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I'm sorry, but I don't agree with you. Quake 2 was the BEST Quake

No, it is not. I still play a few matches every now and then.

1. Movement is weird. Teleports suck immensely.

2. Weapons are slow to fire, and somehow, even slower to recharge/change. The 15km/h rocket projectiles don't make any sense.

3. Stock maps are crap. Thank God for ZTN

4. Has the worst community. Clients and mods are horrible. Zero quality of life stuff

Q2 being so slowed down compared to QuakeWorld makes a lot of sense when you read that John Carmack _hated_ the bunnyhopping bug in QW, and wanted everyone to be slow moving Terminators walking down hallways.

I'm with you though, I hated it, and my friends and I quickly went back to QW (+ QWTF) after trying Q2 briefly. I did have a soft spot for Rocket Arena 2 in Q2 though, that was fun.

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