Beginner's Guide

Welcome to Tribes: Ascend Beginner's Guide. Within this article, you will be introduced to the mechanics and general how-to for this fast paced shooter.

Controls
Tribes: Ascend is a PC exclusive title that is best played with a keyboard and mouse.

The image below shows all the necessary keys to an effective player.



WASD are your movement keys. To move in the direction that you are currently facing, press W. S will move you in the opposite direction. A & S will strafe you left and right

Moving your Mouse will rotate the direction you are facing. Note: Inverted option is available in the settings menu.

Left Mouse Button (LMB) fires the current weapon you have equipped.

Right Mouse Button (RMB) activates your jetpack while the button is being pressed.

Space Bar activates your skis. By default you must hold the button down to keep your skis active, but this may be changed to a toggle in the setting menu.

In the next section I will talk more about these two previous mechanics and how they define the Tribes series.

Q switches your active weapon between your primary and your secondary.

Tab shows the scoreboard that includes relevant information such as your teams classes, the players' ranks and their current number of kills and assists.

E swipes your melee weapon at your enemy. The melee attack is great for finishing off enemies that are in a very close vicinity to you.

R reloads your current weapon. It is notable that weapons will automatically reload when that weapon hits the end of the clip and the player has more ammunition.

F throws your grenade or places your equipment, depending on your class.

C activate/places your gear or equipment, again depending on your class.

G will access the repair gun dispenser when standing in front of it. Note: this will exchange your current weapon with a repair gun.

O will toggle the identifications for the location of all your teams assets.

Shift will scope in your vision to where you are currently looking.

Z will drop the enemy flag if you have it within your possession.

X toggles your camera between first person and third person.

K is for suicide.

Skiing & Jetpacking


The most important thing in Tribes: Ascend after teamwork is momentum. Momentum is equal to your mass multiplied by your velocity. Why, you ask, is this so important? It is due to the fact that the lower your momentum, the easier it is to kill you. Every class has an associated weight (health depends on weight) category. Therefore a heavy class does not need to have a large velocity for them to stay alive, where as a light  weight class must always be on the move to dodge being damaged. So how does one gain momentum?

tired going to bed, if you think of anything make a note of it below thanks--SerialPeriph 07:25, November 22, 2011 (UTC)

Shooting
SerialPeriph 07:25, November 22, 2011 (UTC)