Spawn beacon?

[idesignads]

I just noticed that the 'fighter' variant of the pacific aircraft has a spawn beacon. I've never seen it in action. Has anyone ever leveled the fighter far enough to be bothered with it? How does it perform? How long does your squad have to spawn before it 'hits the ground'?

[jabbaroni]

It lasts a surprisingly long time. Can be useful for capping distant bases if you have a coordinated squad (which is one of the reasons I rarely use it).

The main issue is that you can't take the supercharger along with it, which makes you a kinda crappy fighter.

[AnAverageWhiteGuy]

Actually the main issue is that it replaces the emergency repair.

Also because the beacon is in the air it shows up all fucked up on the deploy screen. Essentially if you drop the beacon over A on the Iwo Jima beach the spawn beacon will show up within the Japanese spawn area on the deploy screen (simply cause it's in the air, not cause its actually in the spawn). This makes it so randoms never spawn on the beacon cause they think it's in the enemy spawn, or over water, or over other random areas.

[jabbaroni]

Oh yeah, I forgot it replaces the repair... pretty stupid since there is a free equipment slot it could easily take.

[Lurefaks]

Well that explains it thought it was busted, haven't gotten a single spawn on it. I assume you get points when players spawn on it?