so is anyone playing much q4?

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so is anyone playing much q4?

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just wondered - most servers seem empty most of the time it seems to me - or is the in game browser just lying?
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Post by bitWISE »

I don't play much at all.
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I want to play a lot but I am having more and more trouble finding populated servers as well, but the crap server browser has a lot to do with that I think.
Most filled servers are tournament gametype servers, and I hate waiting 10 minutes for a round of a tourney to end as well :shrug:
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I play once in a while.. then get fed up with FFA and quit..
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i have it, and ive been trying it, but its just not for me as it is.
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Post by SmokeyTreats »

plained wrote:i have it, and ive been trying it, but its just not for me as it is.

Ditto, I'm waiting for the first patch.
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a patch most likely change the reasons why its not for me.
it is about time!
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Re: so is anyone playing much q4?

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neh wrote:just wondered - most servers seem empty most of the time it seems to me - or is the in game browser just lying?
I've been having a tough time finding FFA servers which aren't packed or incredibly high ping.
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I'm having a really hard time finding decent CTF servers. Either they're empty or they're loaded with players and lag like crazy.
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Re: so is anyone playing much q4?

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neh wrote:just wondered - most servers seem empty most of the time it seems to me - or is the in game browser just lying?


Meh, the ingame browser is pretty shit tbh. Have you tried Q4 Echelon? It's pretty good. Sorts all players online alphabetically in a list on one screen, and all servers, game types and pings on another. Whole interface is fairly close to ASE's. I have more success finding activity on low ping servers with echelon than the ingame browser. Kquery is good too.
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Not playing it much but waiting on a new gfx card which should come come tomorrow and smooth out my game. At the moment playing online's been a nightmare because my system craps out when I hit any remotely detailed area even at the lowest settings.
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Post by DRuM »

Yep, pretty much the same here too.
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Not much fun being raped by someone partly because you can't turn properly or see them when you're trying to kill them is it?
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Nope, no fun at all. It's annoying because there are some cocky players in DM who are winning mostly because they get a steady 60fps. I know that if it were Q3 I would be winning or at least, doing a lot better simply because of framerate and visibility. When it goes down to 18fps in detailed areas we're on a hiding to nothing.
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Post by Dr_Watson »

i havn't enven bothered to buy it yet.
i figure until i can afford to upgrade the 9800 its pointless to tease myself.
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DRuM wrote:Nope, no fun at all. It's annoying because there are some cocky players in DM who are winning mostly because they get a steady 60fps. I know that if it were Q3 I would be winning or at least, doing a lot better simply because of framerate and visibility. When it goes down to 18fps in detailed areas we're on a hiding to nothing.
Yeah exactly, I faired okay in the FFAs I played on the first day but same as you I'd have been wasting most of the guys I played against with a decent framerate instead of coming 2nd and third, playing someone who only has me to concentrate on leaves me without a chance.
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Post by brisk »

quake 4 is shit.
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Post by Zyte »

after playing some q3/warsow, q4 is too slow and doom3ish
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Post by jester! »

Eh I can almost always find a server with sub 60 ping with a few bodies on it for DM/Tourney.

Alberta ownz you?

But seriously I have been playing for an hour or two every day since I got it and plan on continuing until the mods come out and fix what Raven wont...
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Post by plained »

i would like a sports motif instead of the current one.

q4 feels like a 1990's game to me imo
it is about time!
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are you saying that feeling like a 90's game is a bad thing?
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plained wrote:i have it, and ive been trying it, but its just not for me as it is.
yer kiddin , right ?
Whats with that comment, Is it not what you were expecting ?
I dont have q4 atm, and seeing my old q3 budday make this statement, I wonder if I should even spend the $$$.
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Post by shadd_ »

Zyte wrote:after playing some q3/warsow, q4 is too slow and doom3ish
the movement is a bit different than q3. however after playing awhile it is just as fast once you get the movement down.

actually it is faster than vq3. there are moves you can do in q4 that cannot be done in q3.

hopefully it will get patched up and modded asap.
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Post by DRuM »

So has anyone mastered the crouch slide up to YA on the edge yet?
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Post by plained »

Booger wrote:
plained wrote:i have it, and ive been trying it, but its just not for me as it is.
yer kiddin , right ?
Whats with that comment, Is it not what you were expecting ?
I dont have q4 atm, and seeing my old q3 budday make this statement, I wonder if I should even spend the $$$.
yea sometimes i got to give my haed a shake, it just seems harsh to me right now.

i going to keep trying q4 and try and have an open mind with it.
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