Solve spawn killing.

Following on from @NWO-Azcrack I'm sure they could also detect nearby players and spawn you in the furthest spot available.

@theuglydawg1369
Spawn killing is a method of area control in multiplayer PvP games. When this type of thing becomes common on a specific map, it is often seen as the developer's fault for either bad map design or bad spawn locations. A good responsive developer will often rework the spawn locations on a map for which spawn killing is an easy form of area control.

In Sea of Thieves, the ship is the area that is being controlled by spawn killing. The ship won't be redesigned but Rare could rework spawn locations and/or make changes to how the spawn system works in general. However, up to this point, besides fixing obviously broken mechanics, the only thing Rare has provided to alleviate their poorly designed spawn system is the option to scuttle your ship.

This tells me that Rare thinks spawn killing is okay and if you're being spawn killed, then you have lost and should just scuttle. (You can scuttle from the in game menus or the sign by the door on the ferry.)

Side note: I've often wondered why the crow's nest is not a possible spawn location.

@Galactic-Geek
I would argue Rare has actually done very little... specifically, regarding your list:

1. An obvious bug. Fixing something that never should have been there to begin with doesn't really count.
2. Very few new locations have been added. This could have been done to a much greater extent.
3. Testing something followed by no actual game changes means nothing was actually done in the game to alleviate spawn killing.

15 seconds would be way too long, though I still favour the idea of a short amount of invulnerability time - 3-5 seconds would be sufficient I think to draw your weapon and be ready to fight

@little-squash said in Solve spawn killing. Quit letting other players see where we're spawning before we load back in. Or at least give 15 seconds of invulnerability so we have a chance. By the time we find out which way they are attacking we're dead. Even it out.:

Side note: I've often wondered why the crow's nest is not a possible spawn location.

Since the extended damage was introduced that's no longer a static point on the ship (and likely never really was), so I'm guessing the reason is that it would potentially cause issues if the mast was down.

@fast-bike94 said in Solve spawn killing. Quit letting other players see where we're spawning before we load back in. Or at least give 15 seconds of invulnerability so we have a chance. By the time we find out which way they are attacking we're dead. Even it out.:

@theuglydawg1369 there is 5 seconds of invulnerability on players when they spawn back but because people on xbox take so long to load the invulnerability is gone when you actually spawn in, only times I've seen people with the invulnerability was pc users when they spawned in it only lasts for a few seconds.

There is no period of invulnerability for anyone. If you think you are seeing this, you should report it as a bug.

Edit: except on the ferry... everyone has invulnerability on the ferry

@realstyli
That's a good point I hadn't thought of. However, I know spawns can be coded so that you don't spawn where an enemy player is standing; so I would think spawns could also be coded to not spawn in the crow's nest if the mast is down.

@theuglydawg1369 said in Solve spawn killing. Quit letting other players see where we're spawning before we load back in. Or at least give 15 seconds of invulnerability so we have a chance. By the time we find out which way they are attacking we're dead. Even it out.:

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Spawn killing isnt an issue as you can scuttle from the ferry.
To spawn you have the intention to take back your ship.
Giving you invulnerability is a massive disadvantage to the invaders.
You could tip off your crew to the location of boarders or worse still, possibly ignite kegs or cause disruption and distraction.

I think the current system is fine.

‘If you spawn in and dont scuttle, A battle you’ll have so fight off trouble’

I would say 2.5 seconds of invulnerability that way you can’t go god mode on those who are on your ship

@little-squash actually you aren't invulnerable you just cant use your weapons at all and i'd say make people invicible while your loading and remove it once you spawn in so you can see

Hiding below in a slooo by the brig with a blunderbuss usually stops any spawn killing

@nwo-azcrack said in Solve spawn killing.:

@theuglydawg1369
I still say i think spawns back to the boat should be completely random!!

Let me spawn in the crows nest once in a while! They could be way more creative about the boat spawns and kill this problem quick

Agreed. We need more spawn locations. It is especially annoying when playing on an xbox versus a pc player the load screen can take forever. This doesn't help that I cant counter some attacks as they are glitched right now.