why are there so many novodmitrovsk area spawns?

[Wookieenoob 191]

i spawned a few times on various private shard servers. most of the spawns were in novodmitrovsk, or nearby. 

 

within 10 minutes of every spawn i had gorka and a mosin or better, not to mention v3s and enough food to keep like 10 people alive indefinitely

 

in contrast, yesterday i spawned a few times in cherno and kamyshovo and as expected the only loot was hidden away in funny places like on top of the fire station, and there wasn't really enough food to do anything.

 

then there's the group of people who just suicide until they get a cherno/novo spawn. it just seems weird.  

 

why are spawns so limited to east of cherno and along the coast, then just randomly novo as well?

 

why did they remove kamenka and komarovo spawns right after making them good finally?

 

shouldn't it be random for where a fresh spawn starts? 

 

[☣BioHaze☣ 7337]

I believe where you spawn is random.

 

Do I feel like I've had more Novo spawns recently?

 

Actually, yes I do.

 

Maybe for testing purposes they want us in that area for more chances for a truck perhaps.... and it could just be random too after all.

[Wookieenoob 191]

I believe where you spawn is random.

 

Do I feel like I've had more Novo spawns recently?

 

Actually, yes I do.

 

Maybe for testing purposes they want us in that area for more chances for a truck perhaps.... and it could just be random too after all.

 

there is a list of about 15 places you can spawn, the furthest west i've spawned is cherno recently.

 

you can also spawn at cap colova, soektro, otmel, kamy, krutoy, solnichiy, solnichiy factory, berezino south, rify, NEAF hill (NEAF is trash now),

 

svetlojarsk, polana, guba/svet/berezhki, near turovo right next to military loot, near novo right next to military loot.

 

 

 

 

i'd rather be plonked into a RNG generated location that can be anywhere on the map over 1km from a military base

Edited March 21, 2015 by Wookieenoob

[blacklabel79 949]

id wish i get more novo spawns....

[Wookieenoob 191]

id wish i get more novo spawns....

 

find a convenient cliff if you want to take advantage of pristine unlooted novo turovo berezhki dobroe and the barracks north of severograd, then the trucks north of severograd, then starry yar for a V3S, then devils castle and NWAF then all the choppers.

 

my record so far is 5 pistol suppressors within 15 minutes of spawn as well as full gear and weapons including an AKS and every mag except AK74 (AKM and ak101 mags but no useful mag hooray)

 

my fastest AK was an ak74 within 30 seconds of spawn in polana. always check police cars guys. 

Edited March 21, 2015 by Wookieenoob

[emuthreat 2837]

my fastest AK was an ak74 within 30 seconds of spawn in polana. always check police cars guys. 

I sure hope you are getting paid well for selling out my trade secrets...

[aasand 92]

At least remove a few of the spawns in the bend. That place is awful to spawn in

[Wookieenoob 191]

At least remove a few of the spawns in the bend. That place is awful to spawn in

 

they should add a lopatino and svet spawn. and some more mid center too. 

[xalienax 621]

they should remove all inland spawns and go back to beach spawn only like the mod. with that said the 'best' gear should be located furthest from the coast aside from having low spawn rates. 

[Bororm 1156]

There's no spawns west of cherno because originally the west was supposed to be the new north basically.  In the mod you went south to north, in the SA they wanted you to go east to west for military gear/bases.  The thing is the spawns like khelm/klen, and other far north east towns are pretty much even closer to places like the NWAF and Vybor base than the southern spawns.  There is also just an abundance of military spawns scattered through out the map any ways.

 

I could do with some less inland spawns imo, I liked it much better when you only spawned on the coast.

Edited March 22, 2015 by Bororm

[klesh 2423]

I quite enjoyed the wilderness random spawns.  Ones where I literally had no idea where I spawned in and had to find a landmark to figure it out. 

[star-lord252 83]

The real question is why is there so many bernzino spawns.....

[Wookieenoob 191]

There's no spawns west of cherno because originally the west was supposed to be the new north basically.  In the mod you went south to north, in the SA they wanted you to go east to west for military gear/bases.  The thing is the spawns like khelm/klen, and other far north east towns are pretty much even closer to places like the NWAF and Vybor base than the southern spawns.  There is also just an abundance of military spawns scattered through out the map any ways.

 

I could do with some less inland spawns imo, I liked it much better when you only spawned on the coast.

 

well that explains why they made neaf garbage

[emuthreat 2837]

they should add a lopatino and svet spawn. and some more mid center too. 

Lopatino, HA!  Right next to the airfield, never gonna happen;  everyone and their brother would just jump off cliffs until they got the military loot spawn.  I've spawned in Svetlojarsk possibly more than any other area, if you count the coast north of Rify Head.  Svet isn't bad, but I'd like to see about twice as many trucks, or maybe worthwhile loot at Krasnostav.

[Wookieenoob 191]

Lopatino, HA!  Right next to the airfield, never gonna happen;  everyone and their brother would just jump off cliffs until they got the military loot spawn.  I've spawned in Svetlojarsk possibly more than any other area, if you count the coast north of Rify Head.  Svet isn't bad, but I'd like to see about twice as many trucks, or maybe worthwhile loot at Krasnostav.

 

well anyway.

 

i think they should extend the map to the north with mountainous areas you can go skiing in. 

 

everyone should spawn at the mountains and getting to cherno and elektro should be like an achievement, rather than spawning there. 

Edited March 23, 2015 by Wookieenoob

[Killawife 599]

There isn't. The spawnpoints are predetermined but the order they appear in seem to be completely randomized. I've sometimes had the same spawn three times in a row. And very rarely do i spawn near Novo, maybe one in ten

[emuthreat 2837]

everyone should spawn at the mountains and getting to cherno and elektro should be like an achievement, rather than spawning there. 

That sounds like a good idea.  At the same time, it sounds like setting a precedent of intentionally tuning the game to impede the most popular playstyles.  Might not want to open that can of worms just yet.

[Wookieenoob 191]

That sounds like a good idea.  At the same time, it sounds like setting a precedent of intentionally tuning the game to impede the most popular playstyles.  Might not want to open that can of worms just yet.

 

it means that cherno/elektro will be unlooted most of the time, as well as removing the NEW highest source of loot (military base with 4 barracks close-ish to balota) and most of the highest concentration chopper locations from spawns. 

 

if spawns were moved to a far-north setting then you would see people spread evenly across the map. the towns across the north from svet and novo to severo and petrovka offer a more random dispersal of players at their spawn, whereas people are currently bottlenecked into a couple of places in most of the spawns. 

[emuthreat 2837]

it means that cherno/elektro will be unlooted most of the time, as well as removing the NEW highest source of loot (military base with 4 barracks close-ish to balota) and most of the highest concentration chopper locations from spawns. 

 

if spawns were moved to a far-north setting then you would see people spread evenly across the map. the towns across the north from svet and novo to severo and petrovka offer a more random dispersal of players at their spawn, whereas people are currently bottlenecked into a couple of places in most of the spawns. 

That is starting to make pretty good sense, but I still wanna see better NEAF loot and map balance.  As it is, the map is pretty broken up.  And the area from Balota to ZG and Tent City--> Vybor-NWAF is a bit concentrated with the loot.  More military or police lootspawns, with lesser chances of spawning the really good stuff, shoudl help to move people around more randomly.

Spawning on the edge of the grassy nothing would make things more interesting, but NOVO to Sverograd would become a mountainous chokepoint replace Cherno as the quick access PVP place.  If anything, the survivalists would appreciate the peaceful hills and coast between Solnichniy and Prigorodki a bit more.  Maybe with a north spawn, Staroye could be built up and made a bit more significant to balance the region; great spot for a poilce junkyard or other unique loot draw.

[Wookieenoob 191]

That is starting to make pretty good sense, but I still wanna see better NEAF loot and map balance.  As it is, the map is pretty broken up.  And the area from Balota to ZG and Tent City--> Vybor-NWAF is a bit concentrated with the loot.  More military or police lootspawns, with lesser chances of spawning the really good stuff, shoudl help to move people around more randomly.

Spawning on the edge of the grassy nothing would make things more interesting, but NOVO to Sverograd would become a mountainous chokepoint replace Cherno as the quick access PVP place.  If anything, the survivalists would appreciate the peaceful hills and coast between Solnichniy and Prigorodki a bit more.  Maybe with a north spawn, Staroye could be built up and made a bit more significant to balance the region; great spot for a poilce junkyard or other unique loot draw

 

 

if there's another say ~5x25km area added to the north with a few villages to spawn in and mountainous areas, maybe a ski-lift and chalet, perhaps some mansions in the hills. they could add another large city up there in the west to stop the bottlenecking, 

 

this also adds reasons to include mountain clothing to go with the mountain backpack, it will beat gorka in this environment - not to mention skis and snowboards. 

 

 

as a note, there is a planned addition to the north in the west which looks like it will be barracks. right now it's just empty. 

 

 

 

 

 

this idea is well thought through after my "add in namalsk as an island to the east" idea was pooh-poohed, as it includes snowed areas into the game without the concern of splitting playerbases. 

 

snow areas would add a new level to tracking, as i envision running through deep snow and following another players tracks, or a bears. - maybe covering my own. 

Edited March 23, 2015 by Wookieenoob

[emuthreat 2837]

as a note, there is a planned addition to the north in the west which looks like it will be barracks. right now it's just empty. 

 

Would that be the area northwest of Toploniki and directly north of Sinistock?  I went up there a couple weeks ago to fish and live off the land, but no animals are up there, and the big pond by the field up in the NW corner was dry; someone forgot to add the water.

[Wookieenoob 191]

Would that be the area northwest of Toploniki and directly north of Sinistock?  I went up there a couple weeks ago to fish and live off the land, but no animals are up there, and the big pond by the field up in the NW corner was dry; someone forgot to add the water.

 

yeah anything north of toploniki west of tisy is totally unfinished. i expect to see it change soon. 

[blacklabel79 949]

Love the whole area. But i meet very little people. Only when i find the lucky truck and roll back through all the northern towns thorwards berezino i get shot at from god knows where.

[emuthreat 2837]

Love the whole area. But i meet very little people. Only when i find the lucky truck and roll back through all the northern towns thorwards berezino i get shot at from god knows where.

Lucky truck, ha!  You must play only Pers OFF.  Last week I had a stable of five trucks.  Every wednesday morning I roll around my Persistent 'home' server, stashing every truck that I drive past off in the bushes somewhere to pick up later with some help.  Once you get them all spread out a bit, you should never have to run for more than fifteen minutes.  The north is a goldmine--or possibly a uranium mine, given its proximity to a military base.

[Wookieenoob 191]

Love the whole area. But i meet very little people. Only when i find the lucky truck and roll back through all the northern towns thorwards berezino i get shot at from god knows where.

 

yesterday i decided to be a crazy bandit and camped out on the tallest factory in novo with a trumpet. (by the way that's a great way to waste an hour, just sitting up high trying to ping .22 off people)

 

 

you'd be surprised how many people are in novo without ever seeing eachother. this birdseye view showed me three or four players who would never have met if it wasn't for my .22 coralling them