Ong Baek Shu
Tronhadar Free Guard
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.03.08 18:11:00 -
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I believe the patch fixed the problem on the original spawn point. I'd say 8/10 now I am not spawning in the middle of a pack of enemies on the very first spawn. Seemed to happen very frequently before.
What it hasn't fixed on ambushes is that people are learning where the new "random" drop points are and are camping them. Now, for a player that has dropped a portable drop unit, fine. After all you have this blue glowing thing on the map that anybody can see so if an enemy finds it and camps it, more power to them.
But, it is rather frustrating that after you've already been taken out legitimately, to die 3-4 more times after that because of being popped as soon as you spawn and before you even have control of your character.
Some fixes? Well, I am not a game programmer so I don't know what is possible or what might break the game but I will just toss some ideas out there.
1) Cover for the spawn locations: Some of the places I spawn on the map are out in the middle of nowhere with no cover spots anywhere near me. I am a sitting duck until I have control of my character and by the time I can start running for cover something usually gets me. Is there a way that wouldn't break the game to have a spot that provides cover to spawn?
2) Temporary shielding: Not sure how this could work, but while you are spawning on screen you should not be able to get killed immediately. I'm not sure what kind of delay this should have on it because obviously you can't have a guy running around invincible because you could exploit that.
3) Cloaking device while spawning. Sort of like the shield idea, you can't be seen on the map until you actually are able to control your character and perhaps a second or two after that? Again, this would give you a ninja style approach to get a kill if the spawn point was near the action.
I would just like to note that I do like this game. I am new to FPS and really haven't spent any time with one before playing this. It can be fun at times and I know that I am going to get killed because I am just not a good FPS player at this point and time and maybe I never will be. But I don't need help getting killed by insta-death. |