- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I do agree that the game can become very frustrating with spawns. Some of my most annoyed moments with this are in 2v2 on Sanctuary. All 4 players were fighting at Blue Base and our team killed both of their team, leaving us both shieldless. Then they respawn right on top of us, kill my teammate and I manage to, with the Sword, kill both of them. My teammate spawned at Red base and both enemies were, yet again, right on top of me. It was one of those times where I slung my oh so conveniently wireless controller through the air in frustration lol..
Even so, despite our frustration, first of all we have to realize that, with the exceptions of odd inexplicable spawns not unlike the one I mentioned above, the game does try. Take Lockout for example. If both of a 2v2 team are on the Sniper Tower, the opponents could spawn Library, BR Tower, Lift, or Under Glass. If, however, one of the 2v2 pair ventures over to the BR tower, the spawns are severely limited. Between going from the Sniper tower to the BR Tower, you were presented to the Spawn Program as a danger when you were hopping across the middle, therefore the spawner is no longer going to spawn you Under Glass or in the front of library. If you reach Top BR quickly enough, it will also not spawn the other team in the back room of the library, or the lower floors of BR Tower. Basically this is going to leave the airlift. Most good/excellent players are very good at realizing what the spawn program does and will be staring at the Airlift's exist to the elbow-shaped ramps and the exist toward Under Glass. Therefore, as soon as so step out and get sniped in the head, it isn't necessarily that the spawn program screwed you, it was trying, just the players took advantage of it.That, however, will do nothing to calm the frustration, believe me, I know.
Furthermore, to change the spawn points on the map, Bungie would have to edit the map itself, ruling out all but the maps released via downloadable content, because after Bungie had edited the map's spawn points, they would have to release the altered maps for download. The Xbox/360 does not have a DVD Burner and cannot therefore change any of the original files on the disc. And even to think that Bungie WOULD re-release the hard-drive maps, is absurd. They're not going to re-edit them just to suit the spawn-point crying of us, the players, ESPECIALLY, with a project as massive as Halo 3 on their hands. So even if the spawn points are far, far beyond the point of annoying, it's just something we're going to have to deal with until Halo 3. They're not going to get any better before then.
My two cents.
- Xaej