By no means necessarily a "dumb thing to do" just because
friendly-fire damage is on. I've totally forgotten that it's possible to rocket jump and NOT take a hit. I don't care because:
a. it is incredibly useful, for both
navigation and
escape (especially with flags, hehe).
b. there are healthpacks all over the place to get back that freshly-showered feeling.
Lots of maps
tease you with a goodie like
quad or blue health that you have to take a
circuitous and perhaps dangerous path to get. Just
RJ it! For the blue health you always come out ahead even with the rocket damage...
Note to Drac: rocket jumps with quad on will
squash you
flat against the ceiling. Do NOT do those unless friendly fire damage is OFF.
Advanced topic:
It is possible to
steer in the air.
Control is
minimal, so if you are dealing with a
railgunner, RJ with a very small
angle of deflection between yourselves, ie. almost directly at or away from them. This maximizes the
disruption your air-steering does to their aim. It also puts you on a great path to either
lambaste the railgunner or
GTFOOD.
Regarding
optical mice: they suck for
Quake and other shooters. 1500
samples per second is wonderful for
Photoshop but wholly insufficient for the rapid motion of mice in an
FPS. When
whipped hard from one side to another the
cursor does not
follow the expected
path but describes some weird
cardioid and never gets to where you intended it.
Strange but true.