Vehicle Recall was implemented to allow users to trade out their expensive machinery when they no longer require it. There was a time when recall was not in the game, and it's implementation is most definitely reasonable. There are, however, ways it can be abused:
- When in danger, recall time is incredibly short which means that a pilot can leap out and get their expensive vehicle away before it can be destroyed.
- Module cooldowns can be reset by calling in a new vehicle and recalling the previous, which removes an enormous part of the vehicle balance mechanics.

Vehicle recall itself is not a problem, it should certainly be reasonable for a vehicle to be whisked away when it is no longer required, just as switching dropsuits is, in and of itself, not a problem. The problem with both is the time it takes to perform either task. With dropsuits, at least, you require the presence and proximity of a Supply Depot to perform the switch, which limits it's abuse (though there certainly is some still.)

What I would propose is that vehicle recall remains, but it requires at least some form of proximity to a supply depot: perhaps being within resupply range. this would limit the in-combat abuse of vehicle recall while still allowing vehicle pilots to remove their no longer required/overly threatened vehicle from the field.

Now, I most definitely understand that current supply depot positioning is awful in some locations and I advocate a change to those at the same time.

Being unable to recall a vehicle when its modules are in cooldown. This would open up that GÇ£Window of opportunityGÇ¥ for AV players CCP spoke of when they decided to rebalance vehicles.

More locations to fight over would be welcome, like secondary installations that have actual in-game effects/repercussions. Vehicle installations that house supply depots and construct vehicles in a shielded location would be interesting: you can either take-and-hold to deny them to the enemy or just try and kill their vehicles as they come.

Vehicle Recall was implemented to allow users to trade out their expensive machinery when they no longer require it. There was a time when recall was not in the game, and it's implementation is most definitely reasonable. There are, however, ways it can be abused:
- When in danger, recall time is incredibly short which means that a pilot can leap out and get their expensive vehicle away before it can be destroyed.
- Module cooldowns can be reset by calling in a new vehicle and recalling the previous, which removes an enormous part of the vehicle balance mechanics.

Vehicle recall itself is not a problem, it should certainly be reasonable for a vehicle to be whisked away when it is no longer required, just as switching dropsuits is, in and of itself, not a problem. The problem with both is the time it takes to perform either task. With dropsuits, at least, you require the presence and proximity of a Supply Depot to perform the switch, which limits it's abuse (though there certainly is some still.)

What I would propose is that vehicle recall remains, but it requires at least some form of proximity to a supply depot: perhaps being within resupply range. this would limit the in-combat abuse of vehicle recall while still allowing vehicle pilots to remove their no longer required/overly threatened vehicle from the field.

Now, I most definitely understand that current supply depot positioning is awful in some locations and I advocate a change to those at the same time.