Garrett Blacknova
Codex Troopers
2035
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Posted - 2013.03.15 11:48:00 -
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While it's an option, and someone is stupid enough to keep spawning right in front of my Shotgun, I'll keep shooting them in the back of their head with my Shotgun.
Had an interesting one the other day where a guy spawned in on an Uplink that was well-hidden below an objective in Skirmish, but I happened to be on the right angle to see him. He was a Scout, and I managed to position myself to Shotgun him just as he was starting to move. He spawned there a second time a few seconds later, and died instantly, obviously hoping I hadn't realised it was an Uplink, and that I'd moved on...
But then, he was smart. He spawned as a Heavy, and he actually got himself turned almost around to face me before I could finish him off.
After that, I decided to stop toying with him, and unloaded another Shotgun blast into the Uplink. Not because I felt bad, but because I was alone, and if he got another guy spawning in a Heavy suit with him, I'd be screwed.
In Ambush, there's an issue with the spawn system, and it does need work, but that's separate from the issue of people camping known fixed spawn locations. If they can fix the algorithm to more heavily weigh threats into the equation rather than preferentially targeting team/squadmates even while being spawn-camped, then we'll see spawn camping as a far more valid approach.
I've had a guy throwing abuse at me for spawn-camping when he kept spawning in at the CRU before I could finish hacking it, so I killed him. He spawned there again when the hack was almost done, so I killed him again. Every time, I was in the process of hacking when he appeared, and I turned around to kill him instead of finishing the hack. Apparently, this was "my fault" because it was "obvious" he just wanted to hack it back and forth so we'd both get points. It was obvious because of how he "wasn't shooting back" when the reason he wasn't shooting back is because I killed him with a Shotgun before he could see me. |
Garrett Blacknova
Codex Troopers
2060
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Posted - 2013.03.19 10:19:00 -
[3] - Quote
If you're alone at a CRU, camping it until someone turns up to cover you is smart.
If you find an enemy Uplink, camping it is risky because if 2 or 3 people sync their spawn, you might get slaughtered, and sometimes a Heavy can spawn and survive long enough to kill you in the right situation.
If you suck bad enough, camping a spawn can get you killed because you can't get rid of the spawning enemy before they return fire and kill you first.
The only problem, like I keep saying, is in Ambush, where the problem ISN'T spawn camping, it's the spawn mechanics occasionally throwing you in at the CRU/right next to the Uplink because that's where your whole team is even though everyone's dying there. |