As the local representative for the IUS (International Union of Slipgaters) I have been called on by our members to protest in the strongest terms at the use of railguns in generations levels. In at least 2 levels fellow slipgaters have raced against stroggs to the top of the level only to find a supernail gun! Yes we have the best rockets, but the nails just travel too slow!

Sorry I put it in the wrong area. Im new to online chat etc.

I think that the lag or ping? has a bad effect as i never seem to hit anything with them. i'm just not used to playing with lag mind, as i've only just got broardband, so if i wanted deathmatch i cranked up the reaper (remember him?) or played UT. I intend to plactace a while with Gen bots when I have time so i can do better this saturday night.

tell you what looked like a really good supernailgun, the one from the classic quake arena mod for quake3. as it span, these levers flew out sideways on it and gave the immpression of fantastic speed... or am i wrong? havent played it for over a year. still, the supernailgun just does not seem to have the power of the one in Q3, even if it is 'correct' in its power and nail speed etc.

Have you seen the horror that was 99a? Rockets everywhere and everyone was Slip because they were nearly unstoppable.

Shambler, in my experience, the nails are very useful when someone is chasing you or up close.  I generally don't care for the Super Nail Gun as it chews through ammo way too fast so I tend to use the regular Nail Gun and have had a fair amount of success with it.  (I love the way the original Nail Gun fires as well.  Piston-pumping > Standard Rotary Fire )  

One thing I try to do is to angle my shots away from my opponent yet in the same direction he/she is running/strafing towards.  You'd be surprised as to just how much strafing and angling your shots away from your opponent aids in landing a successful hit.  I know because I'm the dumbass that tries to outrun/jump over rockets, and has yet to actually accomplish such a feat without dying or becoming considerably close to death.  Hope that helps you improve your game.

I also suggest you attend as many forum games as possible as several of the regulars are insanely good at Gen or just a general blast to play against.  The multi-class aspect really helps you focus in on building certain skills as well.

Nails can be used much like the strogg hyperblaster. Not very effective in most head-to-head combat situations, but useful for delayed shots. Just pump a few into the hallway you expect your opponent to pop up (in say, a 1v1) and use it as covering fire. Worked wonders for me in Q2 1v1 games (especially on q2dm3, and especially when playing against people that weren't expecting my weird style of play ).
Anway, slipgate == shaft+rocketlauncher, the rest has always been.. well.. fairly useless :]

Not depending on the RL as slipgate is like not using the rail and chaingun for strogg.

Not a good way to win.

OR a keyboard!