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Random Powerup Respawn
Duration

Per pickup

Respawn

30 seconds or 1 minute

Found in

Dissolution of Eternity

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No more campers! Well... at least your opponent won't get the Quad Damage every time it "pops up" in Deathmatch. We call Random Respawn the Great Equalizer

—Dissolution of Eternity manual, page 18

The Random Powerup Respawn is a feature in Dissolution of Eternity intended to randomize which powerup can be collected in a specific location. It is claimed to help prevent camping.

This may be one of the following:

Strategy[]

Although it was intended to be an anti-camping method, it actually encourages camping in a general area as a player with one of these powerups can get a new one immediately after the existing one. Specifically, the items in the original game respawn after 30 seconds, and the Power Shield and Anti-Grav Belt respawn after one minute.

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