[RECOMMENDATION] Unable to spawn in when players are in your proximity

[GriefSlicer (DayZ) 84]

I just came here to post a recommendation on a spawn mechanic. Today I had an incident where I logged off in a nice place in Berezino ready for the next day ahead. Upon logging in I was faced by 3 people who were standing in front of me. Being shoot on sight bandits they started impaling me with bullets and I was knocked unconscious.

 

To prevent this from re-occuring in other situations A player should be restricted to spawn in if another player is within their proximity (eg; If i log in and there is a player within 20m of my spawn location I cannot join the game until the other player has moved on. If the player has not moved on you will have the option to join a different server)

[Martmital 436]

This different to a suggestion?

[fitzee 248]

Hi.

 

Would be a decent idea except for the obvious win it would give gearing up server hoppers.

 

Regards.

[omgwtfbbq (DayZ) 1069]

Sounds good to me...would prevent ghosting. HOWEVER, I'm sure some prick would use this to determine where someone is based on which areas they could not spawn in to. Plus if you do spawn in, then you know someone is nearby.

[HunterJay 81]

I could log on at NWAF and know nobody is there, so I could just run around guns a'blazing and loot everything quickly, and then server hop, repeat.

 

So cheaty, bad suggestion. :(

[Target-UK 7]

Don't log out in populated area's... problem solved.

 

This would hinder teams that wish to log into the same area.

[GriefSlicer (DayZ) 84]

I am talking about only a 10 - 30m proximity here guys not 100m or 200m. Just enough so your not spawning right in someones face or spawning behind someone and killing them.  I mean someone spawning right next to you is obviously unrealistic and isn't exactly fair to the player spawning in.

 

"Don't log out in populated area's... problem solved."

 

Yes this way can solve the issue, but you don't always have the time to log out in non-populated areas. The server you are on can restart and you would be stuck with spawning back in to the middle of a street, building etc. The same will occur if your internet cuts out, your game crashes or you have to get off straight away due to whatever reason.