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ToastedSarnie's avatar
6 years ago
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Ops Auto-Spawn

Does anyone else find it frustrating when you join mid-wave in Ops & are automatically spawned in as Peashooter or Foot Soldier?

I would dearly love to either be held temporarily from joining until a point where I can choose which character I want to play as, or at least have an opportunity to respawn at the end of the wave I've joined.

I really dislike being stuck as a character I've already mastered for 3 or 4 waves, but feel bad about quitting because I know my joining has likely altered the difficulty for the team.

Anyone else feel the same?

  • realitysquared's avatar
    realitysquared
    6 years ago

    I've had this happen a couple of times to me.

    OPs has a mechanic where if you're down at the time when the last AI opponent is vanquished the system ignores the respawn delay and simply respawns you instantly so you can be ready for the next wave.

    It seems that the system which does that can't tell the difference between a downed player and one just joining and if you are unfortunately joining a handful of seconds right before that last enemy is vanquished and that system does it's check to respawn everyone you get dumped in as whatever character you had your selection box on at the time- which is usually (due to the default) the Peashooter or Soldier.

    I found it annoying at first but it's pretty infrequent and requires such coincidental timing that it's not likely to be a high priority fix unless it's a super simple one.

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  • TheSprinter85's avatar
    TheSprinter85
    Hero
    6 years ago

    @GraveledStoopid  Unfortunately, the only way to particularly counter this is to either hope you get put on the right team or to do it in solo PvE ☹️ !

  • ToastedSarnie's avatar
    ToastedSarnie
    6 years ago
    @GraveledStoopid Yes, it would be so good to start as whatever you go in as!
    I've also noticed a few times that the Ops loading screen doesn't always seem to be accurate or consistent - says Garden Ops when I load into a Graveyard game, or sometimes just says Ops?? Weird!
  • realitysquared's avatar
    realitysquared
    6 years ago
    @ToastedSarnie I'm not surprised really- depending on the makeup of the team the earlier rounds in Ops can get cleared pretty quickly.

    I play a larger amount of Ops but once I'm in a lobby I stay there until I've had enough and since I only logon once a day the chances of me personally encountering this is lower than someone who hops around between Ops and other things or who has the opportunity to log in multiple times a day.
  • TheSprinter85's avatar
    TheSprinter85
    Hero
    6 years ago

    If/When the developers implement Phase 3 of Ops - it would be great if this ("Ops Auto-Spawn") was looked at as well, because despite its minority, not everyone are going to want to play as Foot Soldier and Peashooter (despite their common appearances)! Joining into a game of Ops and being put as one of these characters can become very annoying 😬, especially if you're levelling up a specific character or doing a specific quest (e.g. complete ops as a defend class). But hopefully it will get looked at some point in the future, fingers crossed 🤞 for that! 🙂

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