You should respawn with *some* gear
One of the problems I notice a lot in this game is almost nobody wants to stick around with being respawned (NOT revived, respawned via the dropship). For one, anyone near the dropship sees it and knows there is a naked free kill about to spawn. Secondly, it's just boring to come back with nothing and it's essentially a waste of time and a death sentence at most stages of the game (late game you're lucky to even see a respawn beacon inside the safe zone).
IMO this mechanic needs buffed somehow to make people want to stick around for it. A lot of the big streamers have said similar things and they only bother waiting for a respawn if they're playing with their friends, never with randoms because it's just such a waste of time. Cause really there's no point in having this in the game at all if nobody wants to use it. My opinion is make it so you respawn with basic gear that you had before, like if you had a fully kitted Spitfire you start with a naked Spitfire and 1 box of heavy. If you had purple armor you start with white armor. Just basics. Otherwise I can tell this will be a feature of the game that is heavily ignored for a long time. Most people disconnect once they get fully killed because who wants to wait X minutes for the chance your squad wins the gunfight and gets you to a beacon, only for you to start with nothing?
People have been saying a "leaver penalty" is a solution but I dunno. Maybe the respawn system just needs to be made more desirable. Your thoughts?
