The Halo 3 spawn points need a little bit of fine tuning. Actually, a decent amount of fine tuning. I am not talking about those times that you spawn and have to make a 20 mile trek to get back into the action (although that does suck). I am not talking about the times you spawn right in the middle of battle and hardly have time to react. I am talking about the times you spawn and you just sit there and think, “WTF?”.
The worst Halo 3 Beta spawns I have gotten :
Outside of the turrets on Snowbound
A handful of times I have spawned outside of the turret line on Snowbound. The second I spawned, I had the automatic turrets start shooting me. I can understand spawning in the middle of a battle and needing to react quickly in order to live. But spawning where the turrets automatically fire at you? No thank you. Please spawn me somewhere that the Guardians will not immediately attack me.
Inside the base on Valhalla
I don’t know why this spawn is so difficult for me but for some reason each and every time I get this spawn, I have an extremely hard time getting my bearings. Yes, I know the map well. Yes, I know the base layout. But with the position of the spawn and the direction you are facing, it doesn’t seem right to me. I think a spawn point of next to the battle rifles inside the lower part of the base facing inside would be much better. What is the first thing you do when you spawn? You shop for a weapon. There are 2 brs right behind you. Of course you are going to turn around to pick one of them up before heading into battle. Point me in that direction! I am also prone to motion sickness in general (and it is bad enough where sometimes it affects my gaming) and for whatever reason, this spawn literally makes me nauseated. Too many times of spawning at that point make me want to vomit. Please do a spawn that doesn’t make me physically ill.
On the cliff facing the ground on High Ground
A few times I have spawned on High Ground on the cliff to the left of the water if you are facing the base. I was looking directly at the ground. No, I didn’t move my thumbstick at all. And it has happened twice. I spawned looking directly at the ground. Unless there is a special invisible laser there I can’t see, I’m not interested in checking out the cracks and patches of grass. Facing an upright direction in my spawn would be great please.
Standing in the water facing the water on High Ground
What? At least point me in the direction I am obviously going to be going in. Who in the world spawns in the water on High Ground and then runs further into the water? Uuuhhh, … nothing is out there. I’m not there to go swimming (although that is an utterly beautiful experience). Spawn me the obvious direction please.
Bad spawns that put you somewhere you don’t want to be are one thing. Spawns that make no sense are another. I have full faith that these spawns will be improved upon by the time Halo 3 comes out. That or I will need some motion sickness medicine to play Valhalla.
The Halo 3 Beta Series
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10
Posted by Waffle Deluxe on February 21, 2009 at 2:30 pm
I spawned into oncoming fire once, no wait twice, no wait… well lets just say a lot. k?