The Complete Camper

Question: Mw2 spawn camping/sniping?

(Posted by: skylar on 2010-02-02 10:03:08)

Ok i no some people get pissed when people cry about camping BUT im not here to cry. I can deal with reg camping but this spawn camping/ sniping proves a problem. Last night i keep getting sniped or shot every time i spawned. It just sucks the fun out objective based games. They say they own people but it really takes no skill. they nee to no what skill is.

Posted by: jcurrieii on 2010-02-02, 11:13:03

Spawn Camping is an odious offence...and on many servers, is punishable by permanent bans (in games that actually have Independant Server Support). This is one thing I liked about Far Cry's multiplayer (don't know if FC2 carried it over), you were invulnerable for 3-5 seconds after you spawned-in, which gave you time to spawn and exit the area before you could be killed. That being said, spawning in and then standing there until your invulnerability wore off was just asking for it...and it happened to me. A friend spawned less than half a second after I did (and in the *exact* same spot), so I backed-up and shot him when he stopped shimmering. After all...he just stood there! He didn't make that mistake again! :D After all, cheap doesn't mean illegitimate! Spawn killing is legitimate, spawn camping is illegitimate! (Especially when the other team is down to only the one spawn point!)

Posted by: Blake on 2010-02-02, 10:18:12

There are really 3 parties to blame for this: 1) People who exploit the mechanics of the game to remove good sportsmanship and take pleasure in grieving others 2) Your team-mates that don't have enough sense to regroup, flush out, and defeat the griever(s) that's picking away at your team before it gets to be a real problem. 2) The Level designers who place spawn points without taking into consideration line of sight issues. P.S. It's "know, " by the way.