In Quake 4, the Quad Damage Powerup only multiplies damage by 3, making it less powerful than its forefathers. The Quad Damage Powerups can only be found in Multiplayer mode and they are not common. Sometimes they are removed for balancing reasons, due to unfairness to the players, even though the damage multiplier is down to 3. When picked up, the player is surrounded by a blue aura, making him/her easily spotted by other players, and sometimes in deathmatch, the Quad Damage owner will be everyone's target. However, with quad damage, it will be much easier versus enemy player with Megahealth or Heavy Armor.
In Team games the player glows the color of their respective team. When they are killed, the Quad Damage will disappear instead of being dropped for the next person to pick up.
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