It's a nuisance that we could be right at the end of the Trader session, and then with 5 seconds to go until the next wave starts, someone joins. As difficulty increases with the number of players, the late person becomes a liability to the team considering they couldn't get to the Trader and prepare themselves.
Likewise, it is horrible being that person when joining a game only to find that the next wave is about to start in seconds.
Most of the time it takes at least 15 seconds to actually run to the Trader pod from spawn, so anyone joining with less than 15 seconds to go is likely to be buggered in the upcoming wave, especially on later/HOE waves. People are sometimes Kicked when they join really late, so that it is not going to affect the team in the upcoming round.
Could we either:
- Have players spawned to the Trader pod when they join, so that they have time to prepare themselves
- Disallow players from being able to Ready Up when there is less than, e.g., 10 seconds left at the Trader period, so that the joined player must spectate until the new Trader session is open.
Thoughts?
Likewise, it is horrible being that person when joining a game only to find that the next wave is about to start in seconds.
Most of the time it takes at least 15 seconds to actually run to the Trader pod from spawn, so anyone joining with less than 15 seconds to go is likely to be buggered in the upcoming wave, especially on later/HOE waves. People are sometimes Kicked when they join really late, so that it is not going to affect the team in the upcoming round.
Could we either:
- Have players spawned to the Trader pod when they join, so that they have time to prepare themselves
- Disallow players from being able to Ready Up when there is less than, e.g., 10 seconds left at the Trader period, so that the joined player must spectate until the new Trader session is open.
Thoughts?