Regional (Re)Spawn; SA + Mod

[Nem3sis 11]

One of the big issues of playing DayZ, IMO, is having a few friends to play with and spawning clear across the map from each other. We end up spending the entire night finding each other just for one of us(or both) to die and become separated again.

Suggestion: Regional Spawning. The map would be divided up to regions and upon player death would respawn in a random location within their current region. The size of the regions would be up to the devs. No visual indicator on map of what the regions are.

For SA, being able to join friends thru steam or being in a squad of your buddies and dieing, this would be a much faster way of grouping back up without having any need of safe zones or the issue of spawn killing.

[Nem3sis 11]

If you watch this interview, there are many good questions raised. Approx. the 13:30 mark the question is, paraphrased, what to do when you want to join friends thru steam and still not break the disorientation at the start of your spawn. Any other suggestions? Like/ dislike mine?

Edited June 21, 2013 by Nem3sis

[Nem3sis 11]

Surprised this hasn't been touched... Does anyone even see this as an issue?

[fluxley 2228]

For me spawning in alone at a random location and then trying to meet up with friends is part of the fun.

But also any kind of ability to choose an area to spawn in will mostly be used to gain a tactical advantage over other players.

And for those two reasons i'm not a fan of the idea.