[quote=Doc Noah]
That's a bridge too far bro. High-end vehicles cost a million+ ISK. They should be returned to the player that made that investment if it wasn't destroyed in the match. Whoever stole it most likely wouldn't be able to deploy it again anyway and there's no market to sell these items. Until we get the latter, vehicle owners should get their vehicle back.

Well look at it this way, your proto dropsuit can cost a million+ ISK, but nobody can hack it and steal it. But million+ ISK vehicles CAN. Now, its fun to hack stuff, so hacking vehicles is in the game. But its fair to at least return it to the owner if it doesn't get blown up during the match.

Infantry-only players don't have to worry about their suits getting hacked. But vehicle-specced players have to worry about it every match. Try to put yourself in the other guy's shoes.

[quote=Esper Shadows]

This is a video game dude. Its not real. CCP makes the rules. So I'll happily ignore this argument. I'll just say that where the ISK is getting invested matters. People who run infantry are putting millions into their dropsuits and they get mad whenever they get killed, especially if the enemy is using cheap tactics. But they don't have to worry about their suit getting stolen (by blueberries or reds).

Players who run vehicles get upset not only when their ride gets blown up, but especially when some blueberry jacks their ride or a red hacks it. Naturally, we put lots of ISK into our vehicles just like proto infantry does. So we appreciate having some code in the game that returns our expensive vehicles if we lose them during the game but they survive the match. Its a way of balancing the inherent in-game risks involved with fielding a vehicle (dumb blueberries and hacks) that proto suits don't have to deal with.

Put yourself in the other guy's shoes.