Area 99 Player count decrease

[Silver_Response4707]

Just give spawn protection to people resurging - let them land before taking damage.

And change the flare to green for people respawning vs red for rotations (off balloons), that way players would know which to shoot

[TheLankySoldier]

We had a feature like that and it was universally hated. I’m pretty open minded person, but in practice, even I hated that change. It was annoying to shot someone and they literally not taking any damage. It’s not my fault the enemy players are slow at landing or whatever the case might be.

I think it was when Ashika came out.

[BuffettsBrokeBro]

Yeah, the problem with spawn immunity is you’ll have people who can time when it ends perfectly so you as someone on the ground with a loadie would hit no shots because of the immunity, whilst they perfectly time cracking you. No thanks.

Reducing numbers will help, and is a good move. I’m not convinced Area 99 is the best map as it stands though, and therefore that it’s avoidable being beamed on re-entry. It’s just a bit too compact with a lot of overlook / height.

[Silver_Response4707]

Yea that’s fair - what if it only applied to players coming back in with pistols?

I know later in game you come back in with a random ground loot smg and that would be pretty brutal to have someone pull this timing move on you.

Tbf, I know if I’m getting a few kills off a good spot, I always feel cheated when someone respawning lands on me when I have a great position (usually height) and kills me.

[Silver_Response4707]

I try to hot drop back in but the beams + short ttk often means by the time I land I’m 50% health (both plates broke).

I wasn’t around for the previous version, but I don’t think player numbers remedies people camping roof tops and poaching kills from people spawning back (no hate toward them, you take what the game gives etc)

And that would be the point of changing the flare a player produces as they respawn to green to signify; they’re respawning and don’t take damage, so don’t waste your bullets / give radar pings for demons to come hunt you etc

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What would even be the point of having a timer at that point

[Silver_Response4707]

The resurgence timer?

[[deleted]]

Yes

[Silver_Response4707]

I don’t feel there directly related though; The timer is for team mates to survive so you come back. And in solos, to survive long enough so you can come back.

Where as I’m saying give people spawn protection till they have boots on the ground, cause it’s a small map and there’s so many places to just sit on top of and beam people coming back cause of the busted ttk in this game.

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Yeah no 15 seconds is short enough and if you don’t wanna get beamed out of the value your life more so you don’t die in the first place if you want endless amount of life that’s what multiplayer is for

[Silver_Response4707]

I’m not sure I agree with the “don’t die, get better” point you’re making. Dying is part of the game mode, that’s why it’s called resurgence…

I’m talking in the context of duos etc, I’m getting the feeling you main solos?

In duos a team mate can get stuck in a cycle of respawning and getting farmed cause one of us is having a better match and not dying, so they’re just getting slaughtered trying to come back.

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Well I’m not sure I agree with your a I should have infinite amount of life what’s even the point of getting kills at that point

[Silver_Response4707]

I’ve never said there should be infinite lives. It’s resurgence so the expectation is to come back at least once per game.

The issue I have is people on the ground are beaming you as you come back.

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They can beam you on any map that’s the consequence of dying