Yep have to agree, in fact today 4 times in groups I dropped, np I thought hive baby will get me up. No chance it started a couple of times but then decided nope. There was no emp at any of the times it didn't work.
Oh and do not ask for video. 1 I don't think the devs do anything with any that may actually come in and 2 my PC isn't capable of recording and playing, bit old.
ive been playing sense beta, so i've seen ever " attempt " to fix hive. be for the last maintenance it was working almost perfectly. so w/e the devs did broke it again.
it's back to how it was a month or so ago, player dies, hive drops, 1-3 rings fill on revive, then it just stops, n the hive brakes. even when no npcs are near it or shooting it.
some times after it fails and you get revived, the hive will show its area of effect on the ground even tho its not there. either way it goes on cool down.
please revert w/e the last changes were, it wasn't perfect but it's was better then it is now. lol