I hate those 15 sec waiting for my tank in the beginning of each battle. God, I fear to get shot by a sniper or run over by a lav. Yet, it never happened, nobody ever stole my tank and yeah ... no need for new things, especially not locking modules - got no place for them.

A very simple way to solve this would be to implement a "lock/unlock vehicle" feature similar to how the "flip vehicle", "enter vehicle", and "recall vehicle" work. Simply add a "lock/unlock vehicle" option assigned to the triangle button when approaching your vehicle.

The option to lock/unlock would only be available to the vehicle owner. (Player who originally qued or hacked the vehicle)

You would still be able to hack a locked enemy vehicle. Vehicle would become unlocked after hacking.

The option to lock vehicle would only be available for 15 seconds after exiting a vehicle.

Once a vehicle is locked no one can enter the vehicle or switch seats, however a player may still exit the vehicle.

Once a vehicle is locked it would no longer explode if left unattended. This way a player may still return to the vehicle after completion of a particularly lengthy engagement.

Locked vehicles could still take damage from AV weapons.

As a side note implementation of this would also provide the basis for the removal of the free LAV, thereby alleviating some of the LAV spam murder taxiing, as players would be more willing to spec into a vehicle knowing they could prevent it from being stolen or destroyed by artificial means (unattended vehicle destruction).

A very simple way to solve this would be to implement a "lock/unlock vehicle" feature similar to how the "flip vehicle", "enter vehicle", and "recall vehicle" work. Simply add a "lock/unlock vehicle" option assigned to the triangle button when approaching your vehicle.

The option to lock/unlock would only be available to the vehicle owner. (Player who originally qued or hacked the vehicle)

You would still be able to hack a locked enemy vehicle. Vehicle would become unlocked after hacking.

The option to lock vehicle would only be available for 15 seconds after exiting a vehicle.

Once a vehicle is locked no one can enter the vehicle or switch seats, however a player may still exit the vehicle.

Once a vehicle is locked it would no longer explode if left unattended. This way a player may still return to the vehicle after completion of a particularly lengthy engagement.

Locked vehicles could still take damage from AV weapons.

As a side note implementation of this would also provide the basis for the removal of the free LAV, thereby alleviating some of the LAV spam murder taxiing, as players would be more willing to spec into a vehicle knowing they could prevent it from being stolen or destroyed by artificial means (unattended vehicle destruction).

I think a squad lock would be a simple option to implement. It would promote squad play and if you just want to run solo you can create and lock a one-man squad.