Respawning closer to your last 'death'

[TOMARSE]

I'm at the arena and battling the giant Bloodwing but after leaving the game (it was late) I have to fight my way all the way back to the arena...everytime I quit the game? Is there a mod or switch to allow me to spawn a bit closer? Thanks.

[Nakos]

If you own the Creature Slaughter Dome that's inside the WEP (it's part of the GOTY version), then you can zone into that, and then zone back out, and you should respawn right there instead.

There are a few places throughout the game where you can adjust things so that that's your spawn in location, but they have to be map transition locations. The interum spawn points within a map are viable only for respawns during a given run, when you reload the zone, those don't get saved.d

Every zone (and even most bosses) respawn every time you reload. That's a feature, not a bug. The way this kind of game works, you want that. Loot tables are variable, if you only have a single chance at a given loot pool, then you're very likely to miss something you want.

[TOMARSE]

Not sure what the CSD or WEP or GOTY is. Yes, the 'boss' (i.e. giant Bloodwing) has respawned (I could see him as I made my way back to the arena). It's just a pain to go over ground you've already fought through (i.e. why not spawn at the elevator that takes me down to Bloodwing and the arena). I could have sworn it was like that when I played my first run through a while ago but apparently not. I guess I'll just fast travel elsewhere, Bloodwing is outta luck LOL.

[green]

Originally posted by TOMARSE:

Not sure what the CSD or WEP or GOTY is. Yes, the 'boss' (i.e. giant Bloodwing) has respawned (I could see him as I made my way back to the arena). It's just a pain to go over ground you've already fought through (i.e. why not spawn at the elevator that takes me down to Bloodwing and the arena). I could have sworn it was like that when I played my first run through a while ago but apparently not. I guess I'll just fast travel elsewhere, Bloodwing is outta luck LOL.

When you exit/reenter the game, you spawn at the travel station. If you die, you respawn at the last save point you passed.

[Nakos]

Originally posted by TOMARSE:

Not sure what the CSD or WEP or GOTY is. Yes, the 'boss' (i.e. giant Bloodwing) has respawned (I could see him as I made my way back to the arena). It's just a pain to go over ground you've already fought through (i.e. why not spawn at the elevator that takes me down to Bloodwing and the arena). I could have sworn it was like that when I played my first run through a while ago but apparently not. I guess I'll just fast travel elsewhere, Bloodwing is outta luck LOL.

The Creature Slaughter Dome is a mini DLC that's added to the map you fight Bloodwing on. That map (overall) is the "Wildlife Exploitation Preserve" or WEP.

Because the CSD is its own map, that means that it's a valid spawn point which is about half way through the WEP overall map. You will still have to fight past some of the stuff you already fought, every time. That's just the way the game works. As Hunter in the Green Vest said, there are save points within the map, and while you're playing during a given session, you can activate those and you will respawn right there if you die. But when you reload the game, those will have been cleared and you'll be back at the Fast Travel station.

CountKarloff's map of the zone can be found here:

*** WARNING, contains spoilers ***

https://imgur.com/IWI8Ls2

(Links to the full list of CountKarloff's maps can be found here: https://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/t/borderlands-2-o-t-d-h-loot-maps/38103 )

The "Natural Selection Annex" is where the CSD is, and that's the other potential spawn point within the larger WEP zone.


The CSD itself is an Arena style even, with 5 challenge levels, each one containing multiple waves of creatures you must defeat. It can be played once per character, per difficulty setting.


Game genre:

It might be useful to understand that this isn't an RPG. It's an ARPG. The focus is on moment-to-moment combat. Story is de-emphasized, being primarily a vehicle for getting you to the next fight, rather than a branching decision tree that individual players can impact.

BL2 is made in the general style of Diablo 2, There are LOTS of enemies, you kill them, they drop loot. The loot is highly randomized (most of it being "common" quality and not very good). Because of the nature of the way loot is generated, and because of the basic concept of the game genre, you're expected to kill a lot of enemies, even to the point of wanting to rekill enemies you've already fought.

For example, Bloodwing (ASFAIK) (and the Son of Mothrak who replaces him in subsequent runs can both drop this: http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Skullmasher_(Borderlands_2)

But the drop chance is somewhat less than 10%. Soo... wanting to kill the boss multiple times is something you mgiht want to do.