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CCP MC Peanut wrote:

Maken Tosch wrote:

@CCP MC Peanut

Since you're here, I like to point out something that has gotten me a disoriented (literally) when I was playing Dust.

Every time I spawn in at any location whether it's an uplink, objective, default spawn, or CRU, I get completely disoriented upon spawning in to the point that even with the help of the compass I am momentarily unable to get a sense of direction. I'm serious. For some reason my sense of direction goes the way of the dodo bird during that first moment immediately after spawning. Of course, a moment or two later I regain my sense of direction thanks to the compass and then all is right again.

I don't know if this has anything to do with just biology and maybe this is just me experiencing this and no one else.

In any case, this seems like something that can best be addressed with a subtle visual cue built into the spawn points when I'm in the map overview screen. If an uplink is facing a specific direction, I like to know before I pick that spawn. I don't want to spawn in facing a wall while a redberry has his gun to my back. But the issue with the disorientation comes in when spawning in via the objectives and CRUs where I can spawn in at a random point at a random direction. Am I going to spawn in facing the objective or away from the objective? Am I going to spawn behind that barrier or out in the open?

I'm not sure if they purposely orient the player when spawning or not. My guess is they do, but I can't say for sure. Either way they can orient the player and likewise indicate this somehow on the overview map. If we end up moving the icons on the overview map to the 3D system, I'll keep this in mind.


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Severus Smith Caldari State 537	Posted - 2014.05.13 13:51:00 - [1] - Quote CCP MC Peanut wrote: Maken Tosch wrote: @CCP MC Peanut Since you're here, I like to point out something that has gotten me a disoriented (literally) when I was playing Dust. Every time I spawn in at any location whether it's an uplink, objective, default spawn, or CRU, I get completely disoriented upon spawning in to the point that even with the help of the compass I am momentarily unable to get a sense of direction. I'm serious. For some reason my sense of direction goes the way of the dodo bird during that first moment immediately after spawning. Of course, a moment or two later I regain my sense of direction thanks to the compass and then all is right again. I don't know if this has anything to do with just biology and maybe this is just me experiencing this and no one else. In any case, this seems like something that can best be addressed with a subtle visual cue built into the spawn points when I'm in the map overview screen. If an uplink is facing a specific direction, I like to know before I pick that spawn. I don't want to spawn in facing a wall while a redberry has his gun to my back. But the issue with the disorientation comes in when spawning in via the objectives and CRUs where I can spawn in at a random point at a random direction. Am I going to spawn in facing the objective or away from the objective? Am I going to spawn behind that barrier or out in the open? I'm not sure if they purposely orient the player when spawning or not. My guess is they do, but I can't say for sure. Either way they can orient the player and likewise indicate this somehow on the overview map. If we end up moving the icons on the overview map to the 3D system, I'll keep this in mind. I know this isn't a UI thing but I want to mention it anyway. I hope that y'all do away with the current spawn system and replace it with something more exciting. It's pretty disorienting (as Maken pointed out) and immersion breaking to just appear invisible next to something (or for enemies to suddenly appear out of thin air next to me). It would be so much more fun to spawn in via more realistic / exciting methods. I love spawning in PS2 (falling from the sky) and Titanfall (deploying via dropship). Both of those help me feel pumped before I jump back into the firefight. So for Legion; when I hit respawn it would be awesome to wake up in a CRU and have it open, or for me to deploy in via an NPC dropship, or to drop in from the sky and use my inertial dampeners. Again, I know it's not a UI thing - but it would be awesome.