Thank Kageshi, he's the one who remembered.

Seriously though, I do not want to randomly be appearing on the battlefield. The cloak worked mechanics-wise, but it makes no sense whatsoever.

DISCUSS MY MINIONS (no but like please)

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.

INB4 tears for getting shot by the objective cannons as you decend.

Also this wont work for internal objectives...

great idea but just one question..

what if the player forgets to press x?

Then you die? I don't understand the question, you have like 5 seconds to realise you're falling.

What if you're a heavy with 1200+ HP?

We should be able to spawn anywhere on the map, but it should be anti-air installations that shoots down mercs falling down in the areas where the AA are active (should b represented by red circle)

What if you're a heavy with 1200+ HP?