Randomized quad spawn

[Samual]

I want to point out that the votes reversed... People like it more now (18 vs 15 atm). By the way, i'm included in those people. I love that it's random now and that it's announced. I play a lot of matches with powerups and it really enhances gameplay with a fight over getting strength or shield.

By the way, I think it's ridiculous with some of the reasons people are making. For one, the main reason we did this was to fix cheating. It DOES do this successfully, so that's +1 for the idea. Two, it makes it interesting with people trying to get to the quad (And it's fair, as everyone knows to go there).. +2..

Only thing I'd like to vote for is a higher amount of seconds for the announcement, e.g. already give hints like 15 seconds before, or even allow players to configure the amount of seconds they wish to be informed about the respawn (menu-setting). Could be placed at the same place in the HUD where the strength-counter (that is now only shown when you have it) is, e.g. showing negative seconds decreasing towards 0 (-15, -14 ....)

Well, i'm fine with the amount of time the countdown is now.. But the menu option isn't a bad idea. (Although I do think the HUD counter is a bad idea, could cause confusion. Also, the numbers wouldn't fit.)

[k0jak]

That's a load of crap. Powerups only *might* give an advantage to those who keep track of the respawn time, but most of the people are not even bothered to keep track. In fact, I believe not being focused on it and just staying close to the spawnpoint of the item in question, killing off as many opponents as you can gives you a far better chance of getting the item. Keeping track of the spawntime has little to do with skills imo. As 90% of the people pick up powerups randomly, I'd say spawntime should be random as well to keep the game fair and square. Getting a powerup should be as random as possible, how you're USING it (Or counterfeiting it) is the challenge at hand for the powerup user or his opponent. THAT's where you must use your skills.

Personally I dislike powerups alltogether, they give too big of an advantage, especially in minstagib which I mainly play.

This is just not true! Anyone who has played against my team can vouch for it there is NO might about it, getting the powerup's give's you a significant advantage normally..and that's what Waterlaz is trying to explain, it will really ruin it with randomized time's.

If the quad/items gave no advantage to people who time them, then I wouldn't time them..nor would I have taught players too either.

Watch my team play sometime against clans and you will see timing the powerups can have a BIG effect.

In general, the more items you get the more frags you can get, with equal player skill a person with a quad will always beat a person without one more time's then not.

And you go to the powerup 10 seconds or so before hand..and kill off people, that's why keeping track of it is so effective, and then you have a better chance to grab it when it comes.

Why can't we have 2 settings, one for fixed normal time like as it is, and one for randomized timings?

[divVerent]

Because we have two settings. Any server admin can turn off the randomization.

[k0jak]

Problem solved then