Tim Willits interviewed by the Metro

As part of the post E3 presentations British newspaper Metro's GameCentral got a chance to sit down with Tim Willits to try and lure out some new information about id Software's new title Quake Champions.

Things mentioned in the interview:

The code name of the game was Lovecraft.
The theme of the game is heavily influenced by Quake 1 and the Lovecraftian Cthulu/Elder mythos with the gameplay being closer to Quake 3 (with the addition of differentiating champions with abilities).
There are passive and active abilities. Active ones are the abilities we saw in the CGI trailer.
He hinted at passive abilities being for example different movement systems "So you could pick a character that has some passive abilities, maybe one that’s a little faster".
Confirmed no loadouts.
Item timers confirmed (but not what kind of implementation, HUD or on the Map).
Integrated Matchmaking, league systems and tournaments were mentioned.
They have not decided on a monetization plan yet.

Full Interview: metro.co.uk

neeple

If he didnt mention timers he would have gotten a perfect score. Hope they wont be in all modes and I hope more game-modes than just the "new competitive mode" they are working on will have matchmaking

I'd love a working duel ladder in a game with a reasonable playerbase

posted 8 years ago

jim

If they somehow end up without a proper duel ladder or a reasonable points algoritm (elo,glicko etc) then im just going to give up on ever seeing a quake style AAA arena fps actually having one.
I just dont understand why the same development misstakes are being made over and over, it literally baffles me.

With that said im excited to actually see what they have been working on!

filo

idk why people are reluctnat to embrase timers. Do you time?

Depends on how timers are actually implemeted. I would like to see timers only showing when there is about 5-10 seconds left before it spawns again.

Will mean you still have to time to some extent but will not completely break the ability to offset timings and be effective. If you are running around checking items all the time anyway then i doubt it will really affect you either way.

InFerNo

I would like to see timers only showing when there is about 5-10 seconds left before it spawns again.

That would be a giveaway when the opponent picked up an item so it's no longer possible to tactically delay items.

Depends on implementation,i agree having timers would make offsetting a bit more difficult though.

For me its more about the variation between players that timers allows for. Compare players like Zorakwar and Fazz where Zorak times 4 items to the second (so I've heard) and fazz doesnt time at all. But they are both top level players, emphasizing different aspects of their game

Id rather players split their focus between timing and position/combat in varied amounts depending on the player than just simply all players doing the same method (timing by feel or using item timers).

It also adds to the amount of things a player has to think about to be the best. If 2 players have equal skill and positioning but one can time 3 items to the second and the other can only time mega then player A has the advantage.

Removing it just removes another thing by which you can separate players by their ability.

Also as a shitty dueler, I enjoy the challenge of trying to time while being under pressure and trying not to compromise the rest of my game.

If they remove clock timing and add something else that fills the void it leaves then I wont complain. But just removing it for the sake of making the game easier would annoy me, at least in duel

Could very likely be that timers are on in this new main mode they are working on but they leave clock timing as it is in duel so they dont needlessly annoy the hardcore fanbase while focusing on a different mode anyway