New spawn point - @ 10000 feet

[Feral (DayZ) 622]

Some people seem to think that by parachuting in you will be visible to every player on the map with a gun.

That is simply not the case, there are players now who lurk along the coast actively seeking fresh spawns, but if the whole map is a spawn point (or rather the entire sky above the map) then this shitty practice ends.

Of course occasionally you are going to get unlucky and be spotted by a bastard but that can happen now so it is a mute point.

Edited February 1, 2013 by wabbit

[Clumzy (DayZ) 377]

I think a variety of spawns should be more likely and common... Waking up in a crashed car, a hospital, a bed in a house, a downed news chopper, pile of rubble, or some other kind of apocalypse-y place. I think jumping out of an airplane is a little too much, and you wouldn't always be able to grab a parachute in time... Something a little less explosive and fast would seem a little more fitting for me.

Nevertheless, good suggestion. I like your creativity.

[logan23 118]

I think a variety of spawns should be more likely and common... Waking up in a crashed car, a hospital, a bed in a house, a downed news chopper, pile of rubble, or some other kind of apocalypse-y place. I think jumping out of an airplane is a little too much, and you wouldn't always be able to grab a parachute in time... Something a little less explosive and fast would seem a little more fitting for me.

Nevertheless, good suggestion. I like your creativity.

The problem with a hospital or car is- these are places players will be moving towards and so they will either end up spawn killing players or they will pick these locations as a short cut to loot.

Solutions: Any location must be away from the main content in the map- and also if the place you spawn is car or building, they must be damaged or have no loot or be fixable- edges of the map

[±Traditore± 17]

So, if we put the story in play...

37, 987,529 people have crashed from planes into a single island?

[Rastamaus 323]

So, if we put the story in play..

37, 987,529 people have.crashed from planes into a single island?

as opposed to..

37, 987,529 people have washed ashore onto a single island?

Edited February 2, 2013 by Rastamaus

[m.w. vindicator 880]

yep and the swarms of bandits scanning the skies above airfields

That sounds like Normandy to me. Not DayZ. That is exactly why I don't like this idea at all.

[m.w. vindicator 880]

I think Rocket is keeping to costal spawns because it makes the inland areas have a certain eerie feel to them. Also he said there will be new areas, so it will help keep those places spooky. Personally I can't wait to explore the new Chernarus. I am going to avoid meta gaming to do so.

[±Traditore± 17]

as opposed to..

37, 987,529 people have washed ashore onto a single island?

True, however if the 'plane' crashed, there logically should be wreckage.

37million planes on Chenarus would take up close to 2/4 3/4 of the island xD

[logan23 118]

So, if we put the story in play...

37, 987,529 people have crashed from planes into a single island?

Of course 37, 987,529 planes crashed, over the island- Cherno's airspace can't manage 37, 987,529 planes---so they crashed into each other, doh lol

=-P

Edited February 2, 2013 by logan23

[Clumzy (DayZ) 377]

The problem with a hospital or car is- these are places players will be moving towards and so they will either end up spawn killing players or they will pick these locations as a short cut to loot.

Solutions: Any location must be away from the main content in the map- and also if the place you spawn is car or building, they must be damaged or have no loot or be fixable- edges of the map

Why would people be looking for crashed cars?

And I was thinking maybe some special 'Spawn hospitals' that spawn no or little loot.

[logan23 118]

Why would people be looking for crashed cars?

And I was thinking maybe some special 'Spawn hospitals' that spawn no or little loot.

Was thinking broken cars that can be fixed.

You could have ruins of a hospital- maybe you were left there when the military Evact- or were killed.

These locations if placed into the game in some manner- the spawning still needs to be random- you can't choose to spawn at the car or other location

[Private Evans 1303]

First of all we need more spawn points along the coast especially between Ryfi and Cap Krutoy...the parachuting spawn is a good idea if not overused...a rare chance to spawn above some remote areas would do it.....plus spawn points deep in the forests (this should include some of the smaller roads) ...all in all this would add probably more than 100 possible spawns points all over the map...

we would need to find a new strategy for every spawn point and orientation would be in some case even more difficult than on the beach ...

Edit...of course spwaning in some nice locations like hospitals, evac camps, churches or hotels would be awesome....( also with a very rare chance)

Edited February 2, 2013 by Private Evans

[Rekli 995]

*lands on building* *see's bambi running below "why not" *fail splats infront of him* *bambi has a funny story*

[Sourcarrot 27]

I think this would be good for the stand alone when they've changed the spawns around so there isn't fresh spawns jumping off bridges hoping the the para drop

[mistermartijnm 1]

I prefer spawning without a parachute, and when you find one it will go in your backpack slot

[mr_chabowski@live.co.uk 2416]

^^ It would be a pisser though, spawning at 10000 feet, then having to find a parachute.

Might be a game breaker.

[Arkayzer 1]

We're going to be civilians and not army guys in the SA, it would be weird for a civilian to spawn in the air with a parachute.

I also doubt we will see lots of big updates on the mod now that the standalone is under development.

Also it gives us some questions:

Where did you get the airplane/chopper?

Who dropped you?

Where are you going to spawn?

What about enemy fire? -Not fun if you die before you've landed because of bandits.

I'm not dissing your idea, I like it, but there are always the questions you have to ask yourself/the idea before you implement them into a game. :)

[Guest]

I like the parachute idea, allows me to practice my helicopter abilities as I fly into people :)

[Nuubio 61]

Just remove wilderness and Kamenka spawns and I'll be happy with any spawn I get.

[Gordon Axeman 191]

After a week of server existence the crashed planes will be everywhere.

[Feral (DayZ) 622]

After a week of server existence the crashed planes will be everywhere.

the planes could actually 'crash' in the debug planes somewhere (or in other words vanish), it's only that you jump out over the map.

There doesn't have to be plane models, you spawn in after 'jumping', so you are just falling from the sky.

[Gordon Axeman 191]

the planes could actually 'crash' in the debug planes somewhere (or in other words vanish), it's only that you jump out over the map.

There doesn't have to be plane models, you spawn in after 'jumping', so you are just falling from the sky.

Then maybe.