Spawn Camping

(Woohaa) #1

Can you implement something that prevents spawn camping? being invincible in spawn for a few seconds doesn’t really help if you become vulnerable the moment you start firing. It doesn’t happen very often and i can understand that it’s not a giant problem but spawn camping in any game is really not acceptable. A simple invincible turret that guards your spawn would be nice. certain maps like train where the spawn is really open and easy to be sniped, air striked, stick bombed, naded or pretty much any form of extreme spawn camping makes the game really not fun.

you literally have zero chance to push back if the entire enemy team is sitting there blowing your team up when you spawn. My only tactic lately is go a explosive class and try to kill a few before my team dies and i get killed 8v1.

(RedJets) #2

Although I am yet to experience spawn camping to that level, I do recall a time when I had a sniper looking at the road where all players need to run through and him picking them off. It was basically a matter of pulling out the knife and sprinting as fast as you could and hoping he missed just to be on your way to the EV. Although some maps have alternative routes, this one you spot you couldn’t (in Chapel).

(metallicKeep) #3

Just played a round on underground and 2 bushwackers had placed turrets behind the spawn and we were hopeless against it, the rest of the team covered the bottom of the escalators and the bushwackers guarded the turrets, we were on the attacking side and the 2 guys went 52/9… Something needs to be done about that pleeeeeease

(XavienX) #4

I’ve posted this idea many times and got a lot of likes and agrees.

There should be an area of spawn that keeps you and your team that just spawned invincible the WHOLE time until you leave, than you can’t be invincible anymore. So if you spawned and stay in that area the whole time, you have 100% chance to stay alive and kill the people attacking spawn.

(Mr.Dubstab) #5

I feel like there needs to be a invisable wall, which only allows friendlies to walk in and out, while enemies will be blocked, causing you’ll have a safe spawn area. You can shoot through it, but you can’t place mines, sentries, etc through this wall.

I feel that gives you a bigger chance to break out of your spawn.

(Utherix) #6

Spawn camping is really only going to happen in unmatched teams. There is not one spawn camping strategy. If there was, there is surely a counter strategy.

(squiid) #7

There is a really simple solution to this, having a spawn protection of 3 seconds. 3 seconds allows anybody spawning to defend and kill people spawn killing as if all 5 of your team spawn at the same time, it should be enough time to hopefully allow them to push and actually play the game and do the objective. The wall idea isn’t really great as for instance if the enemy has 2 Rhinos, healers and snipers, it’s still going to be pretty hard to push them back even with a wall so a spawn protection in my opinion is a good way to try and avoid spawn camping. Bear in mind also, spawn camping is due to unbalanced games. If you are being spawn camped it’s probably because you don’t have the best team, or the enemy is just really good.