I think it is very much dependent on the mission.

As to the answer about having respawn as an "option", technically, that is not possible. BUT, you can hack it, and have the players respawned, but put into a spectate script as soon as they do. If the script fails though, they will be able to run around and such.


I think people are judging respawn in the wrong way. It does NOT have to be something used as a crutch to complete impossible missions, but it DOES serve a very real purpose.

Let's face it, we don't have a lot of people that play here, even if we did, we CANNOT get 150 people on the server at once in order to make a true large scale operation "feasible". So, we design missions where the players are reinforced at regular intervals to represent another Platoon from the Company taking over (for example).

Respawn does not HAVE to be either none or all. You can limit it so that it will only happen in specific circumstances. The more I think about it, the better I like the idea of respawn after objective failure/success. If the objective fails, you could have a whole new element of the game, losing the momentum of battle. If you fail your objective, you are seriously in trouble. Not only do you have 20% of your Platoon now "behind enemy lines", you ALSO have an enemy counter-attack on the away to your previous objective (for example). The dead players are respawned on this objective, and the battle continues.

If you happen to complete the objective, the dead players can be spawned on the objective that was completed (make sure it includes having the area clear). The momentum was kept, and you continue on with your next attack.


A mission that is longer than 1 hour without respawn is doomed to fail. Especially if there is contact within the first 5 minutes. People will die, get bored, and leave. It kills the server population very quickly. Missions shorter than 1 hour are usually fine for no respawn, as you usually don't have to wait that long to play.

Also, "instant" respawn are NEEDED on the server. You need something to build the population up, and it is hard to keep people interested when they join and immediately get to spectate for 30 minutes. These missions can be less "serious" and just fun (very bad odds, way too many enemy to kill for your group size, etc.) since they are meant to build the server population.

I'd like to see more not non-traditional missions, like For A Few Dollars More. Very good concept in that mission, and everytime I've played it, it's been great. Similar thing, get some sort of zombie mission, or a mission where there is 100 enemy Camels and 10 players have to shoot them down with AAA cannons, space invaders style. Simple, fun, replayable missions that will keep people on the server until you can get enough for a "real" mission.