What's a spawn camp?

[scottydawg]

Title says it all, and where are they?

[Lusche]

Rightclick on map, then select "vehicle spawns", You will then see all the points on map, where enemy vehicles will, umh, spawn... Spawn camping is just sitting at (or better: behind) an enemy spawn point near your base, waiting for victims. The moment they spawn, you shoot them. Some players consider that lame, mostly those who get killed over and over and over and....

[scottydawg]

Thanks, Lusche.

[AutoPilot]

Spawn camping is fun as long as it isn't happening too you!


In reality, people who spawn camp are lame; they have too shoot you in the back because it's about the easiest way get a kill.I myself rally other friend's in GV's and form a line around the base and let them earn a round from my 88mm.

[Schatzi]

Spawn camping is kind of like vulching. Part of gameplay for some, lame for others.

Youll have to decide for yourself if its fun for you or not.

[justfreds]

why spawn camp from behind when you can do it from the front just as easily??

[Geary420]

Originally posted by justfreds
why spawn camp from behind when you can do it from the front just as easily??

No one likes to get HO'd...

[RSLQK186]

justfreds, it puts their cannon and attention 180 degrees away from you. He may have to spawn several times to know where you're at and even then, he/she may not be able to do much about it.

[toon]

lol geary

[x0847Marine]

Originally posted by scottydawg
Title says it all, and where are they?

Its called an "ambush", lying in wait in an area you know your foe will appear.

[B@tfinkV]

so how about if when you spawn a GV you get a second menu after clicking the spawn point. this menu lets you decide wich way you will be pointing when you appear.


spawn in to north spawn point, facing southeast, get hit in the arse,  next time spawn facing northwest


should be easy

[Geary420]

Not a bad idea bat, It helped a lot when they changed over to AHII.  Back in the day they used to spawn in almost the same spot everytime, now that was ez pickins.

[justfreds]

me LTARdeth..... and i can camp just as good from the front as the back......  normally i think they would expect em to be behind ya somewhere.....  not off to the front right or left

[TexInVa]

Originally posted by AutoPilot
In reality, people who spawn camp are lame; they have too shoot you in the back because it's about the easiest way get a kill.

I'm sorry, but if your base is CAP'ed and gv's are spawning, it's also the easiest way to defend against gv attacks. It could mean the difference between saving the base and loosing it.

Personally, I take it as a challenge to figure out a way to spawn and not get killed in the first 30 seconds. But that's just me. It would be easier if we spawned and the vehicles were already started. But nobody promised easy in this game.

There are a lot of things I see as lame game play, such as HO colliders (kamakazi pilots) and aircraft in tank town maps, but those are things that I just write off as SOP game play. Lame, but I accept it as it's going to happen.

[B@tfinkV]

Originally posted by TexInVa
I'm sorry, but if your base is CAP'ed and gv's are spawning, it's also the easiest way to defend against gv attacks. It could mean the difference between saving the base and loosing it.
 

yeah, and doing the weapons and perma-quad damage cheat in quake was sometimes the only way to complete the game, doesnt mean you won it without cheating.