Question
In Tribes Ascend, each class has a base loadout of a primary and secondary weapon, as well as a "belt item" and other equipment. There is an option to purchase (with in-game experience or real-world currency gold) an alternate gun, belt item or what not.
Are these alternate purchasable options always an upgrade (more damage, accuracy, etc with no tradeoffs) over the standard loadout or are they simply "different"? Does investing in gold (or playing the game for a very long time) really give a significant advantage over players who do not?
Answer
It's depending on the item. But generally you can't "buy power" by buying other weapons. Because the Weapons are suiting other situations better or you prefer one weapon over the other, but they are not straight-up more "powerful", even if it would seem like by looking at the stats, they mostly require more skill/accuracy in use or just fit better in certain situation's.
For example the new MIRV-Grenade for the Raider deals a lot more damage than the EMP-Grenade if all the shrapnel's hit. But it's hard to make the grenade hit for its maximal damage. And the EMP-Grenade has a utility effect by draining energy from enemy's making them "immobile". On the other hand the MIRV-Grenade can cover an area over an bigger time (first explosion -> shrapnel's explosion).
In some cases the buy-able Weapon isn't a huge change in the usage/effect (e.g. the MIRV-Launcher for the Juggernaut or the new Sub-Mashinegun for the Raider). There it's up to you what you prefer.
So you have to choose your loadout based on your preferential's and the role you want to play.
To address your question if someone gains advantage by buying stuff with gold: It simply depends on the player(s). But given same skill-level, you only get situational advantage. I think you can compare the gold from Tribes-Ascend with the riot point's in league of legends, it speed you up or gives you "quick-access" to stuff. But you won't dominate in league of legends by simply having a champion the other player's don't.
I hope you get my point. :)
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