I believe that a spawn system similar to Starhawk's would help eliminate spawn campers. In Starhawk you pick any spot that is controlled by allies and you come down in a drop pod that you can guide making it so spawn campers don't know where to look and you can deploy where ever is best for you.

^This,

Like a Drop Pod Style Thing where you drop in and you have a like a little control sequence similar to Bf2142's drop pods where when you launch from them you can control where they are going? :3 and your invinciable for sometime?

I second this.

I would make it take longer though. A 25 - 30 second free-fall (after the spawn timer) and then a retro-burst to slow descent at the end as to not crater yourself into your buddy's tank (although using your clone as a tank busting air drop sounds like fun). I still like the idea of strategic player controlled deployable spawn points and I would not wish to diminish their effectiveness (thus the time spent (wasted) in freefall). Given a choice to spawn randomly or a sub orbital single-man insertion with some control (hell, even equipable skydiving gear) I would choose the latter.

I would pay ISK for drop pods...

especially ones that can be fitted with different gear...

like a player detonated optional payload or self destruct after you exit. OMG, so cool.

I'm not sure what the mode is called, but it doesn't have objectives and feels like team death match at times.

This modes spawns....they're simply ridiculous! I've spawned right in front of someones line of sight that wasnt even 5 metres away from me, needless to say I died instantly.

I know the game promotes teamwork and people placing uplinks to help you, but CCP, you need to face the facts, PC players have known this -forever-, Free to play FPS' are ridden with people who don't play the objective or will only help people that are themselves.

There needs to be some system in place to help you out at least when it comes to spawning when your team refuses to help.

there is a word for these people.
cannon fodder.

How about the Dust equivalent to a jump cloak. You are invulnerable until you shoot, move 2 meters away from the spawn point, or 15 seconds have elapsed. This would at least let you load screen and get your bearings when you spawn... It also turns the enemies reaction to a spawn from "YIPPIE! Free XP!" to "oh crap, get some quick cover". The enemy will be tossing a grenade, but at least they won't be firing on an expensive mannequin.

I do agree that something like drop pods should be implemented so you can actually spawn in without just spawning with a tank ontop of you, Ive had that happen plenty of times where there would be a enemy tank that would sit at the farthest away spawn and decimate anyone that would be coming out, at this point the clone spawner's were capped and we couldnt really do much, but I do think being deployed from above with the ability to guide your self down like Battlefield 2 with the parachutes, but with drop pods. Definitely need to fix the static spawn points, I MEAN we are in the future! Why cant we have random drop location or play guided drop zones.

In a sense it would keep people on their feet for both sides and allow people to basically have control of where you spawn, while in the drop pod you would be invincible and wouldn't be able to do anything but guide yourself down and it would be an instant deployment gun up and everything that way there isnt some silly animation for it and you loose like half your health getting out, like a certain reload animation >.>;

I found the spawn system of MAG to be quite effective most of the time.
For those of you unfamiliar with the game, you would usually spawn in a location near enough to the battlefield, but physically inaccessible and out of LOS by means of ledges and small walls. Other times you could parachute into the battle and manually guide yourself down. While this system often meant having to travel a little bit to get to the action it promoted teamwork by encouraging you to form up with your teammates before rushing into the fray, as well as by giving more weight and value to every hard-earned advance.