Anyway, there are several weapons that you can choose to use in Quake. You start out with two, the axe and the shotgun. The shotgun is the standard weapon, having a great range and accuracy and lots of ammunition, but it does very little damage at all but the closest ranges. The axe requires no ammunition and does a fair amount of damage, but it has practically no range at all (purely a hand-to-hand weapon). It is only to be used in extreme emergencies! Trust me, you don't want to get that close to your enemies. You will only use these weapons as long as it takes you to find a better one! Trust me, these two are NOT very good!
The super shotgun (or double-barrelled) is a very good weapon at close range,doing considerably more damage at close range than the regular shotgun, though at long range, it does very little damage. Up close, it can really ripup anyone and anything you don't particularly like today.
The nailgun is a mediocre weapon. It launches a series of metal slugs, or nails (a tribute to the guys who did the soundtrack to the game, Nine Inch Nails) out of two barrels at high speeds. The best that can be said for this weapon is that it looks scary on the receiving end. It does very little damage.
The super nailgun, or Perforator, is a MUCH better weapon!!! First of all, it has four barrels. That pretty much covers the situation. It fires off twice as many rounds, and faster than the regular nailgun. This gun can rip up all comers at long ranges! A good gun, but it eats ammo up pretty fast. I reccomend it, but I reccomend that, if you've got something better, use it. This gun is worthy, but others are more so.
The grenade launcher is an interesting weapon! It's not my favorite, but I'll gladly use it! It launches, or perhaps "belches" is a better way of putting it. Unlike the aforementioned weapons, it does not launch them in a straight line. The grenades get spit out at a fairly high speed and then bounce about for awhile. They then detonate. If you've got "friends" down the stairs, try this one! Even if you miss, it's a really scary sight, believe me!
Now, this is, by far, easily, my favorite gun in this game! The rocket launcher, or "RL," for short is an unparalled means of finding your enemies and causing them to stop breathing! It is simply a launcher of rockets. These self-propelled warheads really blow up all targets to chunks. I cannot stress this enough: IF YOU HAVE THIS GUN, YOU WILL USE THIS IT!!!
The Thunderbolt, or lightning gun, is a very useful "riot" gun. What I mean by this is that, if you're packed tight into a small room with several other players, whip this bad boy out and let loose! It's basically a very powerful tazer. I've really had fun with it in the past!