I don't see random spawns ever getting implemented. There would be too much player backlash, even if the majority seems to want it. We can't afford to lose any players.
I think the major problems of random spawns:
For pub play:
- It might give a balance issue sometimes
- You cater the people who used to play this game and come back for this experience, not for a new experience.
Good things for pub play:
- Variation
For competitive play bad things:
- Balance issues are severe, every second delay or advantage you can get, we can turn into a severe (dis)advantage by locking the opposing team down totally.
- Current maps have done really well on balancing, and if they are defense sided, they can only turn more defense sided, or otherwise you'll just push defense back even further making it a very static game.
- Also competitive players like the game as it is now. It is way more difficult compared to CoD or BF, which we really like, but there should be a balance at both sides, since we play both sides.
Good things:
- I don't really see the need to do it, sure variation could be a good thing, but I think the fact that a small balance issue totally changes the way matches will go, I think the risk is not worth it.