Safe land GV Spawn Point

[5551scj]

OK - Enjoy the game etc., etc.,

What is the deal with landing a GV at a Spawn Point? I have researched the forums, asked other members, etc. ad nauseam...

If AH2 game designers would be kind enough to answer this in a straight forward manner I'm certain many of us will be thrilled!

I can handle bad news-if AH2 does not want GV kills to count in a straight up furball far from a friendly base THEN JUST SAY SO! This site is
such a pain to navigate anyway, I would not be surprised that there is an answer, but over 50 searches with every kind of keyword combo has reduced me to having to post this thread.

Thank you in advance.

5551scj - Knightey Knight!

[Masherbrum]

If one round/mg bullet/cannon, etc. hits your GV, you will not Land "successfully" at a spawn point.  

[AWwrgwy]

You can "land" ANYWHERE as long as you are at least 5k away from all enemy cons, air or ground.  This includes enemy airfields.  You must be completely stopped before ending sortie.

Possible Anomalies:  I have "crashed" on my own field, not moving, after being damaged.
                            PT Boats are impossible to land.     



wrongway

[Spikes]

PT boats are not impossible to land.

[USCH]

You can "land" ANYWHERE as long as you are at least 5k away from all enemy cons, air or ground.  This includes enemy airfields.  You must be completely stopped before ending sortie.

Possible Anomalies:  I have "crashed" on my own field, not moving, after being damaged.
                            PT Boats are impossible to land.     



wrongway

ALL true up to the PT part... i have landed a PT in 2 manners... #1. you are inside your CV group at a dead stop with no cons within 5k
#2. you drive to a port or a base with a runway that touches the water and land on the runway at a dead stop.

[CAP1]

If one round/mg bullet/cannon, etc. hits your GV, you will not Land "successfully" at a spawn point.  

really? i never knew that.


that would explain my "capture" the other night. 

[AcesHighMan2]

                            PT Boats are impossible to land.     

i landed once in a PT boat  i killed every other PT boat and both carriers died i had to go all the way back to a base 

[Masherbrum]

really? i never knew that.


that would explain my "capture" the other night. 

Yes, if you take one round/bullet, the 5 mile thing goes out the window, unless you're near friendly concrete.   

[USCH]

Yes, if you take one round/bullet, the 5 mile thing goes out the window, unless you're near friendly concrete.   

not true I have gotten away from guys shooting me up all day long and landed in the grass... the only thing that may be true is they may have to die after thet have hit you the one time. making there new sortie a different one than the one they hit you on.

I just deleted film of a  44kill run that i was on a runway killing guys then i ran away to land in the grass way away from any bad guys. Landed succsessfull 25miles away from my closest field. im sure plenty of people got hits on me when they were strafing me on the runway, and i know at least one tank shot at me.

[CAP1]

Yes, if you take one round/bullet, the 5 mile thing goes out the window, unless you're near friendly concrete.   

when i got the "ou have been captured" message, it didn't award anyone a kill.....it just said that. i was right on the spawn point. but someone had been shooting my panzer with machineguns..........

[OOZ662]

You can also land PTs in their little "pens" on the side of the port docks.

not true I have gotten away from guys shooting me up all day long and landed in the grass... the only thing that may be true is they may have to die after thet have hit you the one time. making there new sortie a different one than the one they hit you on.

I just deleted film of a  44kill run that i was on a runway killing guys then i ran away to land in the grass way away from any bad guys. Landed succsessfull 25miles away from my closest field. im sure plenty of people got hits on me when they were strafing me on the runway, and i know at least one tank shot at me.

Then you've discovered a bug.

[Masherbrum]

not true I have gotten away from guys shooting me up all day long and landed in the grass... the only thing that may be true is they may have to die after thet have hit you the one time. making there new sortie a different one than the one they hit you on.

I just deleted film of a  44kill run that i was on a runway killing guys then i ran away to land in the grass way away from any bad guys. Landed succsessfull 25miles away from my closest field. im sure plenty of people got hits on me when they were strafing me on the runway, and i know at least one tank shot at me.

It's been this way for 7.5 years that I have played game.   You found a bug like OOZ said.   I have dissected this whole thing and if you get "pinged" and you're not near "friendly concrete" (whether at your own base or a freshly captured base), you aren't landing successfully.  

Because of this, about 2 years ago on Uterus map I rolled an Ostie from A1 to A19.    I cleared the spawn of lancstuka's, Il's and misc. jabos.   I spent an hour driving back to A1 and landed 52 kills.   I only used 2 GV supps, one track and engine.   But that was when I was dialed in on the Ostie.   

[usvi]

Two squadies and myself got successful landings in very shot up GVs not to long ago after a friendly chased away all
of the nearby cons.

[Nisky]

Im pretty sure if get out of icon range of planes and 6k away from all vehicles and the person that hit u has died/landed u are fine to land anywhere in a gv.

[USCH]

Ya I'm not the only one to do this... just yesterday i helped another Gv guy do the same and he had taken alot of GV hits spawn camping then laned 6k+ away in the wide open...

its not a bug unless you can find it in writing that it is a rule....

as long as you are 6k away from any enemy and you are at a full stop in a GV you can land (excluding PT's... they have there own rules as seen above)