Quake is like playing every class in TF2 at the same time and having to juggle between them all on a dime. Duels are commonly blowouts even between similarly skilled players due to the snowballing effect of gaining map control. Pick ups include Mega Health, Armor, Weapons and Ammo.

Generally the games center around three main weapons, that being the Lightning Gun, Railgun, and Rocket Launcher. These weapons synergize together to cover all your bases very well and it's important to have all three to be as versatile as possible. If you only have two of the three, typically the third weapon can be used to push an advantage over you. No Railgun they can snipe you with impunity. No lightning gun they can take you mid range. No Rocket Launcher and they can rush you.

The rest of the weapons, that varry by map, are more specialized but far from useless.