Game Version number: 1.1.0.42 Steam
Modded?: No (but also yes)
Background:
A player can interact with the inventory screen of a container with supplies and drag out supplies into boxes of 100 units or less that then spawn nearby on the ground (or often on top of the container or other boxes). I am unsure if this is possible on console or only PC, as I've heard "advanced supplies manipulation" is only available to PC players.
Issue Description:
This can affect base supply storage points, like the command tent or medical tent. When these supplies are now sitting on the ground instead of in the dedicated storage of a base structure, they no longer seem to count towards the supply count for respawns. This means that an enemy player can walk into a base, and as long as they can reach each of the storage points and interact with them within ~45 seconds, they can stop all players from spawning to defend (except for bases with bugged/special supplies, usually the main capture points also pulling from nearby FIA storage). This is unfair and an exploit.
Solution (kinda):
Supplies within the vicinity of a base (even on the ground) should both count towards the respawn and not ever despawn. Also, manipulating supplies should take time, and (slightly unrelated) there should be player choice in manipulating where "free-floating" supply crates go. I would also mention that spawning AI defenders to give time to respawn before enemy players can access the supply points is a moot point until the servers can actually handle a feature like that.