Respawn animation: how to do the opposite of what players ask.

[Severian of Nessus]

So, the new update is a mixed bag. There are some good, or even great things (reduced tail clipping? Yes please!! Finally!!), and some bad (speed nerfs and mindwipe nerfs).

And then there is this total headscratcher: "- Fixed issue where respawn animation was not playing in singleplayer."

I wasn't aware that SP didn't play the respawn animation (or I forgot that it didn't), since I haven't played SP in a while. But if it didn't, that would be a good thing, not something to be "fixed".

The respawn animation is one of those things that I think everyone agrees needs to go away. First spawn? Sure, look at the strange thing in your wrist (though getting killed while stuck in that animation is always a frustrating start to a new game). But after that first time. . . ? After the 10th or 50th time?

So instead of going in the direction of fixing it the way the player community has called for, they go the opposite direction. I figured the annoyance of it replaying was an oversight in the initial development that was just a really low priority for updating. Apparently not. When they finally got to the issue, they doubled down on it.

I just don't get it.

[sosayweall]

i never understood the need for the respawn animation at all lol