TRIBES 3: Rivals News

Tribes 3: Rivals got everyone excited with an excellent Steam Next Fest demo this February that suggested, maybe this time, the revival would stick. The game launched into early access on March 12, 2024, promising a "rebirth" of the beloved first-person sport-slash-shooter with a simple business model: $20 upfront price, and no microtransactions...
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To our community,

Thank you so much for buying our games! To give back for your support, we’re offering credits to all players who made purchases in Starsiege: Deadzone or TRIBES 3 in the past:

• If you made any purchases in Starsiege: Deadzone or TRIBES 3 before June 27, 2024, you’ll receive credits towards our new game, Ultra Strikers.
  

• For every dollar you spent on Starsiege: Deadzone or TRIBES 3 before June 27, 2024, you’ll receive a dollar in credits towards Ultra Strikers. For example, if you spent $10 in Starsiege: Deadzone, and $20 in TRIBES 3, you’d receive $30 in credits to use towards Ultra Strikers.
  

• The credits will take into account all purchases you made on Starsiege: Deadzone or TRIBES 3 before June 27, 2024, including base purchases of the games, season passes, cosmetics, etc.
  

• For past purchases in foreign currencies, the credit amount towards Ultra Strikers will be matched 1:1 in the same currency (with conversion applied if needed). 
  

Credits towards Ultra Strikers will be granted to the Steam account that was used to make purchases in Starsiege: Deadzone or TRIBES 3, at a later time. You do not need to take any action at this time to receive your credits towards the new game. As Ultra Strikers nears launch, we’ll provide more detail on how the credits can be used for Ultra Strikers purchases.

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These credits are meant to give back to players who supported us in early development. We’re doing our best to support TRIBES 3 with limited updates (along with an upcoming discount sale to bring in more players), and plan to return to Starsiege Deadzone once the company has the resources, but unfortunately neither game had enough success yet to support the studio and can’t be our main development focus right now (as much as we love them).

Thank you for your support. Going forward, we’ll continue to focus on updating existing games as much as we can, while creating new games players enjoy. We love making games, we love playing games, and thanks again for giving our games a shot and being part of the community!

- Prophecy Games

TRIBES 3: Rivals - Moonrise Patch Notes
June 17th, 2024 | Prophecy Games


LOADOUTS
Overhauled Hitboxes and Collision Volumes on all Classes to Improve Player Contact Detection.
Increased Flag Pickup Detection for all classes.

LIGHT Slight Increase to Air Control

• Pathfinder
  - Reduced Reach to be less “tall” on the flag and instead increase overall volume of pickup detection
  
• Sentinel
  - Reduced Flag Drag
  - Removed the Stealth Pack as an Available Option

MEDIUM

• Significant Increase to Air Control
  
• Increased Health from 1500 to 1600
  
• Reduced Flag Drag

HEAVY Slight Increase to Air Control
Removed Nova Colt from Available Loadouts
Reduced Flag Drag

• Doombringer
  - Removed Passive Bonus to AoE Sizes
  
• Juggernaut
  - Significantly Increased Body Block Damage
  - Increased Passive Flag Stand Healing from .003 to .004
  - Replaced Regen Station with Heavy Shield Pack

WEAPONS

• Flinch and Camera Shake has been overhauled on all weapons to be significantly lower
  
  
• Light Spinfusor
  - Reload Time Improved from 1.17 seconds to 1.15 seconds
  - Projectile Speed Lowered by 5 m/s
  - AoE Size Decreased by 1.6%
  - AoE Damage Falloff Improved from 20 to 25%
  - Now Properly Calculates Knockback from feet to be in line with other explosive weapons
  - Passive Reload Time Improved from 1.75 seconds to 1.5 seconds
  
  
• Bolt Launcher
  - Reload Time Improved from 1.27 seconds to 1.2 seconds
  - Projectile Speed Lowered by 5 m/s
  - AoE Size Decreased by 1%
  - Passive Reload Time Improved from 2.3 seconds to 1.55 seconds
  
  
• Spinfusor
  - Projectile Speed Lowered by 5 m/s
  - AoE Size Decreased by 1.6%
  - Knockback Magnitude Increased from 1650 to 1750
  - Passive Reload Time Improved from 1.75 seconds to 1.6 seconds
  
  
• Thumper
  - Reload Time Improved from 1.5 seconds to 1.45 seconds
  - Projectile Speed Lowered by 5 m/s
  - AoE Size Decreased by 1%
  - Knockback Magnitude Increased from 1650 to 1750
  - Direct Hit Modifier Lowered from 40% to 30%
  - Passive Reload Time Improved from 2.3 seconds to 1.8 seconds
  - Remastered Materials and Added to Cosmetic Generator
  
  
• Heavy Spinfusor
  - Reload Time Improved from 1.5 seconds to 1.45 seconds
  - Projectile Speed Lowered by 5 m/s
  - AoE Size Decreased by 1.6%
  - AoE Damage Falloff Lowered from 40% to 35%
  - Knockback Magnitude Increased from 1650 to 1850
  - Passive Reload Time Extended from 1.75 seconds to 1.8 seconds
  
  
• Heavy Bolt Launcher
  - Projectile Speed Lowered by 5 m/s
  - AoE Size Decreased by 1%
  - AoE Damage Falloff Lowered from 40% to 35%
  - Knockback Magnitude Increased from 1650 to 1850
  - Passive Reload Time Improved from 2.3 seconds to 1.85 seconds
  
  
• Plasma Gun
  - Damage Increased from 300 to 350
  - Base Damage Modifier Increased to 60%
  - Passive Reload Time Improved from 3 seconds to 2.15 seconds
  - Added Forward and Lateral Inheritance Sliders
  - Remastered Materials and Added to Cosmetic Generator
  
  
• Light Chaingun
  - Windup time reduced from 0.6 seconds to 0.3 seconds
  - Added Forward Inheritance
  - Adjusted Grow Curve to be much smaller to keep it balanced after the Grow Curve fix
  
  
• Chaingun
  - Windup time reduced from 0.6 seconds to 0.4 seconds
  - Added Forward Inheritance
  - Adjusted Grow Curve to be much smaller to keep it balanced after the Grow Curve fix
  
  
• Storm Slicer
  - Windup time reduced from 0.6 seconds to 0.5 seconds
  - Added Forward Inheritance
  - Adjusted Grow Curve to be much smaller to keep it balanced after the Grow Curve fix
  
  
• Phase Rifle
  - Damage Per Energy Burned Raised from 5.334 to 5.444 (+10 Total Top-End Damage)
  - Removed Standing Spread
  - Adjusted Grow Curve to be much smaller to keep it balanced after the Grow Curve fix
  - Passive Reload Time Improved from 3 seconds to 2.35 seconds
  
  
• Nova Colt
  - Reload Time Reduced from 3 seconds to 2.5 seconds
  - Passive Reload Time Improved from 3 seconds to 2.85 seconds
  
  
• Grenade Launcher
  - Projectile now has a 1.5 second fuse time
  - The grenade will not explode without having bounced first
  - It will still explode immediately upon contact with an enemy player
  - If the projectile strikes a surface before the 1.5 seconds expires, it will bounce, otherwise it explodes immediately
  - Fire Rate Improved from 0.8 seconds to 0.6 seconds
  - Direct Hit Damage Modifier Increased from 1.154 to 1.2
  - Reduced Base Asset Damage Modifier from 2.0 to 1.9
  - AoE Falloff Damage Improved from 50% to 55%
  - Knockback Increased from 750 to 1250
  - Passive Reload Time Improved from 3 seconds to 2.15 seconds
  
  
• Fusion Mortar
  - Projectile will no longer reset its fuse on contact
  
  
• Gladiator
  - Passive Reload Time Improved from 3 seconds to 1.6 seconds
  - Fixed a bug causing the Gladiator to not do the correct damage on a direct hit
  - Fixed a bug where gladiator projectile could pass through walls in some circumstances
  
  
• Sparrow
  - Significantly Reduced Recoil and Visual Kick
  - Increased Magazine Size from 12 to 14
  - Passive Reload Time Improved from 3 seconds to 1.75 seconds
  
  
• Shotgun
  - Fixed a bug causing the shotguns’ spread pattern would be modified by the shooter’s aim pitch
  - Fixed a bug making it so that firing the shotgun would not break the shooter out of stealth
  - Passive Reload Time Improved from 3 seconds to 2.3 seconds
  
  
• Shocklance
  - Base Damage Raised from 750 to 800
  - Backstab Damage Reduced from 2250 to 2000
  - Passive Reload Time Improved from 3 seconds to 1.85 seconds
  - Remastered Materials and Added to Cosmetic Generator
  
  Ability Packs and Grenades
  
  
• Stealth
  - Fixed a bug making it so stealthed players would not be revealed by speed, player proximity, or the enemy Radar base element
  
  
• Shield
  - Now lowers maximum energy to 75 while active instead of slowly draining energy
  
  
• Regen Stations
  - Station Health Increased from 250 to 600
  
  
• Heavy Shield
  - Now lowers maximum energy to 50 while active instead of slowly draining energy
  
  
• Force Shield
  - Added a 0.75s Deploy Time
  
  
• Smoke Grenade
  - Cooldown Lowered from 15 seconds to 12 seconds
  
  
• Chaff Grenade
  - Effect Duration Lowered from 12 to 8 seconds
  - Fixed an issue where the effect could become permanent
  
  
• AP Grenade
  - Fuse Time Lowered from 2.5s to 1.75s
  - AoE Falloff Improved from 45% to 60%
  - Deployable Damage Lowered from 100% to 85%
  
  
• EMP Grenade
  - Fuse Time Lowered from 2.5s to 1.75s
  
  
• Sticky Grenade
  - AoE Falloff Improved from 50% to 55%
  - Increased throw speed from 50 m/s to 70 m/s
  
  
• Frag Grenade
  - Fuse Time Lowered from 2.5s to 2.25s
  - AoE Falloff Improved from 50% to 55%
  
  
• Proximity Mine
  - Fixed a bug causing the proximity mine to explode twice if it was shot after exploding

GAMEPLAY

General

• Added NVIDIA Reflex Mode & Frame Generation in the settings menu.
  
• Added Many New Loading Screen Tips.
  
• Added Moonrise Rewards Achievement Path.
  
• Added Cosmetics for Draft Tournament Winners.
  
• Added Community Cosmetics.
  
• Added Friendly Fire Mutator.
  
• Damaging a player during their recall channel will award you with a kill and spawn a health nugget.
  
• Players now earn kill credit after damaging a player that kills themself.
  
• Sensors now regenerate themselves after 3 minutes
  
• Recall channel time lengthened from 2 seconds to 3 seconds

Moonrise

• Added Moonrise Map
  

Hollow

• Moved Sensors on Hollow under rear turret deck
  

FIXES

• Fixed several issues causing shots to not properly register
  
• Fixed a bug where flag could block explosions while it was on its stand
  
• Fixed a bug causing player models to not load in properly at the start of matches
  
• Fixed a bug causing grow curves to be inconsistent and revert projectile sizes down to 0.01, making it significantly harder to hit targets at range
  
• Fixed a bug in which bullets could collide with and detonate grenades
  
• Fixed a bug making it so your weapon would stop firing if you continued holding the fire button after finishing a grenade throw
  
• Fixed a bug with weapon inheritance in which a projectile would under inherit velocity if not firing fully perpendicular to your direction of movement
  
• Fixed a bug where mouse sensitivity ADS was not getting the same scale as mouse sensitivity.

KNOWN ISSUES

• DLC rewards may sometimes grant the items and not show a crate to open.

Hey all!

We just wanted to give an update on where things are at with the upcoming patch. While our original goal was to get it out by the end of April, there were numerous factors that lead to the decision to push it back a short while. We believe this will be in the best interest for everyone as we want to make sure we can properly integrate the feedback that we are getting from our PTS testing, and get this patch in the best place that it can be!

**With that being said** - Thank you to all who joined in our PTS playtest this previous weekend! We really appreciate your feedback and participation! There will be more of these tests in the future and if you'd like to sign up for potential access, please join the Official Discord and fill out this form - TRIBES 3: PTS Testing

This is a small patch to address the server disconnects/crashes were seeing after putting the major patch out. There are also a few smaller changes/fixes we pushed!


Here are the changes:

• Fix for server crashes in 12v12 CTF
  
• Added Plasma Gun to Heavy Defense and Heavy Offense
  
• Fixed an issue where the Friendly Force fields could be placed close to each other while the generator was down