Tribes MMO

YUNG9

For anyone who doesn't know, there is a great non massive Multiplayer game called Tribes, I'd like to see a community push for Sierra/VU or even another company to gain the rights, and produce a Tribes MMO taking it along the lines of other great MMOs and open it to a more leisurely game, with more than just killing, but also adding crafting and a regular life appeal to the Starsiege galaxy.  you can find these games at www.vugames.com or www.tribesvengeance.com  I would like opinions and ideas for a game of this line because I am currently in school for game design, and may myself attempt to push for the rights to build a game along these lines.  For anyone who is a tribes fan please Vote to show wishes to see a game of this sort.

Zyke

I think it would have the potential of being a decent mmo if made right.

I was a huge fan of Tribes 2, played it for a long time and loved it. I was very sad when the servers started to dissapear and become empty, and when it was finally shut down

Tribes Vengeance was a disgrace to the series. It was just god awful. Many of the things that made Tribes 2 so much fun were taken out and things were changed that shouldn't have been changed.

Qweets

Hell yes!! I've loved tribes ever since starsiege tribes, tribes 2, and vengeance.... if they could make a tribes mmo that would be so awesome.

baff

I thought some of the writers of Tribes went on to work on Planetside?

I didn't think much of Tribes Vengeance.

Jimmy_Scythe

I've been a Tribes player since 2 weeks after the release of Starsiege: Tribes. On the one hand, I would LOVE to see a larger scale game of Tribes. On the other hand, I've seen Starsiege: Tribes and Tribes 2 servers that were hosting 150 players at once. Just how many more players do we really need on the field?

I can see an expanded MMO version of the game being absolutely awful. Slowing things down or going the route of Planetside would alter the elements that make Tribes the awesome goodness that it is.

YUNG9

I would like to thank everyone for their input, now my questions would be, in an MMO for Tribes what could we use that would make it stand out above others, like Planetside, and keep it interesting for a long period rather than the loads of people who play the two weeks PSReserve account and then don't touch it again, like I said I'd like to see more of the tribes full story involved, and the rest of the starsiege universe, adding in the professions and crafting side of it, so that the entire game wasn't about the combat I.E. planetside, and the regular multiplayer tribes... I'm very interested in the opinions please let me know

Dedeko

players join their own factions and be able to BUILD their own forts! Personally I know if a mmo has hugely customizable player owned buildings it gives me a yard-on. thats right a yard-on not a hard-on

Harelin

Tribes fan since '98 here... haven't been able to fully enjoy myself in a 'non-jetpack' FPS since

I very much want to see the franchise continue; an MMO would be interesting.  I would like to see it follow along the lines of Planetside, with of course the unique Tribes elements and perhaps more of an emphasis on guilds.

Eindrachen

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Originally posted by Jimmy_Scythe

I can see an expanded MMO version of the game being absolutely awful. Slowing things down or going the route of Planetside would alter the elements that make Tribes the awesome goodness that it is.

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Yeah, because we know how perfectly MMORPGs run, right?  I mean, WOW never has any random, rampant server outages, severe lag, long queues, etc.  Especially when they put in big new content like AQ.  No, sir, that game runs butter-smooth.  And other MMOs, they don't have problems either, oh, no.  Every MMORPG runs like a fine-tuned machine.

Mmm, sweet, tasty sarcasm...

trigger190

I found that Battlefield 2142 looks a bit like Tribes, I'll probably be playing that, and hoping a tribes mod will be made for it. I wouldn't want an MMO for it though, and  it probably won't happen either.

CaesarsGhost

I Beta Tested Starsiege: TRIBES back in the day (my first Beta Test ever).  I recall staying up nights to watch the Dev's molest Leia Cutout (I still have that incriminating evidence).  Refreshing the Forums at www.tribesplayers.com (which no longer exists).  And being the 2nd "Tribe" in the game's universe.

I say let it go.  Like most good games of old, they're best left in memory, not remade (*cough*Vengance*cough*) to some other developer's style.

I work for a company who's (re)making an MMOFPS that's very similar to Tribes.  But, like some of the other people in this thread, I let nostalgia stand in the way in the comparison.

YUNG9

I like the ideas, and the constructive criticism the key being that everyone has their opinions and all should be viewed, it is true that some things should not be ressurected, but look at the success of WoW, who would've thought that Warcraft a highly RTS game could work as an MMO... but it has... and I like the ideas of player built fortresses and the such for individual tribes, and I think it'd be nice aside from the games factions to let players instead of having squads and outfits (i.e. Planetside) to see something more along the lines of player built tribes with their own armor designs and logos... keep the ideas coming I really am enjoying this

YUNG9

well I'm glad for all the opinions that I've recieved if anyone has any specific ideas that could be implemented in such an MMO I'd like to hear that as well