Quake3World

When playing ET:QW I often find myself on the human side acting as Engineer ignoring the main objective (leaving that to the other engineers to handle) and instead build guard towers, capture spawn points, and repair anti-vehicle/personel turrets and radars.

When the main objective is built, I switch out to Soldier and rush the South Sewer Gate in all the confusion while teams are busy locked in a stalemate behind me. After that's planted, I head for the Maintnance Hatch and blow that.

Finally, when all's said and done, I switch out to Covert Op and end up just being slaughtered trying to hack the sewer controls.

Here's where I get to my topic:
I notice that there are never very many medics and they're an extremely useful class. I played it once and was spam-rezzing everybody that died and tossing medipaks like crazy. I had so much fun as a medic that I want to start playing them more often but I'm not quite sure how to play one.

I was wondering if anybody that knows how to play a medic can give me some pointers. I don't want to be the noob medic that snipes from hilltop spawn with a regular assault rifle. :icon32:

Thanks guys!

I tried to follow objective takers, like a good engineer when he's trying to build the EMP disruptor. Stay out of sight and revive/heal him when it's safe.

Two medics can be interesting since we take turns shooting and reviving each other.

I don't think Strogg can pick up medpacks and Humans can't pick up stroyent.

err, no.

i would be pissed if someone did that to me.

yeah, its true, but i wouldnt do it on a pub.

I usually hold sprint and spam defibs. If i see that im being targeted and am running low on health, i'll run around a corner real quick and medpack up, then run back out and defib some more. I usually don't even waste medpacks on people if theres a lot of action going down. only after fights, or on objective takers.

There aren't alot of good medics, but its pretty obvious when you run into one when playing strogg.

DooMer wrote:yeah, its true, but i wouldnt do it on a pub.

that's what i meant. if i was playing with a regular team and we had communications down it would be helpful.

even a stranger on a pub doing it would be fine, if he was a good medic and understood what was going on in the game.

but some guy whacking me down when i have 25 or 30 hp left right outside the enemy base with an opening.... that's what i see happening on a pub.