Socom 3 NEEDS ranked respawns

[-ActionJackson-]

awesome, and you are exactly right...finally someone here sees where I am coming from.

I am not talking about the traditional glitch and spawn camp ranked respawn, I am speaking of a legit ranking system and style of play.

[[HURRICANE]]

the ranking system doesnt work anyways who really cares

[-ActionJackson-]

I just don't like playing for free

but you are certainly right, its hard to get a legitimate ranking system when so many people are looking to cheat the system.

I would be satisfied with keeping track of my kills/deaths and wins at this point if its too much work.

[[HURRICANE]]

i dont even even care about rank ups i just wish my stats were kept correctly.

i play a string of games with out even logging off and i just get disconnects and maybe 1 or 2 will count (usually the crappy ones, haha)

just today i went 28-7 got the MVP and the game got counted as a disconnect. i never even logged off let alone disconnected. I've been screwed out of so many MVPs its rediculous.

[-ActionJackson-]

damn that sucks, ha 28-7 is pretty good...I would be pissed if it didn't count.

incredible, I just entered the game 5-5 as a guy who was booted before I got there, I was wearing a terrorist uniform yet I was on the SEALS team. I even spawned in the terrorist spawn, so this was not just a skin glitch. I could not kill any SEALS, and I could only kill half of the terrorist. And when I killed the terrorist it counted as a kill instead of a friendly kill. And when I died, instead of cycling through Terrorist players it cycled through SEAL players, yet I could only talk to the Terrorist side on the mic. Absolute most craziest thing I've ever seen.

[DarkFlames]

Originally Posted by -ActionJackson-

At the risk of being flamed for my thoughts on ranked repsawns, I have written sort of a rant that I have felt was necessary to post since the patch that eliminated ranked respawn games. Please feel free to comment, respectfully of course and please read the entire post before commenting.

I'm going to flat out admit it, I have lost an edge for Socom since Zipper has taken away the ranked respawn rooms. As I continued to play Socom, I actually began to enjoy respawn games and even moreso than regular games. What was once my favorite game that I could not go more than 1 day playing, has been put on the backburner for other games. I prefered to play respawn games because there is more action and for the simple fact that I don't have to wait around til the next round to fight again.

With the huge popularity of the ranked respawn rooms, I am shocked that Zipper has not taken this as a sign that maybe respawn games need some sort of ranked system. What fun is it playing for nothing? Why even play at all? I go into an unranked respawn room and its filled with guys who have absolutely no idea how to play and have probably just purchased this game. And that is assuming the rooms can even fill up because nobody wants to play in an unranked room.

It seems to me that respawn games for Zipper were just a random option thrown into the game with no real effort to build upon it and make it better for us who prefer respawn games. A perfect example of that would be the horrible spawn points on small maps. It is almost impossible to avoid spawn camping, and the Terrorist usually have the advantage to spawn camp on most levels which makes it worse. It actually discourages players from wanting to play on a certain side depending on the map.

I know there will be many people who will claim that respawn games are cheating and that they do not show any real skill. At times they can become rank up games, this is true, however as someone who has over 500 games played in ranked respawn rooms (why lie?), its no secret that ranked respawn rooms destroy your rank rather than level up. To me, this was not important as my stats were still being recorded and I knew I was playing for something. And for the most part, I still had to earn my score.

Now my solution to having ranked respawn games is to have a separate ladder for normal games and respawn games. That way there isn't an urge for everyone to play respawn games in hopes of ranking up. Randomize the spawn points for all players, that way most spawn camping will be eliminated and players will actually have to use their skills to win. I have no problem with having 2 ranking systems if it means both styles of play are catered to, rather than eliminating all excitement for one end.

I've felt the need to post this since the last patch, I ask that Zipper re-think working ranked respawns into its game while also improving upon spawn locations.

I ask that you guys do not turn this into a flame war as I would like all comments to be mature.

I am not even sure if Zipper reads this but as a fan of respawn games, I ask that you please bring some excitement into the other aspect of your online play.

Give us a ranking system for respawn games!

Am I the only one that feels this way?

@ the wall of text.. but.. uh.. I haven't seen a ranked spawn in over a month I think they fixed it with the patch.

[GSRxCONVICT]

you know we had ranked respawn but the patch fixed it.
and woh wants to be spawn killed all the time? thats no fun.

[DirtyShooter]

I agree. Ranked respawns on a seperate ladder would be great. The stats is what I'm interested in...not rank. Rank means nothing to me but stats give you a sense of accomplishment. You have someting to show for all the time you put in playing. Stats just make the game more fun to play, IMO.

[FazeD]

I agree with him, but only if they have a seperate ladder,

[ProudFighter]

Go Spawn Camp In Halo With the sniper rifle if u can ever snipe newb.