LOL that's what your squad is for. They should hop into your driver seat if you want to get out and rep the tank. This isn't a game of "Lets be friends" this is a game of "Shoot him in the face".

LOL that's what your squad is for. They should hop into your driver seat if you want to get out and rep the tank. This isn't a game of "Lets be friends" this is a game of "Shoot him in the face".

Even with squad mates to swap with it seems some people must just be spamming triangle constantly to try to get in the driver seat. It's happened to my squad several times and something needs to be done.

this is why tank pilots can't be squad leaders. to drop an orbital you need to be outside a vehicle.

i never hop out of my seat unless there is an squad mate right next to me to take the seat. of course if there is an ally right next to me there is no need to hop out because they usually take points and be general support.

nothing like having a dumb blueberrys sit in 2 turrets and some tard blueberry sitting on top wanting them to take the objective knowing it would turn the battle around and they just sit there. i could hop out and take the objective but with 3 randoms i wouldn't dare.

Hello. I am emailing you to propose my solution to tank stealing. Earlier today a friend of mine nearly had his tank blown up, and when he jumped out to repair it, a team mate got in and refused to give it back. The teammate eventually got it blown up and ost my mate almost 2 Million ISK. A simple solution to this would be to let the owner of the tank take any seat he wants, even if occupied. Meaning if he was on a gunner turret in his tank and someone was in the main turret, when he hits triangle to switch seats, it would swap the teammate to the small turret and him to the large. If his tank is taken and all its seats are occupied, when he attempts to get in, it will kick the main driver out and let him in. If one were to hack an enemy tank and gain control of it, he would be the "new owner" of the tank and the same rules would apply. This is my suggestion and would solve many theft problems with tanks, LAVs and dropships.

Happened to me like that the other day. Got an orbital strike and drove my tank to an empty redline corner but spawn shifted to me anyways. Had a squad member in tank and was trying to cordinate them to take the seat as I jumped out, but the instant I jump out a bluedot named maximiliano geronimo of Brutor Vanguard is in my tank. He then drives it directly into the bowl and parks in the middle of their entire team and sits there a good minute before he is finally popped by small arms fire.


That situation was lame, but no where near as terrible as when your vehicle drops infront of you and you are locked out like everyone else and left spamming 'o' praying you get in first and don't jump out by accident.

With the spawn points the way they are in ambush it makes it difficult to find an empty area to call in your vehicles. Within 15 seconds there's usually others spawning near you.

New Eden or not, vehicles locks should be standard issue. Are you really going park your vehicle with thieves all around and no way to lock it?

The easy answer is never get out, but that's not a realistic option.

Hello. I am emailing you to propose my solution to tank stealing. Earlier today a friend of mine nearly had his tank blown up, and when he jumped out to repair it, a team mate got in and refused to give it back. The teammate eventually got it blown up and ost my mate almost 2 Million ISK. A simple solution to this would be to let the owner of the tank take any seat he wants, even if occupied. Meaning if he was on a gunner turret in his tank and someone was in the main turret, when he hits triangle to switch seats, it would swap the teammate to the small turret and him to the large. If his tank is taken and all its seats are occupied, when he attempts to get in, it will kick the main driver out and let him in. If one were to hack an enemy tank and gain control of it, he would be the "new owner" of the tank and the same rules would apply. This is my suggestion and would solve many theft problems with tanks, LAVs and dropships.

This is another HUGE problem.

The timer for the owner of a vehicle to get in after RDV drop is TOO LOW. It's about 3-5 seconds. Problem is the enter vehicle button is glitchy. It pops in and out sometimes (at least on dropships).
IF
you try to wait for the button to show up again for you
THEN
a random blue gets in first, flies off and loses you a million isk. FUN!

or...
IF
You try to spam O to get in while the button is glitching
THEN
You might well get in the vehicle first, but could be in any random seat or turret and have to cycle to the proper driver seat WITHOUT over cycling, and faster than the blues who already have access can get in, fly off your ship and lose you a million isk. FUN


This, CCP, is Bull*$%^

How about a lock driver seat option. Think it through man.

2. Welcome to New Eden.

Hello. I am emailing you

Simple Fix, if your not skilled in it, you can't drive it.

Same goes for installation Turrets imo , no turret skill no shooting with installation turrets.

1. This has been mentioned (and shot down) many times before. There are people for and against it. But most of the people who are serious about their interest in what DUST is about don't approve of blocking people from stealing your stuff.

Everyone talks about this game like Pub matches are the end all be all. It isn't its designed like EVE. you can go solo if you want, but you are gonna get your tank stolen unless you are smart.

Just because these people ALSO accepted the contract to fight the enemy doesn't mean they are there to help you or be nice to you. If you think that then you have never been a subcontractor before.

Join a corp, do corp matches only and just summon your tank far far away from other subcontractors.

I work for a company and I manage our corporate accounts, we have in house sales reps and we have outside partners. both of them "should" be on the same side, but they are always out screwing each other over, why?! I dunno, because they feel like it, because they want the money. For the Lulz.

I actually get paid to deal with people who are on the same side screwing each other over. Not in the good sense.

Leave theft in,

LOL that's what your squad is for. They should hop into your driver seat if you want to get out and rep the tank. This isn't a game of "Lets be friends" this is a game of "Shoot him in the face".

I don't get this whole "Welcome to New Eden" crap. Nobody can steal your ships in Eve...unless you put the thing on a courier ship and someone literally STEALS the whole kit and kaboodle. It isn't as simple as approaching your ship in a station and saying "yoink" as they undock, though...

That is pretty much what is happening in Dust. I'm not even a vehicle guy and I think it is annoying. My friggin Nissan Versa has a way to stop any random Jack from taking off in it. They are called car keys. Sure, a knowing enemy could crouch down under the drive shaft and hotwire the beast (more of an analogy to Hacking...isn't it?). I find it rather dubious that all these space age manufacturers haven't come up with a set of goddamn car keys? Or something even more high tech like telemetrics for access (retinal scanner, thumbprint pad, etc...)?

I also like the "if you aren't skilled into it, you can't drive it" solution. The only issue...what about militia LAVs, HAVs and DSs?

I still think they should just have lockable drivers seats unless the driver gets killed, in which case the vehicle could become open season...

Yes welcome to new eden, were security systems seems to be non existent. New eden were people are so tough they don;t value thier possessions, like titans and stuff.

Friendly tank stealing actually makes no sense and is a potential exploit: What do you have to spend days training for tanks.

All driver positions should be locked by default unless the following occurs:

a) your tank is hacked by the enemy and then hacked back, bringing it to a "ownerless" state.

b) You abandon your vehicle for more than X minutes.

c) You are killed outside your vehicle.

I reward you with the "MOST UNNECESSARY COMMENT OF ALL TIME" and personally congralate your 1d1ot.
+1 to op and ability to lock driver seat to everyone except owner.