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TF was good but I miss Rocket Arena more

evanmoran 7y ago
Couldn't agree more. For those wondering, Rocket Arena was an amazing team game (last team alive gets a point, or optionally CTF rules) where each player starts with ALL of the weapons, armor and ammo in the game. Since everyone had a rocket launcher, railgun, grenade launcher, shotgun, etc, this focused the game on team strategy / communication and shooting accuracy rather than on timing the weapon / player health spawns. This would have been awesome by itself, but Rocket Area also made it so that rockets didn't do damage to your health (though they did hurt your armor!) so you could freely move with rocket jumping. This created unbelievable mobility and many beautiful custom maps were made; just imagine huge castles where your skill at rocket jumping allowed you to soar from turret to turret. Here's a good video showing the mobility and skill involved in using all the weapons at once: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhzK5fL1mj0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhzK5fL1mj0 Here's some of the maps that were common: http://www.bosskey.net/q3a/maps/standard.html http://www.bosskey.net/q3a/maps/standard.html
- tomc1985 7y ago
  This reminds me of Instagib mode in UT ... same gameplay twist: since everyone is on an even playing field with a hitscan instakill gun, accuracy and agility were much more important
  - flumpcakes 7y ago
    Instagib was my favorite mode back in UT2003/2004. Really forced you to hone your twitch muscles. When you and your opponent were both missing each other, it only upped the frantic tension until one of you bursts into giblets!
- dasil003 7y ago
  One subtlety to observe in that video at the end when he wins is he walks instead of runs so you can't hear his footsteps, and keeps the rocket launcher armed until he has a clean shot because the railgun makes ambient noise.
- dontdieych 7y ago
  Quake Champions introduce Clan Arena game mode couple of days ago. https://quake.bethesda.net/en/news/6Crf7hYCPNNC4hJa9DlUE4 https://quake.bethesda.net/en/news/6Crf7hYCPNNC4hJa9DlUE4 video - https://youtu.be/kfcoMgETDaI?t=354 https://youtu.be/kfcoMgETDaI?t=354
  - rangibaby 7y ago
    2000: RA3 is the choice of the discerning gentleman 2008: Clan arena is the most popular game mode in Quake Live 2020: Check our our new game mode!

Couldn't agree more. For those wondering, Rocket Arena was an amazing team game (last team alive gets a point, or optionally CTF rules) where each player starts with ALL of the weapons, armor and ammo in the game. Since everyone had a rocket launcher, railgun, grenade launcher, shotgun, etc, this focused the game on team strategy / communication and shooting accuracy rather than on timing the weapon / player health spawns. This would have been awesome by itself, but Rocket Area also made it so that rockets didn't do damage to your health (though they did hurt your armor!) so you could freely move with rocket jumping. This created unbelievable mobility and many beautiful custom maps were made; just imagine huge castles where your skill at rocket jumping allowed you to soar from turret to turret. Here's a good video showing the mobility and skill involved in using all the weapons at once: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhzK5fL1mj0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhzK5fL1mj0 Here's some of the maps that were common: http://www.bosskey.net/q3a/maps/standard.html http://www.bosskey.net/q3a/maps/standard.html

tomc1985 7y ago
This reminds me of Instagib mode in UT ... same gameplay twist: since everyone is on an even playing field with a hitscan instakill gun, accuracy and agility were much more important
- flumpcakes 7y ago
  Instagib was my favorite mode back in UT2003/2004. Really forced you to hone your twitch muscles. When you and your opponent were both missing each other, it only upped the frantic tension until one of you bursts into giblets!
dasil003 7y ago
One subtlety to observe in that video at the end when he wins is he walks instead of runs so you can't hear his footsteps, and keeps the rocket launcher armed until he has a clean shot because the railgun makes ambient noise.
dontdieych 7y ago
Quake Champions introduce Clan Arena game mode couple of days ago. https://quake.bethesda.net/en/news/6Crf7hYCPNNC4hJa9DlUE4 https://quake.bethesda.net/en/news/6Crf7hYCPNNC4hJa9DlUE4 video - https://youtu.be/kfcoMgETDaI?t=354 https://youtu.be/kfcoMgETDaI?t=354
- rangibaby 7y ago
  2000: RA3 is the choice of the discerning gentleman 2008: Clan arena is the most popular game mode in Quake Live 2020: Check our our new game mode!