GV spawns

[Max]

I don't think I've ever landed a Tiger successfully. Today I launched at a spawn and returned to the same spot with 3 kills. Upon exiting I read "You have crashed". Someone in the vicinity gets the kill. What am I missing? 

[Lusche]

What am I missing?  

The fact that a spawn has nothing to do with ending a mission. It's just a point in the are where you spawn in, that's all.

The mission landing result depends on following factors

- hostile or friendly territory
- presence of enemies
- vehicle damage status
- being on pavement (only applicable in friendly territory)

If you are undamaged and no enemy is around, you can successfully "land" your vehicle anywhere, even on a hostile base.

[Blagard]

As Lushe has pointed out

The remote spawns are just launch points. To "land" you need to get back on friendly hard ground, such as a Road in a town or port etc. If you end your sorty out in wilds, it will be a "ditch" and if you have been hit it will be a "kill" if the other person(s) who hit you have not yet "landed"

Edit: Ops a little overlap with Luche's edit!

[Blagard]

If you are undamaged and no enemy is around, you can successfully "land" your vehicle anywhere, even on a hostile base.

Luche, this never seems to happen to me, how far around are we talking about?

[AAJagerX]

Luche, this never seems to happen to me, how far around are we talking about?

I believe the magic number is 6k.

[Lusche]

Yes, 5 or 6k (I constantly forget the exact value).
I have done that so many times, particular in the low-population arenas. In LW the chance is much higher some enemy is being around (even manned ack guns do count!).

One trick to get enough distance from any enemies in a GV is NOT to drive back to the spawn, but into a totally different, unlikely direction. Everyone who suspects enemy GV will head to the spawn and the town.

[BaldEagl]

To "land" you need to get back on friendly hard ground, such as a Road in a town or port etc. If you end your sorty out in wilds, it will be a "ditch"

No.  As long as you are undamaged and there's no enemies within 5.5K you can land successfully anywhere on the map.

[Max]

Thanks folks, it's makes sense to me now. My pintle was taken out by a strafing Bf110.

[kvuo75]

see if you outlast the guy who did the damage, and he ends sortie/dies, you can again land anywhere.

(i think)