Double rails?

[bigt]

Has any1 seen/done any? Are they possible?

 

[ABards]

Ive done a few its not hard

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[Sres]

And a double rail being?

Sres - QW Whore non-Q2 playing bod who likes Q3a ....

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[Skeeve]

It would be killing two people with one shot.

 

[bigt]

Yeah what he ^^^^^ said

 

[Skeeve]

They are a lot easier to do on these overloaded servers everyone is running atm.

Is there any chance of bw running lower maxclients but more servers?

 

[Mincer]

I think they went down to 6 servers with 6 player max, they seem to have put 4 of them back up to 8 again though, probably because it was impossible to get on to one of them.

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[Skeeve]

For the first map 8 would be the sensible maximum for a server which makes some of the 16+ servers you seen on the net seem all the more ludicrous, even moreso when the same server cycles onto test2.

 

[Trojan1]

Jeez i hate that q3test2 map when theres a lot of players. Its just impossable to travel from A-B without getting caught up in a fire fight.

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Regards From Trojan1

 

[Teardrop]

Abs don't lie I've SEEN your railing

Cheers
Stu
(once got a quad quad rail (ie rail0red 4 peeps with quadded railgun). Then fell into the lava coz I was laughing maniacally.)

 

[Paul B]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR> once got a quad quad rail (ie rail0red 4 peeps with quadded railgun). Then fell into the lava coz I was laughing maniacally. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Not Q3a I assume.

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Paul B
paul@pbrowning.freeserve.co.uk

 

[SimbobX]

The Quad, Rail and Lava are all right next to each other on Q3Test1 .. so I assume he does mean Q3a

 

[Paul B]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>The Quad, Rail and Lava are all right next to each other on Q3Test1 .. so I assume he does mean Q3a<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I know, but the idea of someone actually being able to hit something with the Q3a railgun.
Incredible.

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Paul B
paul@pbrowning.freeserve.co.uk

 

[Teardrop]

No, Q2. That level with the spinning cog thing with the railgun on the block over the lava and where the floor of the slope opens and you drop down and get the quad (ffs I cant believe I still dont know the map names).

Can't play Q3, my PC is too shite. But I had like a 20 minute go on Granny's PC at Fusion, and dunno what you're talking about, the railgun was piss.

Cheers
Stu

 

[Trojan1]

Heh, try using it with a 150+ ping, i think you'll find a big difference. I too had a play on Q3 at Fusion and found the rail a lot easier.

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Regards From Trojan1

 

[Paul B]

Yeah.

When I tried the Railgun on ISDN with an almost empty server. No probs.

Get some people in the map and a 56K line and I'm screwed.


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Paul B
paul@pbrowning.freeserve.co.uk

 

[Tharg]

Well frankly i think the rail in Q3a is a bit lame. It feels so differrent to the Q2 one and seems almost slow

that is with a ping of around 30 too so i am a little dissapointed by that but the other weapons i like

 

[ABards]

bah Q3 rail isnt at all hard its just a different knack

I foudnt hat having learnt to deal with the pause of q2 rail quite recently adding that exytra pause wasnt hard as Q2 railing inst instinctaul to me (like I bet it is to u)

Just trak and then when u think you should fire stop and fire

that pause should get u the hit

I also found just railing exclusively helped and I made a rule with myself to always end on a rail

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[Tharg]

Yeah you are right i suppose cos i am used to the Q2 rail. What annoys me is with Q2 there is no delay from when you shoot to where i hits and in Q3 there is a few milliseconds between it. That is what i find a bit difficult i take it ABS you are not a Q2 player?

cheers

 

[{tfc}ted]

Call me old fashioned but it is really a railgun - looks like a plasma rifle to me

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http://www.barrysworld.com/tfc

 

[Delboy]

Try practising raling from a position on Q3test2, at the people jumping all over the place.

Draw an imaginary line of the path you expect them to follow when they jump, zoom in and BANG!

Clay pigeon shooting.

 

[katana]

As my PC can't supply the necesasary fps with present 3D card I haven't tried Q3A properly via a modem. But, having played quite a bit at fusion the railgun isn't exactly the toughest weapon to use.

I get the impression that it might even encourage campers...but having only played Q2 a couple of times (too many) I dunno if this is the case.

Either way, the game needs the shaft &gt;

Regards
Katana

 

[Rumpy]

Kat have you tried firing up a server with Cheats on? If you get a chance to then with a give all at console you will find a Lightning gun. I've not tried it as yet Vs anyone, but it looks ok. Odds are it'll be a bit different from the QW 1, but if it was the same it'd be nothing new to learn so a bit pointless. I find it tricky to use the Q3A rail as I keep on forgetting it ISN'T a Q2 rail, but I quite like it.

For a Pre Alpha test release I think it plays really well, it only crashes on me about 1 map swap in 5.. It's pretty good, but I'd say the netcode isn't finished yet as I have played a HPB m8 of mine who is better as a player than me and I rather nailed the poor sod on my ISDN. Hope the LPB/HPB inequality is fixed apart from that it's pretty good so far

 

[Sres]

I've tried the cheats, the LG doesn't move around as much as the QW one, it stays central. It's easier, but the power is a bit poop, then again it's prolly not complete.

The GL looks quicker than the QW one

No Grapple (Does anyone want to use the grapple? Is this a campers weapon?)

BFG looks almost instant from what I can tell, good blast radius. Totally different from Q2/Doom BFG

Sres

 

[Mr B]

Does anyone use the grapple

erm... yes...

CTF would be dead without the grapple....it's a vital skill to learn and master to become a proficient flag grabber.

"a campers weapon?" tchock!

Mrs B

[This message has been edited by Mr B (edited 26 May 1999).]

 

[Sres]

Sounds like you CTFers are a load of Tarzans

hehe

arrrrrrhhhhhh-arrrhahhhhaaaa!

Sres

 

[SimbobX]

Sounds like you CTFers are a load of Tarzans

Absolutely

the grapple? Is this a campers weapon?

erm .. a weapon designed to allow you to move faster .. ??

hehe

 

[Tharg]

I would like to point out that the grapple *is* a CTF thing and is a bit misplaced in DM cos you can camp. The nature of CTF requires ppl to camp in order to hold positions and also for grabbing the flag etc........................ (i am a boring sod)

blah blah blah and it is a GREAT thing in CTF but i don't like it in DM!!!!!!!!!!
(I h8 work)

Yours Tharg

 

[Mr B]

THE GRAPPLE IS NOT FOR CAMPING.

Go here....

http://www.clanbase.com/demolist.php3 and download any of the Nut5 demo's chasing or recammed by BsTealEr (or whatever frightful combination of upper and lower case characters it is).

How is holding a position in a game of CTF considered OK, but holding a position in DM considered CAMPING - I never did get an answer on that one.....

 

[Skeeve]

Holding position in teamdm is fine as it a team game as well but it becomes camping when its done on a ffa server.