are very painful and heavies love pointing around the missile launcher at far away scouts.
Stick to midfield and try to intercept heavies skiing to your base or dueling other scouts.
After a couple weeks of "boot camp" pick a role you'd like to be good at (LO, HO, LD, HD, Hof, Capper, farmer, whatever) and really try to get good at it. Stick to that role no matter how boring it may end up getting just stick with it. You become much more useful (especially in competitive teams) when you are really good at one or two roles instead of half-decent at many. Although I am not saying you shouldn't try to get better at other roles after a while as you do need to be flexible but if you are good at one thing you will enjoy it more.
Sorry about the big post but I felt like talking ::)
The sad thing is this was kind of the normal thing in T2 when it came out. It's one of the things that drove so many players away from the game.
You can go into many other games like HL, BF2, Quakewars, etc. and the people there actually help out by telling you what you need to know. They don't seem have a superiority complex.
When I play any online game anymore I basically ignore the chat. Most of the time the chat is utterly worthless. My advice is to just ignore it. It makes the game more pleasant.
WASD control forward movement, backward movement, and side-to-side strafing respectively. I have E set to zoom and R for exterior view. P is deploy pack, T is global chat, and Y is team chat.
I have handheld items binded to the first letter of their name (i.e. M for mine, H for health kit, etc).
Your control set up depends entirely on what you like to do. For example, someone who farms a lot may like their deploy button to stay at R, or someone who mine-discs a lot might want to change "toss mine" to some other key that's easy to access.
ESDF is superior. It leaves your fingers on the home row for typing and gives you easier access to more presses.
I might post my binds for you tomorrow.
See the problem is I've been using WSAD forever and when coming off the home row for typing, my fingers go straight back to WSAD. EDSF messes me up because I don't expect there to be the F nub under my strafe right key.
Another tip: stay away from arena servers. You will probably have the most fun in goon haven, or try and catch branzone while they are playing lakrabbit.
And I use the arrow keys for movement.. probably the only person that does. Arrow keys + numpad ftw.
0 jump
1 use pack
2 mine
3 beacon
4 nade
5 health kit
6 throw health kit
ctrl/alt/shift combos with keys for quick pack/nade switches, also loadouts with other # keys
and yes you will find ass hats in every game..
just relax for a few then give it another try .. not all of us are here
to make others miserable.. come on in have a good time..
1-6 + QEF are weapons for me
WASD for movement
Health kit is tab, CTRL-Tab is throw kit
R is pack key, CTRL-R throw pack
CTRL-W throw weapon
Mouse 1 Shoot
Mouse 2 Jump & Jet
Mine on Mouse 4
Nade on mouse 3
Mouse Wheel for zoom
Space for Jump
T for beacon
Y for Team talk,
U for general chat
caps lock for targeting laser
Anyway Evlesoa, the ESDF layout is probably the easiest if you can get used to it. Personally, I never bothered and instead changed to WASD as soon as possible. The problem with the built in WASD config is: 'P' is a horrible key for 'Use Pack', 'M' is unacceptable for 'Place Mine', 'G' might be too far to reach to 'Throw Grenade', and likewise 'H' might be too far to reach for 'Use Health Kit'. Those 4 keys are very important, so all three of them should be pressable without having to move either hand. Personally, I did the following:
Left Shift - Place Mine
F - Throw Grenade
X - Use Pack
And I left H as-is because I just got used to it over there.
The thing to remember with that, though, is binding anything to Shift+Key will cause you to throw a mine first. I used to have my 'Throw Flag' key as Shift+F, but thrown a mine every time I needed to throw the flag was not very good. So, I changed it to Caps Lock. Similarly, I'm always on Ventrilo, and my push-to-talk key is Ctrl, so I can't bind anything to Ctrl+Key. The default throw flag is Ctrl+F, so when I still had that, I ended up throwing the flag every time I tried to throw a flare while talking on Vent.
Also, you should get used to using the number keys to switch weapons. I have always used Q to cycle through them, but lately it has become a massive disadvantage trying to do that instead of pressing a number and switching right to the one I want. Bind them to 'Weapon Slot #', not to the actual weapon names; that way, you'll only ever have to press 1-5, which can be done without moving your hand.
Lastly, if you ever want help in real-time, I'd probably be glad to offer it - as would most everyone else I know. Easiest way to get in touch with us is through IRC - irc.tribalwar.com, channel #lastgasp. If you're interested and need help connecting, let me know.
ESDF for movement
space to jump/ski
g for thrwoing grenades
b for throwing mines
q for repair kit
t to cycle zoom lvl
a to zoom
tab for exterior view
h to deploy beacons
r to use pack
CRTL+f for flag throw
y opens team chat
u opens global chatb
c to toggle comand screen
I suggest to get a script that allows you to bind voice chat comands to numbers ( I use VoidSay ).
Like
1= I have the enemy flag!
2= Cover me!
Then you can acsess the essential ones without much thinking
EDIT: I mostly play as a scout. So I don't need to bind weapons to numbers. Using w or mouse scroll is good enough to get the right one from the 3 weapons i wield.
Sorry for you. But seems that you ended up to normal Classic server where are most idiotic players without no gameplay or social skills. It is sad that Classic players usually do not have will to teach new players to start. It only would take few minutes to teach basics and then give them few tasks to do. But Classic is just that, it ruines the game totally, as most of T2 mods. Base is the only true Tribes 2 mode and it is the original how T2 was designed to play. But many does not like it because it ain't so fast, you can not own alone few guys and gameplay is all ways much easier than on base.
Just for answer for you. Getting to vehicle, you need to jump to the seat position. Usually best way to get in is to jump and fly few meters over the seat and drop down to it. To get out, just press Jump button (usually space).
And the vehicle what had force field on it's seat and turret top of it and INV behind it. Is called as MPB (Mobile Point Base). And the driver seat is only for moving the MPB and when doing so, it will retract the turrent and INV before it can be moved and it takes time to debloy again. And before the force field is ON again, enemy can jump to driver seat and steal the vehicle. Only way to kill driver is CG (Chain Gun).
we are with friends always helping new players. But usually the response from them is "I know so STFU!" and then they do something stupid (steps on your base minefield without understainding markins, placing beacons as target mode (default) when marking INV or mines, Teamkilling when they are frustrated about game and last, usually walking around without flying and skiing or using vehicled. Or always placing one kind (AA) mountable turret or driving vehicles to wrong places or bombing too low etc etc...
Tribes 2 takes time and what is usually wrong for new players, is that they do not know how to move and when they are on ground or they dont know how to control flying, they are easy targets and they get owned very fast and if there is no one saying "Hey, do this next time and you survive with better changes"... they never learn without taking first hit...
In the end the game is remarkable and definately worth your time and aggravation so stick with it and you'll get the old man's approval eventually.