Add a buffer time to the start of games

All too often we are loading into a game where air sirens are already going off, bombs are landing, and objective is taken before we can even load into the spawn. Adding even 3 minutes onto the start of every game, where a large, dense smokescreen obscures teams from being able to see each other, and a grey zone that can’t be passed through. This gives players the chance to not only load in, but also a precious little bit of time that they can set up some kind of defense. After all, the full force of the enemy team will be moving forward at once, they should be allowed to put up some defenses.

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This doesn’t actually happen to me very often, maybe once every 10 games or something it happens but it’s not like an all the time thing, and yes it kind of sucks when it happens because you’re gonna get short changed, most of the time I start with everybody else, so my impression is that it’s not by design.

If you are playing on a new gen console, or a good gaming pc, you load super quick. Unfortunately, this means the players that do have those get a massive headstart on everyone else.

My buddies and I are not fortunate enough to have the new gen consoles. So about every other game we load into the exact predicament I described. Adding a buffer time wouldn’t hurt anyone.

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isn’t there already 20~ sec respawn time?

for me this has happen way too few times to consider it as something to get changed. buffer time might get players too impatient.

Unfortunately we’re the spoiled kids that wouldn’t want to wait any time outside the battle.

Perhaps some warm-up with bot shooting??
that would contributed well!

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3 min might be a bit too much, but at least 30 seconds of well “prep time” For both sides would probably help.

There’s already a 30 second load time.

I wouldn’t want to wait 3 minutes, and even 30 seconds it’s already too much for me, But I understand you

I wish i can remove the 10sec wait before spawn wen you join an already started match

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A warmup timer would be fine.

This is how the game works: bots don’t spawn in ONLY until the first person to join/spawn, spawns in then bots begin to spawn.

What should happen is the matchmaker should group up people as much as possible before throwing them into the match.

They need to remove the 30 sec delay if the game adds you into a match that other players have already started playing or eating into the timer ahead of you.

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