Tribes: Ascend Closed Beta Version 0.1.563.0 arrives on Tuesday, November 22.
Server downtime: The Tribes Servers are expected to be down on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2011 from ~9:30 AM to 2:00 PM US Eastern (14:30 to 19:00 GMT) while the patch is deployed.
Major Highlights since Version 0.1.549
The Pathfinder and Juggernaut classes are now priced at half their previous price (7500 tokens or 260 Gold). Players that have previously unlocked these classes will be refunded the difference between the original purchase price and the new purchase price.
In addition, the patch contains:
- There are now separate server regions for “N. America – East” and “N. America – West.”
- DryDock has been re-added to the CTF playlist. The map has been better optimized for performance, with more to come.
- CTF Scoreboard now includes Class and Rank of each player.
- Maximum number of players in a rabbit match raised to 12 (from 8).
- Lowered credit prices for vehicles.
- Players may now use unlocked class Skills and Perks in Training maps.
- Explosive Looter perk gives the ability to have an extra grenade in a player’s inventory if that grenade was acquired from an ammo pickup nugget.
- Fixed Air Show and Wheel Deal perks not reporting reduced prices in the Vehicle Pad menu.
- Various UI cleanups and improvements
- LOTS of bug fixes
- And more!
