Abandoned vehicle, explode time

[Ol'Smoke]

Is it possible to change it?
I would like to see jeeps becoming available more quickly, so squads are able to move to their objective faster and commanders have better control over the battle.

[icky]

Not that I have found. If you want the jeeps available back at their spawn point, drive them into a lake or blow 'em up.

[asch]

Players need to learn to take more value in the vehicles. They shouldn't be abandoning them. Damage / time should be longer for vehicles. Just because vehicles aren't the best for actually attacking does not mean they are less valuable.

Originally Posted by powersmoker

Jeeps are always ditched, when moving to and attacking a base. They aren't useful in combat.
At the same time, movement and mobility is crucial the way maps work in bf2.

Just because players ditch them doesn't mean we should make them blow up faster. On the contrary, players should learn to better utilize vehicles.

Originally Posted by TG_Santa

Id kinda have to agree with that. Humvees on attack are generally used for transporting your guys quickly to a site. If you just drive right into the base, youll get eaten up by nade launchers and anything else. So best thing usually is to leave it off a bit to the side of the base you're attacking. However every other vehicle should never be ditched, because every other vehicle is an armor.

So maybe the players should not leave the vehicle off on the side because they know it's eating up a vehicle the rest of the team could use. You don't usually see someone taking a fighter jet as a taxi.... players need to learn how to more effectively use vehicles.

[Ol'Smoke]

Originally Posted by asch

players should learn to better utilize vehicles.

Jeeps are used to get a squad quickly from base to base. I don't see another use.

Destroying vehicles is not very practical. You end up driving yourself in the water, and blowing up a jeep just as a teammate enters it.

Mind I'm only talking about jeeps.

[asch]

Think of it this way... there are only a limited number of jeeps for a reason. If we wanted to provide quick access / transportation around the map, we could just place 20 jeeps. The limited use of vehicles means that a player needs to take care of the vehicle.

I understand what you're getting at with trying to make jeeps destruct faster. I think we're just striving after two different play styles on the server in that respect.

[icky]

Originally Posted by asch

You don't usually see someone taking a fighter jet as a taxi.... players need to learn how to more effectively use vehicles.

Phew, I haven't been noticed!

And btw, I totally agree with the vehicle value. I wonder what would happen if the spawn time was really long... I have a feeling that the vehicles would all disappear at the start of the map and leave everyone on foot.