Respawning in airsoft is a interesting thing. Some places do it, some do not. It has its advantages and disadvantages so, should your team allow it?
Respawning, for those of you who just don’t know, is rejoining a existing airsoft game after one gets HIT. Much like in Airsoft’s video game...
I don't tend to milsim so I usually play with respawns, it really helps the longevity of a game and makes it a lot more fun as well, I remember at my first ever skirmish at an official site, me and my mate got hit within literally 20 seconds of starting as we didn't realise the range of professional standard airsoft guns. If there where no respawns that probably would have put me off airsoft a fair bit.
I have played a few games with no respawns but that was because it was only a short day and wanted to get in as many games as possible, and that, for me, is the main reason to play without respawns, to play as many different games as possible. I know that there is also the added realism for milsim players, but as I already stated, I don't tend to milsim.
I have also played a few different games where one team had different respawns rules from the other. One of these was a small, elite team, including me, with no respawns defending a large building from a bigger team in which each player had one respawn. This worked very well as everyone knew the rules before the game started and stuck to them, it made sneaking around and picking people off with my VSR that bit more challenging, difficult and fun as I had to displace after every single shot instead of just misses, as they player who I hit may still have a respawn and come back knowing the general area from which I fired. It also effectively doubled the number of OpFor without overcrowding the building. So in this scenario those rules worked very well. Incidentaly our team won, with me surviving until the very end and racking up the most kills in our team :)
Another similar rule system i've played was again two teams, this team matched in numbers and player ability (roughly). One team defending a small killhouse whilst the other team assaulted it. The respawn rules for the defending team was that each player had 3 respawns (the respawn point was in the very centre of the killhouse) and after that, if they were hit, they went and sat in the dead-zone. The assaulting team had unlimited respawns. Obviously this is infinitely one-sided, but as the defending team it had an interesting effect, there was a very determined atmosphere to hold out as long as possible. This was obviously the intention as the marshals time how long each team defends for. Yes the same effect could be acheived if the defending team had no respawns but then the problem of losing the fun factor if you're hit early arises again. There was a marshal by the spawn point to make sure the rules were stuck to but he wasn't necessary as it was a very honourable group of people. I've played this scenario as both attack and defend and it does work very well, it makes for an intense game as the assaulters are very aggressive due to unlimited respawn (getting hit just means you have to talk a walk to regen and back) and the defenders were very determined to hold their ground and didn't give an inch they didn't have to. So slightly different rules but again it worked.
The vast majority of games I play are where both teams have unlimited respawns, they just have to walk to the regen point and they're back in the action. Personally, I would rather if both teams had a set amount of repawns per player, 5 maybe. This would still add length to the game, would still keep it fast and aggressive as there are some respawns, but wouldn't go on as long. The unlimited does work in objective based games such as capture the flag, search and destroy, collect the package and so on, and there is a set time on each game to ensure they don't go on forever and it works. It does work quite well but it isn't exactly my preffered rules. But it all depends on the scenario, the rules need to be adapted for each game type and as long as they are clearly explained to each team before the game, there is no reason they shouldn't work.
But that's just one mans opinion, are there any other respawn rules that people have used?
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