The nice things about the BFG are

• Power, about 3 times a rocket.

• The firing rate - 3 - 4 a second.

• And the fact that the plasma balls don't travel instantaneously. The plasma balls travel a little faster than a rocket.

Redeemer and IonCannon of UT2Kx are just too powerful. They are useful when you are getting frustrated and want to just blow things away for a while.

During an Invasion, the IonCannon takes too long to set up, so when the monsters are pelting you with plasma balls, you don't have time to set up an Ion Cannon shot. The Redeemer in UT2K3 holds lots of rounds, but in UT2K4, it can hold only one. But the Redeemer or Ion Cannon is likely to blow away your friends as well as your enemies.

But something like the BFG would be a lot more fun for Invasion. Those monsters just outgun everything else. It even takes 4-5 rockets or 3-4 Benelli Shotgun rounds to bring down some of them.

Sure would be nice to have a mod for UT2Kx to add a BFG. Start with the Redeemer shape, turn it green and then add the new firing behaviour.

The Big Freek'n Gun.

The BGF is the Super Weapon of Quake 3 Arena. It's a plasma weapon with tremendous firepower and firing rate. About 2-3 times as powerful as a rocket, and with a firing rate of 3-4 per second, nothing can stand up to the BFG. At least nothing in Q3A.

And it hold up to 1000 rounds. Just type /Give All to the console and see. ;-)

As you can see from this picture with MYNX holding the BFG, it's an armload.

Here's a front view of the BFG.

Ok, ok. Look at the gun and not the cleavage....

It's got a great muzzle blast.

Green Plama Balls

Muzzle Blast and Nearby Impact

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