I still don't see any issue with our current spawning system if its implemented to prefer areas with friendlies and low enemy concentration. As far as spawning on "hard spawns" like Drop Uplinks and CRUs, there should be the risk of someone camping it.

If nothing else, if you zoom in the map view all the way, you can see little glimmering dots on the map for each player thanks to how oddly shiny our armor is.

WE WANT TO RAIN DOWN FROM THE SKY LIKE TINY METAL BUNDLES OF DEATH!!!!

Drop Uplinks should remain as they are - wormhole-based clone teleportation. CRUs, for obvious reasons, spawn you straight out of a ground-based installation.

But any "default" spawn, including spawning on an objective in a Skirmish battle, or the randomised spawns in Ambush, should spawn us high ABOVE the battlefield.

In addition, whether spawning or just jumping off something stupidly high, we should be able to guide our descent - but only within certain limits - as long as we don't activate the Inertial Dampener. When it triggers, you lose control, but you can wait until you're pretty close to the ground before hitting it.

Spawns will be safer, the specific spawn location will be randomised (or sequential), but players will, as we fall, have some measure of control over our landing point. More importantly, we'll have AWARENESS of the situation we're dropping into. If there are enemies on the ground, WE CAN SEE THEM, and try to manoeuvre somewhere that won't disadvantage us too severely.

This would be a rip off and possible copyright infringement of a game named Section 8.

Given the topic, please read this link, substitute the word "Steak" for "Clone":
http://what-if.xkcd.com/28/
Also watch Felix Baumgarten's recent drop to see how low a jump from 39KM takes, and considering that EvE ships (including the warbarge?) cannot reach the atmosphere, you'd be jumping from at least 100KM.

^good idea.


Only problem? People's impatience. Thanks to ADHD generating games like CoD, players these days get pretty fidgety when they have to wait 10 seconds to respawn. Imagine thirty seconds? I personally don't mind waiting, but average players hate it.
Still, I think launching spawns in waves would be cool, though.

I tend to agree. especially regarding spawns nearby main objectives.. We just spawn out of thin air with no justification whatsoever...

Also, even drop uplink are weird imo. I always thought they were more like antennas pinpointing coordinates for player to drop on a specific location. Thus, being dropped from the sky to the indicated coordinates.

WE WANT TO RAIN DOWN FROM THE SKY LIKE TINY METAL BUNDLES OF DEATH!!!!

Drop Uplinks should remain as they are - wormhole-based clone teleportation. CRUs, for obvious reasons, spawn you straight out of a ground-based installation.

But any "default" spawn, including spawning on an objective in a Skirmish battle, or the randomised spawns in Ambush, should spawn us high ABOVE the battlefield.

In addition, whether spawning or just jumping off something stupidly high, we should be able to guide our descent - but only within certain limits - as long as we don't activate the Inertial Dampener. When it triggers, you lose control, but you can wait until you're pretty close to the ground before hitting it.

Spawns will be safer, the specific spawn location will be randomised (or sequential), but players will, as we fall, have some measure of control over our landing point. More importantly, we'll have AWARENESS of the situation we're dropping into. If there are enemies on the ground, WE CAN SEE THEM, and try to manoeuvre somewhere that won't disadvantage us too severely.

THIS


Get some more DROP out of those dropsuits.
Also makes you wanna keep an eye on that sky.
Dont wanna have some Heavy dropping on top of you.
And usefull for those low profile scouts to drop behind enemy lines.

Although i do think there should be some degree of restrictions as to WHERE one could drop :/

I still want to fall from the sky.

I tend to agree. especially regarding spawns nearby main objectives.. We just spawn out of thin air with no justification whatsoever...

Also, even drop uplink are weird imo. I always thought they were more like antennas pinpointing coordinates for player to drop on a specific location. Thus, being dropped from the sky to the indicated coordinates.

I actually think Drop Uplinks should behave the same and use Sky Spawning. You are wormholed / teleported / warped 1000 meters above the uplink and fall the rest of the way. Ensures you don't appear partially inside a wall and gives you situational awareness. Would make them more believable than "Poof, he just appeared next to me" and harder to spawn camp.

Plus, activating the Inertial Dampener is adrenaline pumping and so wasted on jumps from the MCC. Falling from the sky needs to get you into the heat of battle, cause right now you hit the ground going "f*** yeah!" then sigh and have to hoof it for a minute cause no one is around you.

Also, maybe a special Prototype Drop Uplink allows you to spawn directly on top of it, since it's Prototype tech. Everything else, you're dropping in from above.

Instead of the "poof", perhaps create a visual effect of the exit end of the WH when they use it.