It seems a little odd to require specialized AV weapons to take out a jeep.

Well if they bring in maps big enough to support them, I don't have a problem with fixed wing aircraft.

The Fighter I was envisioning does not have to have a fixed wing mode. (I suggested the fixed wing mode because I did not think that exclusively fixed wing craft would be viable, and I wanted that fixed wing feel for dog fights.) The Fighter I was thinking of would be a one person craft slightly large than a LAV with stubby rear wings and a forward canard. A large articulating thruster at the end of each wing, and a small articulating thruster at either end of the canard. Low weight/high thrust, so it can change direction easily. It would probably require finesse and skill to bring it to a stop or land in a tight spot, but you would not have to wary as much about your momentum as you can overcome it with counter thrust much faster than with a Dropship.

Hopefully aircraft would actually have some instrumentation this time around:
- Pitch indicator
- Yaw indicator
- Movement vector in relation to the direction the craft is pointing.
- Flight speed indicator.

I like the idea of a sphare with a ring at the equator representing level flight, a second ring indicating the pitch and yaw of the aircraft, and an arrow from the center of the sphere indicating the actual direction the craft is traveling in, with forward being the direction the craft is pointed in. Have the arrow's length be proportional to movement speed.

Back to vehicle spawning, it could have easily decreased lag if there were ground vehicle spawns you could buy in while in war barge. Would also have been good if vehicle drops were limited per match (not counting initial vehicle buy ins) and if your team's RDV was destroyed, vehicles would not drop for a set amount of time. I think those would not only decrease lag but add strategy.

I always wondered why there were no small single person vehicles in DUST 514;