#suggestion payload server needs spawn protection

[That One Dino]

I have to suggest we remove maps with spells, as well. Or, at the very least, remove the Halloween versions of maps we already have (Bloodwater being a reskin of Badwater, as an example) to clean out duplicate maps from the list. Halloween-type maps that have spells enabled also tend to have a generally negative viewing due to the spells causing an issue with balancing, so cleaning some out should, in my opinion, help keep players on the server.

 

[W61.62XD Struck By Duck]

Late to this party but my observations:

- I've seen invulnerability for a few seconds out of spawn on a few servers. Not a huge fan; don't hate it but I don't think it accomplishes much, because it's very very short.. I play on a couple of other Payload servers besides EGO, and they don't use it. Don't forget if blu has 2-3 medics on the opening of the round, they get quick ubers during the initial period while red is setting up.

My thought is - tweak the respawn times? Not sure how flexibly that can be managed, but if a map is prone to red spawncamping blu on first point (which is the usual problem) - slower respawn for red/faster for blu can help.

I also tend to see that red setting up too close to spawn is a risky strategy, because if you put all your eggs in that basket, blu pulls a few ubers on you, blows up all your engineer toys, and takes the first point quickly.