tfw no free LAVs ;-; I loved having them for transport. How much is the least expensive LAV then?

Don't forget you can recall them before they blow up : )

As a LAV BPO user, I rejoice! People should stop always carrying AV grenades around, making my murder taxi-ing more effective for now!

As an AV dude, I'm saddened :-( now there will be less AV targets for me to pop...

Not sure which one I'm more, happy or sad...

I love the changes that are going to be made, however, I have one problem with this all, I want a vehicle that I can buy cheaply enough and have it still be good but not to good, starting price around 20-30k and be decently loaded, the milita vehicles just really are not that strong. I'm not asking for a free ride, I still want to spec into it but I don't want everyone of my rides to be me crying that I lost it, but I want something where I do not want to loose it either.

I also would love the vehcile hit damage to change, this would be very welcomed as I do play infinitry and vehicle a lot, as the system is currently it is very broken, so I'm happy to see that CCP is doing all the changes and will be doing changes to this all.

yes but atleast people paid realworld money for them nothing worse than a 200k suit mowed down by some yard ape fresh out of the battle academy that is all he knows how to do

Once again CCP doesn't listen to us.

Now, we no longer have free transportation on big maps, like seriously, WTF? You're going to have to make us run our slow asses everywhere?

All that should've been done was the removal of the HP buff on militia LAVs. Such that every AV weapon can one shot it. That would've fixed the damn problem CCP. One militia swarm launcher and it's dead. People will be discouraged from using them as murder taxis.

I blame the vehicle department for every single issue regarding vehicles.

Once again, bravo CCP for ignoring the community's suggestions on how to solve murder taxiing. I personally had not seen a single post suggesting to put a price tag on the starter fits.

End of rant

Not happay at all. No more fun. Player will still call LAVs. It's just fun to run people over. And a lot of us like to see that happen. As a professional forge gunner. Now I will make player us up ISK. I myself will still call for murder taxis. Stop your crying little girls. First Lazer rifles, then tanks, then LAVs, now forgeguns (witch I think it was tweaked because all this week I have not bel able to get any kills with the forgegun not nice CCP) will you not make players that us this things happpy ?

CCP I am very very(could go on forever) HAPPY THESE ARE GONE. Now when i pop a LAV I will be so much happier knowing it cost them ISK.

wont cost me anything... mines a bpo

yes but atleast people paid realworld money for them nothing worse than a 200k suit mowed down by some yard ape fresh out of the battle academy that is all he knows how to do

and an LAV you buy now has a higher regen then a shield HAV... good job CCP. i feel like your vehicle department is on crack and takes orders from the dropsuit department.

CCP I would even suggest lowering the speed of LLAV to double that of a merc. Eliminating all collision damage on mercs from it. Giving it an innate 50% resist to compensate for it's slow speed 14 meters per second. Eliminating the turret. Adding 2 extra seats where the turret should go. Making it more like a personnel/supply carrier than a car. Something akin to having a moving supply depot with no offensive capabilities and no ability to run people over but still having the same staying power as it used to but just in the form of damage mitigation. This would make it a focused support platform and not an actual roving yellow taxi of death.

and yet the ishukone watch saga and the bloodraiders saga remian as murder taxis......................

....and the masses rejoiced, crying out in glee as their savior answered their prayer.

I think starter LAVs should remain unlimited to an extent. Maybe make them weaker than militia (especially the baloch - impact, I see them survive an assault forge gun hit with no armor left and still keep driving long enough for them to bail out, when an onikuma - impact would instapop). And also make it so only a limited number can be called in per game per person. Also, starter LAVs shouldn't count towards team quota for vehicles, or maybe have their own team quota so it doesn't keep players from bringing in their better vehicles.
I barely use the starter LAVs anymore since I have much better LAVs but I think they are helpful for newer players to have (nearly) unlimited access to.

Question: do vehicle shields prevent the dudes inside from getting shot out?