Stamina. Good or bad?

[d3ath4u]

I realize that stamina will become quit a large factor in the game. I am wondering, what rate does stamina decrease if you are simply just running around? I think i read somewhere that implants use stamina, which is fine with me, but is it used just for running around and fighting without implants?

I've had some bad experience with stamina such as with the half life....ah, cant remember the mod, but it had stamina that was decreasing just by running around, and that might be a problem for me-having to stop to take a breather every 2 min. I guess thats what i like about tribes and UT. Please tell me that stamina is only used for implants, or decreases at a VERY slow rate.

I've seen some screens of decreased stamina, but i dont know the cause of that, and im sorry if this has already been discussed somewhere else, if so, please direct me to that place. Its been a couple months since i last read the faq, so im skipping the faq, and coming here, any info would be great. Thanks.