I haven't seen any response from Devs to the myriad requests about vehicle locks. I don't know if they are aware of the requests, if they disagree with the concept, if it is too expensive to implement.... not sure ccp take on it.

However, I have an alternative if they are fundamentally against vehicle locks for whatever reason. This won't really help with the stolen drop ships or stolen tanks, but it might help with preventing a lot of stolen LAVs.

That is, additional function buttons that allow you to deploy items from the vehicle without getting out of the driver seat or pilot seat.

I have had my vehicle stolen by berries so many times when I zoomed into a hot zone to drop nanos or drop links with the idea in my mind of zooming back out to a safe area and laying missle fire on the area once I had deliveed the goods.

By not having locks, the utility value of an LAV is very low given the expense in losing it to some idiot that is going to drive it directly into a tank as soon as he steals it from you. It's basically a one way ride if you want to drive your vehicle into a populated area and get out of it to help in any way.

So just give us an R2 selection to drop nanos if we have them on our suit, or another for drop links, (wouldn't it be cool if you could drive up and drop a repair tool or injector for some other player to use who is involved in the action? But that's a whole different idea)

Anyway, until we have locks, I have the cheapest vehicles I can build with militia everything and no chance of really using them for good stuff, because I don't want to keep funding the guys who just like to drive them for fun.

I think maybe the capacity to lock the pilots seat.

And also the capacity to recall vehicles while passengers are inside (they just drop to the ground once the vehicle is gone)

I think maybe the capacity to lock the pilots seat.

And also the capacity to recall vehicles while passengers are inside (they just drop to the ground once the vehicle is gone)