Tribes: Ascend

The Ultimate Weapon Pack launched on April 2, 2016, introducing new options for players at a price of $5. This year also saw the addition of the Hellfire Map on March 30, 2016, and several new weapons, including the Flak Cannon and ELF Projector, released on December 11, 2015.

• Major content:
  • Ultimate Weapon Pack: Released on April 2, 2016, available for purchase at $5.
  • Hellfire Map: Added on March 30, 2016, for CTF and Blitz modes.
  • New Weapons: Included the Flak Cannon and classic weapons like the ELF Projector, released on December 11, 2015.
  • Legacy Inspired Maps: Two maps, Perdition and Ice Coaster, were released on December 11, 2015, inspired by classic Tribes maps.
  • New Map: Terminus: Launched on December 11, 2015, inspired by classic maps.

• Gameplay changes:
  • Removal of Classes for Armor Types: Implemented on December 11, 2015, allowing players to choose from Light, Medium, and Heavy armor types.
  • Character Outfitting Redesigned: Also on December 11, 2015, players could now select one weapon from weapon classes to prevent broken combinations.
  • Drop Station Deployables Changes: Adjusted on January 27, 2016, so deployables no longer required generators to function.

• Balance adjustments:
  • Weapons and Vehicles Rebalanced: All assets were rebalanced and refined on December 11, 2015.
  • Automatic Weapons Spread Removed: Implemented on March 30, 2016, for improved precision.
  • Falcon, NJ4, X1 LMG Damage Falloff Adjusted: Changes made on March 30, 2016, to ensure 80% damage at range.

• Performance improvements:
  • Network Optimizations: Rolled out on March 30, 2016, to enhance overall performance.
  • Load Balancing Logic Tweaked: Adjusted on March 30, 2016, for better server management between map transitions.

Tracked sources for Tribes: Ascend were limited between 2012-06-27 and 2013-06-27, with only 1 verified change captured in this window. The recorded activity centers on Newbloods Tournament Part 2 Announcement and sits between no earlier tracked updates in the current dataset and Launcher Issue Fix on 2015-09-03 (bug_fix), making this a light but still readable period in the game's history.

• Verified activity: 2012-07-23 - Newbloods Tournament Part 2 Announcement: A new competitive tournament for new players, with separate divisions for North America, Europe, and Australia..
• What stands out: The period is defined more by a small number of isolated updates than by a large roadmap beat or expansion-sized release.
• Before this window: No earlier tracked activity is present in the current dataset.
• After this window: The next tracked activity was Launcher Issue Fix on 2015-09-03 (bug_fix).