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Title: Landing a tank?
Post by: Recap on September 12, 2006, 04:10:53 PM

Ok my flying skills are pretty rotten, so often times I'll break the frustration with some tank runs.  I'm getting the hang of the tank pretty well but all of the trips are one way.  The other day I was at a field, and seriously, I must have had about 15 kills in the tank.  At this point, I was really hoping to figure out how to return somewhere and log my kills and see how many I actually got.  Unfortunately, I have no clue to RTB in a tank.  When you spawn, you aren't anywhere near a home base, so where do you go if you want to land your kills in a tank? Do I have to drive all the way to a base and end sortie on a runway or something? Thanks for any feedback you can give.

Title: Landing a tank?
Post by: Dichotomy on September 12, 2006, 04:18:02 PM

I'm not sure if you have to... your scores show that you've got 23 kills in a vehicle / boat

could be wrong on this one

Title: Landing a tank?
Post by: Lusche on September 12, 2006, 04:32:03 PM

If you spawn to another location than your VBase, don´t expect of being able to return. Unless you capture the base, it is a one-way trip most of the time.

According to my experience, it is possible to land if:
- You´re not damaged
- NO enemy is in a certain radius (don´t know exactly how large but certainly beyond line of sight)
- very close to your spawn point (but I am not really sure about that)

Of course you never lose your kills in any way. RTB, ditch, captured, died, that all does not matter in regard to kill stats. Only perks gained & score points are affected by how you end sortie.

Title: Landing a tank?
Post by: wolf8u on September 12, 2006, 05:03:14 PM

I just pull up the map and go back to the spawn point or just a littl past it. I have "landed" many a vehical this way.

Title: May be more, but Im sure of these
Post by: Murdr on September 12, 2006, 05:11:55 PM

You can sucessfully land when

[1]On a friendly runway

[2]

If you have no damage, and no enemy nearby and are...
[a]Anywhere within the perimeter of a non-flashing friendly field
Anywhere directly between 2 friendly fields
[c]Within the spawn point area, or behind it.
[/list]

Title: Re: May be more, but Im sure of these
Post by: Recap on September 12, 2006, 05:41:23 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Murdr
You can sucessfully land when

[1]On a friendly runway

[2]

If you have no damage, and no enemy nearby and are...
[a]Anywhere within the perimeter of a non-flashing friendly field
Anywhere directly between 2 friendly fields
[c]Within the spawn point area, or behind it.
[/list] [/B]

Thanks all for the help. Although the "getting damaged" part probably will eliminate quite a few reasons to RTB.  I say if you can make it there, you should get the credit haha.

Title: Landing a tank?
Post by: The Fugitive on September 12, 2006, 05:47:46 PM

if you return to the spawn point, even damaged you will get a landed message, just like landing a damaged plane. That is if the spawn point isn't camped :)

Title: Landing a tank?
Post by: skysnipr on September 13, 2006, 09:09:41 AM

Actually you can even land your tank at an enemy vbase, provided that there is no enemy around. All you have to do is drive onto the concrete and land it, just like at a friendly base. I have done this a couple times after smearing the ack at a field so I can return with a M3.

Title: Landing a tank?
Post by: Recap on September 13, 2006, 09:45:57 AM

Quote

Originally posted by skysnipr
Actually you can even land your tank at an enemy vbase, provided that there is no enemy around. All you have to do is drive onto the concrete and land it, just like at a friendly base. I have done this a couple times after smearing the ack at a field so I can return with a M3.

That's good to know.  Apparently there are multiple options, but need to remember these different factors (i.e. no enemies around).  Thanks for the help.