What exactly happened here?

[Dude388]

I was playing on Fallujah West, Insurgent team, infantry/ambush squad with an average score (no TKs, but sadly only 10 kills and 8 deaths). Our squad had set up a defensive position on a cache and we were reinforced with another squad. The US team was assaulting us from across a field in a building (I can't give exact location...frankly I don't know it) with APC support. We were in a small courtyard (not gated) with the cache indoors in a small building with a garage-like building used as cover. I had spawned as a collaborator to provide revives and healing for all players in the area.

Someone had placed a proxy IED near the opening to stop the APC from rolling right into the area and mowing us down. For about 30mins we defended the area from the US almost perfectly, so our SL ordered us to fall back to a less defended cache to support another squad. We begin to move out and then, a player on a bike accidentally drives over the proxy IED and blows it. As you've guessed it killed everyone in the area and for some reason...the cache too. Over the VOIP comms I hear some angry and confused conversations and even some laughing at the shear randomness of what just happened.

However the fun stopped there, somehow all that had transpired had accumulated into a 6500 second respawn timer for me. Now I have played PR for sometime and I realize that Collaborators have long respawn timers...but this seemed odd. It was if all the TKs and the cache destruction had been placed on me, even though I was one of the unfortunate to be killed (again the player on the the bike accidentally hit the proxy IED).

Can anyone shed some light on exactly what happened here to result in such a respawn timer?

[charliegrs]

maybe a bug?

[sakils2]

I had 6500 second respawn time, too. But it disappeared DOn't know why I had such a "spawn" time, though.

[IAJTHOMAS]

Changing/reselecting kits often sorts this kind of wierd spawn time out.

[ArPeeGee]

I know that if you try to select something like the officer kit without being a squad leader/having enough people in your squad, you'll get a crazy long spawn time.

[RedAlertSF]

I'm more interested about how the proxy IED managed to kill you all and the cache..

[Dude388]

I'm more interested about how the proxy IED managed to kill you all and the cache..

Well the majority of TKed people were outside at the time. As for the Cache being destroyed too....I can honestly say I'm befuddled on the matter (considering it was inside a small house about 20m away from the IEDs location).

[Doro]

I was playing on Fallujah West, Insurgent team, infantry/ambush squad with an average score (no TKs, but sadly only 10 kills and 8 deaths). Our squad had set up a defensive position on a cache and we were reinforced with another squad. The US team was assaulting us from across a field in a building (I can't give exact location...frankly I don't know it) with APC support. We were in a small courtyard (not gated) with the cache indoors in a small building with a garage-like building used as cover. I had spawned as a collaborator to provide revives and healing for all players in the area.

Someone had placed a proxy IED near the opening to stop the APC from rolling right into the area and mowing us down. For about 30mins we defended the area from the US almost perfectly, so our SL ordered us to fall back to a less defended cache to support another squad. We begin to move out and then, a player on a bike accidentally drives over the proxy IED and blows it. As you've guessed it killed everyone in the area and for some reason...the cache too. Over the VOIP comms I hear some angry and confused conversations and even some laughing at the shear randomness of what just happened.

However the fun stopped there, somehow all that had transpired had accumulated into a 6500 second respawn timer for me. Now I have played PR for sometime and I realize that Collaborators have long respawn timers...but this seemed odd. It was if all the TKs and the cache destruction had been placed on me, even though I was one of the unfortunate to be killed (again the player on the the bike accidentally hit the proxy IED).

Can anyone shed some light on exactly what happened here to result in such a respawn timer?

I had this once when somehow I had the Officer kit selected even though I wasnt the squad leader. Immediately after changing it to one of the regular riflemen it went down to 15 seconds.

[Who Dares Wins]

I declare shenanigans!

[McBumLuv]

I've found that if you've got an SL kit selected and you aren't one/don't have enough SMs, then it'll show itself as 5999 seconds. Which is why switching kits solves it (unless you reselect the SL kit)

[Sgt. Mahi]

You're sure the IED wasn't triggered by a smacktard?

[spybaz]

Can you confirm that it wasn't a kit issue?

As many have said, this is what happens when you try to choose an officer/cell leader kit if you have less than 3 on your squad or if you are not SL.

Until you acknowledge that it wasn't a kit issue then we (the community) can dig no deeper (too futile).

[Dude388]

Can you confirm that it wasn't a kit issue?

As many have said, this is what happens when you try to choose an officer/cell leader kit if you have less than 3 on your squad or if you are not SL.

Until you acknowledge that it wasn't a kit issue then we (the community) can dig no deeper (too futile).

Well all I can confirm is that I had the Collaborator kit in a squad of five (only the SL had officer/cell leader kit). So I can't say for sure unless someone (most likely a DEV) can say that Collaborator kit also causes this bug.

You're sure the IED wasn't triggered by a smacktard?

Well he CLAIMED it was an accident. Although I do believe it could have been avoided, I'll always give the benefit of the doubt....until proven otherwise.

After all, everyone makes mistakes.

[bloodthirsty_viking]

Can you confirm that it wasn't a kit issue?

As many have said, this is what happens when you try to choose an officer/cell leader kit if you have less than 3 on your squad or if you are not SL.

Until you acknowledge that it wasn't a kit issue then we (the community) can dig no deeper (too futile).

i can achnolage it, it hapend one time to me, i tried every solotion, i had 6000+ spwan time, and i just waited, tried every thing change kits and stuff, i had the kit w/ the ied on ins, and after waiting a LONG while, at about 2000-1000 seconds left it spawned me randomly at main

[Dude388]

i can achnolage it, it hapend one time to me, i tried every solotion, i had 6000+ spwan time, and i just waited, tried every thing change kits and stuff, i had the kit w/ the ied on ins, and after waiting a LONG while, at about 2000-1000 seconds left it spawned me randomly at main

I did the same as you, tried switching kits and even leaving the squad but to no avail. Guess I should have waited like you....I just left and attempted to rejoin after about 2000 seconds passed (sadly the server was filled after I left :cry .