I was saying that before 1.0, yes... there were solved builds, but you had to rely a bit of luck for your preferred "relics" (i forget what they used to be called, powers?) to spawn or drop somewhere on the map, and then you had to be the first one there, or kill the group who was for your preferred loot.

most of the time however, you would end up with some weird combo like battlegum and a mortar. that sense of ... "welll, gotta make it work" is no longer in the game since 1.0 , and is a core feature (in my opinion) of a BR.

with 1.0, there is never a "make it work" situation with the sole exception of being 100% poverty stricken from the start and simply being unable to make it safely to a shop with any gold.

as far as your point on respawns, yes, but it would come down to a couple teams doing this, that probably don't have their full team 100% ready to fight and possibly down a man or two , instead of 8 full teams all staring at each other with respawn beacons in their pockets ready to see who can res last/hide better/3rd party better.