Why do people do it? All it shows is that they’re too pathetic at the game to actually achieve any kills legitimately. I can’t go a single game of Husky Raid without some -Yoink!- sitting in the back, killing me and my teammates when we spawn.
And then there’s spawning only to get blasted by an incineration cannon from across the map because apparently it’s one of the only guns people know how to use in husky raid
I don’t really see it as a problem in Husky raid since the spawns are not in directly seen to the other base.
But on slayer modes it is very annoying. Maybe they do it for fun, to show others how good/clever players they are, to get better kill-death numbers, to troll or anything else
People spawn camp because it’s a video game. It’s been happening since the dawn of the gamer and will continue so long as developers continue to be short-sighted in play testing. Although even in the best case scenario, there will still be exploits and plenty of room for player nonsense.
My only advice is to team up and stay strong. Otherwise a well coordinated, lucky or just plain great assortment of players will roll right over you and harvest points at every opportunity.
I’ve spawn camped and have been spawn camped over the years on various titles. It wasn’t because I wasn’t a great player. Obviously if I couldn’t get legit kills then spawn camping wouldn’t be a possibility in the first place. It was because I just wanted to move on to the next game for the most part.
During times when I’m being spawn camped I often just quit out if it’s not worth my time. At least with spawn camping I can get a few extra XP or what-have-you.
But I do understand how annoying it is in Husky raid to be killed by a sniper right after you come out of the spawn cover and maybe lose some good weapons at the same time
> Why do people do it? All it shows is that they’re too pathetic at the game to actually achieve any kills legitimately.
What constitutes a “legitimate” kill?
> Why do people do it?
Because they play to win, and pad stats.
If it’s slayer, they do it to win, if it’s objective, they do it to stat pad. Simple as that.
> > Why do people do it?
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> Because they play to win, and pad stats.
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> If it’s slayer, they do it to win, if it’s objective, they do it to stat pad. Simple as that.
Not completely true. I spawnkill in Grifball both to win, and just for fun sometimes. Since I know most of the Grifball community, a lot of Grifballers spawnkill to win. As for other objective gametypes such as CTF though, people stat pad (most of the time) to pad stats.
To win at husky raid you almost have to spawn trap, a guy at the back of the enemy teams base with a fuel rod cannon will almost guarantee that your team will get a flag cap.
How else could you get the flag when they literally spawn right beside it.
Some people do it just to rack up kills, sometimes toward a commendation. Others do it because they’re overly-competitive elitist jerks, trying to boost their k/d so they don’t like “n00bs” to the rest of the “pros”.
More often than not, people do it just because it’s convenient, if some dumb–Yoink- forger placed the spawns all wrong. You know the old saying, “when life gives you lemons…”
What is the smarter course of action?
Allow an enemy to retaliate and have potential to end you?
Or end them before they can do anything at all?
> What is the smarter course of action?
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> Allow an enemy to retaliate and have potential to end you?
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> Or end them before they can do anything at all?
Exactly. If you can pin the enemy down, why not?
> To win at husky raid you almost have to spawn trap, a guy at the back of the enemy teams base with a fuel rod cannon will almost guarantee that your team will get a flag cap.
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> How else could you get the flag when they literally spawn right beside it.
That’s a little different than the games I end up in.
Usually, it is someone providing cover from our base while the rest of the team marches up to their base through the FRG/i-cannon maelstrom. Then you grab the flag and run like crazy. This is no different that CTF on any other map where the long-range expert should be providing cover to those executing the capture.
Is it because of WHERE you spawn that this seems to be an issue? In the versions of Husky Raid I played in Customs, we spawn off to the side a bit more and not directly out in the open. Would that be better?
I never got it and never will, people who spawnkill in slayer and other objective types are nothing but unskill jerks.
> I never got it and never will, people who spawnkill in slayer and other objective types are nothing but unskill jerks.
Correction: People that ONLY spawnkill are jerks. Spawnkilling can be used as a tactic to win a game. I do it all the time to win games. Also, if the other team is bad enough to get spawnkilled, maybe they should pick up a new hobby 
Spawn camping isn’t difficult at all. In husky raid all you need is an incineration cannon and a teammate or two to draw fire away from you. In griffball you can just sneak off to the side of the map and not get noticed by anyone. And in slayer and traditional CTF enemies spawn at their base and to either the right or left of the middle of the map. Set up vehicles there and your fine. I’ll admit that it does take coordination but it doesn’t require any skill other than that.
Husky Raid is pretty much set up for kills right when you spawn, so that isn’t a huge issue to me. Otherwise, people spawn camp because they unfortunately care more about stats than actually having fun in the game.
> Husky Raid is pretty much set up for kills right when you spawn, so that isn’t a huge issue to me. Otherwise, people spawn camp because they unfortunately care more about stats than actually having fun in the game.
Your logic is flawed. Many people willingly spawn camp because it is fun. Not every Human being on the planet has the same concept of fun as you do.
Then why are you not spawn killing them instead. Fact, if you’re getting spawn killed then you did something wrong to put yourself in that situation. Or the other team is just better. As far as husky raid goes, that game type just sucks.
> Then why are you not spawn killing them instead. Fact, if you’re getting spawn killed then you did something wrong to put yourself in that situation. Or the other team is just better. As far as husky raid goes, that game type just sucks.
Yes sometimes I don’t pay enough attention and they slip by. But having most, if not, your entire team quit. That’s not my fault at all. Spawn camping takes no skill whatsoever. Your attacking and your opponent has no chance at defending his/herself. Does standing behind someone’s spawn point and assassinating them take any skill? Does sitting in front of someone with a fuel rod cannon and blasting them when they spawn take any skill? Not even a little bit.