Jungle’s Apr 2020 update
After the Feb 2020 update, which was a highly significant improvement to the map, things were stable for a while. The next notable changes to the spawn locations came in April, bringing the map very close to the spawn counts of the Valve maps.
- Previously, the current spawn point count means that there would be only ten “empty” spawn locations, compared to roughly two hundred on the other two maps; this means that you’d find loot very consistently. Now, there are enough spawns to have roughly one empty for every three items. This rewards heuristic spawn checking above pure luck-of-the-spawns, reducing the inconsistency from randomness and better rewarding skill, speed, and map knowledge. It now has 457 spawns, compared to 509 and 538 for the Valve-provided maps.
- Echo’s label has been moved to a more useful location.
- There’s a new spawn clump, presumably corresponding to the house added, but the radar doesn’t show the house. They’re between Echo and Bridge.
- As before, more spawns have been added towards the middle of the map. The edges still gained a few, but not as many. This will tend to force engagements a little more.
- There are still quite a few spawns that aren’t really at named locations. Maybe too many?
- The radar still doesn’t really line up perfectly, especially with parallax. Don’t rely on the precise locations shown on this annotated map; for an index of refraction, see the rescue zones near Docks and Delta, and how the red highlight doesn’t align with the checkered marker from the map itself.
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