I've had this issue 2 times. Fixed it with joining a server called: Mulitplay :smoothgaming: regular server. ( I'm not advertising to join this server it just worked for me and my friend ) Maby some other servers work too where you spawn. This worked for me and a clan mate. You have to play for like 10-15 min. Then you can switch to another server and you get the timeout message for about 5min. Then you will spawn again with the gear from the other server. Hope this helps.