UPDATED:

Hey, guys. We've gotten quite a few questions about this already, so here we go:

• The Legions Beta will most likely start at or shortly after the end of March.
• The Beta may or may not be closed (unknown at present)!
• If closed, the first people to be pulled in will be the people we think will be the most helpful based on IA Beta feedback and forum activity.
• If open, the game will be available to any IA Beta user.
• The 30 users on IA who have invited the most friends will be eligible to beta test Legions as part of the second wave of beta testers.

Im glad to see some information about Legions, I just wish the expected beta release date was earlier, I cannot wait to be able to play Legions once again thanks for posting this info.

Alright! Tribes was my favorite game of all time untill now, Legions is taking over. The game looks amazing. Im dying to play.

Smart move with InstantAction because, now I and everyone else can easily get whoever we know to check out the game. I feel this will bring alot more people to the community.

If theres anyway I can help Legions become the best game it can be, let me know!

Ok, here it is: don't stop failing to suck.

The greatest thing about the old school MP FPS games was the people. New-school gamers don't get that. Really, I should say, a lot of mainstream gamers don't get that. We have an opportunity now to make a game *together* that can be whatever we want it to be. The true lifeblood of this game isn't 1337 "graphics" or flawless execution of some tried and tested and shamelessly over*dance*ed gameplay mechanic. If this game succeeds, it'll be because there's people who just want to play to enjoy the experience of being a part of a living and growing thing while shooting at each other and coming out of the flurry of bullets and explosions with a smile on their face. THAT is what Quake was to me, that's what Tribes was to me, and that's what I want this to be. As easy as it is to say, "lol web games lol," or, "haha stupid lol boring blah lame," a whole lot of the people involved in this thing, from IA right down to the FE:L team, are completely excited about making this thing good. Not 'good' in the evil corporate profit margin sense (read, "EA"), but 'good' in the ~Valve~ sense, just approaching the same problem (and yes, it is a problem) from the opposite side.

Valve in particular strikes a chord because they're a company that was founded on the ideals of making great games. Steam is nothing more than a natural continuation of that ideal and, despite incredible scepticism, it became a staple of PC gaming. Games like Portal and TF2 were bound to hit store shelves, but Darwinia? What about Red Orchestra? Darwinia is a great game - a fresh RTS with unique gameplay (name another in the past 5 yrs - I dare you). Red Orchestra was a true-to-life historical FPS built on Unreal tech (!! .. srsly.. on Steam? That's pretty *dance*ing cool).

Point is, with Legions we want to make this *your* game. We're polishing up the core gameplay mechanics we think will be fun, but in the long run it'll be up to the players. My greatest fear for this project is that people don't take us seriously when we say the game will mold to what the players want. Basically, if you want to help make Legions the best game it can be, stick around. This project needs exactly that attitude, and that's the only thing, as far as I'm concerned, that can make it great.

Edit: Apparently the F word gets filtered to *dance* on the forums...

well that's good to hear and peaks my interest even more.  Make it good.  Make it fast. (as in, airspeed ).  There is nothing more I want (in my gaming life) than a game like Tribes (and a few others) that has always kept me coming back for more.  Too often these days I will play a new game for a few days then be bored with it to never pick it up again.

I wonder if it would be possible to get a UE3 game working on IA.....hmmmmmmmmmm. of course the 9 gb download probably wouldn't be so great (I've been working on a UE3 game for the past year and a half)

I hope by "mid fall" you actually mean "mid spring. 

Haha yea.. oops (fixed). I think I made that same mistake elsewhere.. I should fix that.

IA works with any engine and we're always looking for good games.

Yeah I am definitely eagerly waiting this game, as a former Tribes player.  I'll do my best to add to and be part of this community. 

Mid Spring thank goodness, I was getting excited way too early for mid fall. I can't wait 

Looking forward to this game more than anything currently announced.  I doubt there's any other game that could get me back into competition.

Don't ignore the community like IG did with T:V.  Eugene OR is a lot closer to me than Australia so don't screw it up!

quite funny to see how many people are tagged "Tw" "tribal" or several variations on this Keep it up, we are all eager to get our claws onto Legions. 

I like the philosophy being used to create the game, but I worry about the front-end being connected with the browser.  Obviously, we'll all have to see how it works but I just don't see if as a strong platform to place a game that seems to be very important for GG.  This is a pioneering venture, sink or swim type attitude.  I hope all of these plugins can deliver.

I think a huge factor is whether or not the web architecture can be nailed down before people get fed up with the bugs

granted thats what the beta is for.. but I think thats what causes lots of these far out web ideas to fail

the reason there is a beta now is so that they can get all these front end bugs out while it is just MB and TT; they are fully aware that if they released FEL with the web stuff like this to the general population (read: half of TW) their houses would be on fire right now.