When comparing Duelyst vs Tribes Ascend, the Slant community recommends Tribes Ascend for most people. In the question“What are the best free PC games?” Tribes Ascend is ranked 8th while Duelyst is ranked 45th. The most important reason people chose Tribes Ascend is:
A mix of flying and sliding for vast outdoor environments extends the usual indoor running and jumping.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Strategic elements
Duelyst combines a collectible card game with strategic elements of games like FIre Emblem or Front Mission.
Pro Fun card crafting system
Allows anyone to make any card rather than having to just rely on random luck of packs. This is done through disenchanting unused cards for a fraction of their value in order to craft needed cards with what is earned from disenchanting.
Pro Balanced well
Free 2 Play with fair rewards for non-paying customers. While those that pay will have an early advantage, players can earn the same advantage with time spent in the game for free, it just takes longer.
Pro Unique FPS movement type
A mix of flying and sliding for vast outdoor environments extends the usual indoor running and jumping.
Pro Shazbot
Pro Reasonable free-to-play model
Pro Class-based teamwork
Pro Favors skill over reflexes
Cons
Con Difficult card collecting
Takes a while to get a good deck, but it is mitigated with a good ranking system. So it may take a time investment in order to earn the appropriate cards to be competitive.
Con Dead
Complaints recently that there are almost no players on the servers.