Hello forums, its been a while!

First off, let me say that CCP has made some great changes over the last month or two so keep up the good work. I feel this is a prime opportunity to discuss vehicle collision damage.

What are the forums thoughts on vehicle collision damage? I feel collision damage is much to high for every vehicle except tanks. Tanks are able to roll over one and other yet I see people using tanked out Gallente dropships to crash into Pythons to take them out.

I feel this is wrong. Either both dropships are destroyed or neither.

I am of the opinion that all vehicle damage should be reduced. It is equally frustrating when an LAV only has to tap the very corner edge of a tank going 2MPH and the LAV explodes.

If I remember correctly dropship collision damage was dialed in like this because people used to squat infantry by landing on them.
I'm unsure whether this would still work with the proliferation of prototype forgeguns these days and the vehicle repulsion that has been added recently. It's something to keep an eye on though. I wouldn't want that tactic to make a return.

yeah I have squished a few guys in my day but honestly unless your a sniper you can avoid it really easy. Though I do understand your concern, but I don't think the op is suggesting we swing it to the complete other side. Collision damage should still hurt, especially if your afterburning or nitroing straight into a wall/tank etc. Though it shouldn't strip a third of my shields when I do a soft landing with my gear out at a supply depot to restock. Nor should I be insta exploding when a suicide dropship lightly taps me, it should take a serious ram not just "hahahahaha I touch you, you die" doubly so when its a tap on a non essential part of the dropship that should be minimal damage at most.

Doesn't have to be changed so dropships can just play bumper cars with everything (like gods foot) but it should be changed so that slight taps and soft landings don't hurt you so bad/make you explode instantly. Just needs a slight tweak really.

It should require a full speed impact for a DS to take out another ds/ads. Yet as it stands now you can simply tap an ADS with a militia DS and kill the ADS.

If a tank could simply run into another tank and kill it the tanker community would be up in arms yet they are perfectly happy this can type of ramming can happen in the air.