Praise the mighty Shazbot on this day

Plenty of people (myself included) have been upset about Hi-Rez’s treatment of the pretty damn excellent FPSTribes Ascend.Development was abandoned a few years ago, and ever sinceSmitehas been the developer’s core focus.

Hi-Rez has now descended from the heavens in a shaft of golden light. With feathery wings and a harp in their hands, those angels have announced via theTribessubredditthere is to be a patch coming to the game in the very near future.

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Fittingly dubbed theOut of the Blueupdate, the patch makes some major updates to the game: the game’s nine classes will all be merged into just three (Light, Medium, and Heavy). The different roles each class had before will still be present in the form of loadouts for each of the new classes.

A new Capture the Flag map calledTerminusis also being introduced. Some smaller changes include weapon tweaking and changes to the loadout system to reflect the bigger class shakeup. According to the creative director ofTribes, the patch notes don’t include everything being changed, as feedback throughout the test period will be taken into consideration.

The opening area of the Whisper mission, in a small grove.

The public server that tests the update will go live on September 14, while an official release will come at a later date.

Thank you, Hi-Rez. Thank you so much. I thinkone commenton the Reddit post can sum up feelings about this better than I ever could.

The Divide in the Cosmodrome, where the Guardian was resurrected.

A holofoil Ribbontail, as seen in collections.

The Phoneutria Fera hand cannon, inspired by the Season of the Haunted armor set. It has a unique, galactic glow.

Three Fuses appear in a match of Apex Legends' Wild Card mode.

Mad Maggie opens a supply bin and an item with a symbol indicating infinite ammo appears.

Legends slide through a zipline in King’s Canyon in Apex Legends.

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The Yeartide Apex tex Mechanica SMG with a Holofoil glow.