dunno how many vehicle drivers are in this post but allow me to add a dropship pilots view on this.
My assault dropship runs me 1,491,420 isk if i loose one, i have to grind quite a few games to get it back. These dropships are just as vulnerable to forgeguns as the regular ones, and tanks can almost one shot it. Dont even get me started on the people who just sit in a rail turret. I think its nice that if i call it in and 3 rail shots wizz by i dont have to loose this very very expensive dropship and i can still go and fight instead of flying circles in the red line because i cant leave the dropship. I can see some peoples frustration in the fact that you dont get a kill on the tank/dropship but please keep in mind that you have still gotten rid of it, and as a dedicated dropship pilot you have denied me my job, but thats ok because i dont have to go grind 20 games for my dropship again. i think this is a fair trade

Players like you are the reason why dust is turning into a terrible game

Someone mentioned it but and it was a good idea. If the vehicle is not at 100% health, then an RDV should deny the pickup.

That seems like too much. I think something more like a timer from the point it last received damage, or a requirement that it be over a certain percentage (like 50% health) for recall. A longer delay on calling a vehicle after a recall would be good too, but keep it so there's no delay on calling after a vehicle is destroyed of course.

All I can think of is that they should add a EWAR equipment that can keep it from being recalled, kinda like the Warp scrambler in EVE. Then, past a certain amount of HP left, say 45% or so, it can't be recalled.


Peace, Aizen

But what kind of HP? Total HP? Shield HP? Armor HP?

Buffer tanks would be the new hotness. Seen a tank with about 9000 total HP. One breach shot may do ~2500 damage(averaged out), need another 4.5 seconds before next hit lands. A sniping tank can easily still back off and recall(Blaster/Missile tanks not so much, sure).

I think it's on it's way, but would still need to be coupled with another mechanic(be it extending the time-to-recall, bring an RDV in, or cancel recall on tank hit)