i think the problem is with the 'grapple monkeys' who take the q3 physics to the max. Last match we had our flag lined up with proxies, a laser accross it, and I had a sentry. Zelmo zipped in and out, my sentry fired 10 times and hit none, the proxies didn't explode, and the laser didn't touch him.
Chasing some of these people in spectator mode it makes you wonder what these other weapons are doing in the mod at all, other then for looks and the ocasional 'lucky kill'.
There is NO WAY a new player can put up with that, spending weeks learning how to use a sentry, figure out what the alt weapons do, learning how to drop ammo, when all their work is fruitless against anyone with a hint of grapple skill. But that part of q3wfa is out of my hands, maybe next time there can be a fine balance between the perfection of balance like the molasses-speed q3f and the spam that wf has in its heart.