Some idea...

[cY|riCo]

well maybe its to late...
but i thought about adding some pickup mode to deathball.
players dont spawn at one line, they spawn on the whole half.
so attackers spawn at middle and defenders more to back and keeper in goal...
since people dont want do def, because its no fun, there should be a circle system!

i mean like volleyball...
at the beginning all players spawn random except keep. in hud a small letter shows you what position you are when you spawned and maybe the person that spawned on defender position could even get some glowing stuff that you can see who is defender. if he doesnt defend then you know who to blame

well if somebody scored a goal then, doesnt matter if its your team or enemy team the players respawn. but now the defender is on left side attack spawn and so all players except keep are are at the next point in circle. i think every player would be fine with playing sweep for a short time... even me^^

for clanwars it can be like before or you can choose your position in settings and spawn there.

well i think that system would work but since davidm and team vortex arent working on db anymore its for nothing i believe :S

[Orbitul]

Interesting idea, i just have a feeling people would either forgot or just wouldnt stick to their position.

But i did want to expand on your picking positions idea. I always thought it woudl be cool if we were able to set positions and then have the positions be noted on the bottom radar. But instead of putting letters or text on the radar, maybe just color the dots slightly different. So for the red team, the D could be a little darker, like maroon, and the keep could be a little lighter, like pink :O

Anyway would be really nice to know who's who on the radar without messing it up.

[cY|riCo]

well thats y the defender should look special like have some glow like the keeper. so you can really see who is def now and if you see this person playing attack tell him what he has to do.

but i think this circle system would be much better for pickups and players would be better in every position.

[Messy]

I've suggested keeper/defender/midfielder models a long time ago, though mostly for purely cosmetic reasons (and to fix some bugs etc. with keeping ).

The rotation idea could be really nice for pubs Though keep spawn at first round (random) alone would be a very good start imo.