Quake Live - What Happened?

In Q1 I always liked DM but in Q3 it was all about RA3 - which means CA in QL...

Last time I looked for a CA game in QL there were few very servers with people playing and almost all custom modes :(
 
jubei said:
Unfortunately people these days cant handle skillful and/or challenging games. Too used to their console shooters and need their hand held to play an arena fps.

Holding forward and jump to bunny hop? lol really. This generation of gamers are so bad its embarrassing. I am just glad i grew up through the competitive quake era :)
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Agree with this, FPS games in particular seem to be made for console simplicity these days :(
dreigns said:
well they are the COD generation Spawn/camp shot :) dead are the days I was raised on Quake 2 and Quake 3
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Edward78 said:
110% agree with that. It was mega fun, there were lots of great Quake mods out there. Man, Weapons of Destruction was crazy fun.
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I also started on quake / quake2 and went onto quake3
The community was so much better back then (altho probably because it was limited and a lot smaller)

It's a shame there aren't many newer FPS games that allow people to mod.
Altho I guess most new games launch with DLC in mind :(

Quake2 CTF / TDM used to be so much fun, double jumping, strafe jumping, bunny hopping and dropping weapons + ammo for your team mates
Also Q2DM1 dueling until 3AM :eek: :D

Is quakelive coming to steam or something :confused: (think I read it somewhere)
Does it have any anticheat?

I was thinking if it was on steam I might go on it if I get bored
Also what is the FOV limit? I used to play on 110 on a 4:3 monitor

Eames said:
You have loadouts now, yup loadouts in a quake game. Yeah there's still the same guns lying around you can collect but you have to choose two guns to start with...this is quake?!
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lol :(

guess even quakelive is dying ?
 
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hold forward and jump to bunny jump and increase speed to x2?

wait.... so instead of doing the actual skilled jumping from side to side (strafe jumping or what ever.... can tell I'm good at it.... :rolleyes: ) you now just hold forward and jump?!

WHAT THE ACTUAL **** QUAKE?!?!?! :mad: spent ages in the practice trying to get relatively OK at this (still couldn't make it across all the platforms on the 3rd hallway in training arena :p ) was actually a fun part of the game which separated the skill levels of players. now if it's super easy mode.... wtf?!

this if a nine inch nail right to the foot!
 
Sasso said:
hold forward and jump to bunny jump and increase speed to x2?

wait.... so instead of doing the actual skilled jumping from side to side (strafe jumping or what ever.... can tell I'm good at it.... :rolleyes: ) you now just hold forward and jump?!

WHAT THE ACTUAL **** QUAKE?!?!?! :mad: spent ages in the practice trying to get relatively OK at this (still couldn't make it across all the platforms on the 3rd hallway in training arena :p ) was actually a fun part of the game which separated the skill levels of players. now if it's super easy mode.... wtf?!

this if a nine inch nail right to the foot!
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Actual strafe jumping is still far superior, bunny hopping is just for beginners so that they are not at an extreme disadvantage by not strafe jumping. Makes sense, really.

People are too quick to anger.
 
The auto jump thing doesn't really bother me, yeh I spent years perfecting it but if it allows more people to get into the game that's good.

The auto jump thing doesn't really help the player know when and where to use it though and it's not proper strafing.

Even with the auto jump I doubt they will ever be able to make the campgrounds rail jump from either side for example.

In regards to the population of QL, I have been playing on and off since 2009 when it launched as beta and it's stayed pretty consistent, a small dedicated user base and you will always find a game.

Basically, people playing QL today will be playing for years to come because it's like a drug.

I've been playing for well over 10 years and everytime a new shooter comes out I always get the itch to play quake lol.
 
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oL said:
Actual strafe jumping is still far superior, bunny hopping is just for beginners so that they are not at an extreme disadvantage by not strafe jumping. Makes sense, really.

People are too quick to anger.
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arrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad: :rolleyes:

this is true i suppose. I'm just bitter as it's an increasing trend to dumb down games to try and make it easier for people to get into. suppose if it brings more life into the game then it's a good thing... but still :p

also miffed that you needed to download a client that was basically exactly the same as the browser :p damn fiddling with things! :p
 
It is sad really, look what's with that weak weapon (the last one) on Quake4, watch out for my fire ember... Man, Chaos arena in Quake/chaos evolution for Quake 2, god the fun... Oh well, I am hopen for some great things when UT4 comes, but I have a sang Don't expect anything or you will be disappointed.
 
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Just cancelled my long standing subscription to this game.

I could handle the auto jumping, loadouts etc but they changed the ****ing announcer voice.

It was ****ing iconic for long standing q3 players like myself, literally cannot believe why they've done this.
 
So... Steam release today. I planned to play it but the 3 KB/sec download speed is just too reminiscent of when I actually used to play Quake3 so I guess at this rate I'll get to try it in a week or two?
 
Just fired it up and first thing I noticed was the announcer, that sucks. Also I took a look at the first screen "choose a primary and secondary"


`/quit
 
Say what you will about loadouts, but at least new players will stick around as opposed to getting smashed by veterans who know all the weapon spots.
 
Souness said:
Say what you will about loadouts, but at least new players will stick around as opposed to getting smashed by veterans who know all the weapon spots.
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Yeh I kinda agree with this. I setup a 100 frag FFA server this morning before work with loadouts and small cluster **** maps like electrichead, canned heat etc and it has been pretty much full all day from what I can see. I'm watching them all frag each other now and it's a blast.

Quake Live now has the same amount of people playing as Planetside 2 according to Steam.

Best thing is I can still setup a classic server no probs.
 
Noticed earlier that Quake Live is now on Steam!

News or been there for ages? Saw it in the promo window that starts with Steam.
 
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