Starsiege Tribes

Tribes is a computer game that I spend far too much time playing.

It is a first person shooter, where unusual physics, and the addition of jetpacks for everybody leads to the phenomenon of 'Skiing'. This allows players to move down hills and such like gaining vast speed, which then propels them across the map.

My tribes name is Zustiur.

I had moved on to Tribes 2 for quite a while, but loyalty to my clan (which was recently revived) dragged me back to Tribes 1. Switching games in this manner has opened my eyes to just how many differences there are between the two games. 

Some key differences are:

• Skiing speed
• Simplicity of skiing (not being able to hold down the space bar in tribes 1 - this can be alleviated with a script)
• Distance from the centre of the screen in which health of targets shows up.
• Lack or presence of the Shocklance (big difference)
• Frequency of use of grenades in Tribes 1 (T2 had something like 99% of people using nothing but flares)
• Lack of waypoint markers on bases and flags in T1.
• Inaccuracy of the Mortar in T2.
• Auto aiming mortar turrets.
• Presence of missile launcher for mediums and heavies. (kinda makes up for the inaccurate mortar, but not really because of:
• Flares!
• Inability to determine the direction a target is facing except at very close range in T2.
• Further inability to make out target while that person is carrying a flag in T2.
• Difference in chaingun accuracy (I think). Less people 'chain whore' in T2.
• Lag spike are much more common in T2 (may be an individual server thing though).

In T1 the turrets generally aren't that big of a deal. In T2 they can be very deadly. Coupled with the increased difficulty of destroying turrets in T2, this makes a huge difference to the game play. The factors are as follows:

1. T1: Turrets aren't that hard to kill really. And they're not too accurate.

2. Turrets are more accurate in T2. Making chaingun a less attractive option.

3. Mortar is less accurate - making the turrets harder to kill.

4. The missile launcher is added, making the turrets extremely easy to kill, and making everyone carry flares, further removing the chaingun method (as it relied on grenades, mines and chaingun simultaneously).

5. The flares are added making the missile launcher 90% useless.

6. Shocklance is added, making multiple shots at a turret with a mortar impractical to say the least.

7. Result: nigh on indestructible turrets.

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