I can see that, with bigger maps I will use LAV as transportation. I dont want to just stay in it for the whole match.

I agree, Sometimes i'll bring a dropship into a match right at the start and end up spending the whole time running from swarmers. At that point I'd rather just park at home base and have it taken away so i can do something constructive without losing my expensive flying rectangle.

I agree, Sometimes i'll bring a dropship into a match right at the start and end up spending the whole time running from swarmers. At that point I'd rather just park at home base and have it taken away so i can do something constructive without losing my expensive flying rectangle.

Okay so we can all call vehicles in, but what if I don't want to use my vehicle anymore? Just leave my 200k dropship sitting on the ground to get jacked? What if I used my LAV to get where I want to go and now I don't need it, just let it blow up?

IMO there should be a pick-up for vehicles. Just like the RDV drops them off, it comes in, picks them up, and flies back to wherever it goes.

You should also be able to kill an enemy that called in his dropship, hack it, and call in the RDV to pick it up. Stealing vehicles ftw.

use starter vehicles for transportation. i use the starter LAV all the time if i just wanna get somewhere. i could care less about it because it costed me nothing.

If you search, there are already multiple threads on this. I know because I created one.
In any case, the general result in the past seemed to be you are bringing in your assets at your own risk and if you leave/lose them during play, that's your loss. I don't agree but that's what I've gotten from the previous posts.

I can see this being an excellent idea if the starter fit on the LAV had no turret mounts, transport only.

But once it goes live they will probably not be free anymore.

But I hate when someone from your team steals your superexpensive tank, and let it blow up because its not his tank...

But I hate when someone from your team steals your superexpensive tank, and let it blow up because its not his tank...

I loveses me some vehicles. I love my Tanks, and I love my LAV's.

Problem is, there does need to be a way to get rid of them when finished. But, as someone mentioned, there needs to be a way to keep from having it picked up and then immediately calling in for a new one t replace it to act as 'cheap repairs'.

So, I dunno, put a cooldown timer on calling in vehicles? And this same timer should be triggered when picking one up?

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Right now I use almost entirely free or almost free LAVs to get around. Or run people over. Or shoot them. I'd like to build a really awesome one, but it'd cost almost as much as a tank, and there's no way I'd want someone randomly stealing it or want to have to hide like a scared mouse when the map gets AV heavy. Sort of ruins the whole reason for using it. A 'vehicle pickup' would be nice in this case, as otherwise I have little reason to spec into the things.

I could see the programming/AI algorithims (fancy shmancy techy words!) being difficult, as the LAV's can get into some pretty dicey spots.

Maybe it does a check just like calling one in, but then as soon as you call it in, it gets a forcefield, that binds it in place. (still destroyable)

I like the idea, but say a 2mil ISK tank is in a loosing fight he might just be able to retreat, call an RDV and it sweeps it up just in time for him to call in another fresh full armor tank in again. That would be cheap and you know a few here would do just that.

I loveses me some vehicles. I love my Tanks, and I love my LAV's.

Problem is, there does need to be a way to get rid of them when finished. But, as someone mentioned, there needs to be a way to keep from having it picked up and then immediately calling in for a new one t replace it to act as 'cheap repairs'.

So, I dunno, put a cooldown timer on calling in vehicles? And this same timer should be triggered when picking one up?

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Right now I use almost entirely free or almost free LAVs to get around. Or run people over. Or shoot them. I'd like to build a really awesome one, but it'd cost almost as much as a tank, and there's no way I'd want someone randomly stealing it or want to have to hide like a scared mouse when the map gets AV heavy. Sort of ruins the whole reason for using it. A 'vehicle pickup' would be nice in this case, as otherwise I have little reason to spec into the things.

Okay . . .
You should also be able to kill an enemy that called in his dropship, hack it, and call in the RDV to pick it up. Stealing vehicles ftw.

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hacking other team vehicles, then stealing them away to your inventory with a dropship == awesome!