Enemy spawn rates in survival are so inconsistent

[(XBOX)LAZYNOOB2017]

I was just farming for endo on a Dark Sector Survival and Throughout the entire 10 minutes I was there I had 260 kills. Now for Infested that's not a lot. I kept getting moments where I was roaming around the place for about 20 seconds. It was as if they went extinct briefly.

[(XBOX)Ivan of Jupiter]

Gotta learn your locations. Some places are better for spawns than others. Locked doors don't provide spawns. Roaming tends to hurt spawns too, especially if your in a group and spread out.

[(XBOX)LAZYNOOB2017]

I was playing solo in a wide-open space with no locked doors

[(XBOX)Ivan of Jupiter]

56 minutes ago, (XB1)LAZYNOOB2015 said:

I was playing solo in a wide-open space with no locked doors

1. Playing Solo results in less enemy spawns.

2. Open areas aren't ideal even in a team setting. Too wide of an area. Compact halls or medium sized rooms with multiple doors are best.

[(XBOX)LAZYNOOB2017]

It's not because of this because I always play in these areas and am flooded all the same. I've had this issue in the rooms you describe also

[Racter]

On 9/16/2016 at 1:38 PM, (XB1)DRG JupiterIvan said:

Gotta learn your locations. Some places are better for spawns than others. Locked doors don't provide spawns. Roaming tends to hurt spawns too, especially if your in a group and spread out.

This is not necessarily true anymore. Enemies can spawn in the same room as you now as long as you aren't looking directly at their spawn location. I have literally watched them pop into existence within melee range right next to me. Many rooms that used to be excellent I have found lacking since I returned.

I made a thread about this a while ago that basically got ignored, but I 100% agree they are too low currently and seem reduced.

[(XBOX)LAZYNOOB2017]

They're not reduced. There spawn rates are inconsistent. Sometimes you are flooded with enough enemies to keep your life support up for an hour (if it were to exceed 100%) and other times you could fire a nuke and the only thing that would kill the infested would be the leftover radiation not the nuke itself.