Vehicle Hijacking...

[Strygun]

OK, I just thought of this, it might've been asked before...

Lets say an NC soldier is driving his harasser around, and he gets out and goes and fights. A TR solider comes up and hijacks his vehicle and heads back to base. What prevents other TR from opening fire on him? (They will see the blue and yellow colors on the car and open fire..hence getting an accidental TK...)

Thanks for the info to come =)

[Incompetent]

the vehicles change colors when hacked.

[diluted]

how long does it last? the vehicle , that is. until it gets blown to hell?

[Strygun]

incom, immediately?

[Whoracle]

you have to HACK a vehicle to use it? shouldnt you just be able to hop on and ride off into the sunset...

and will this game have friend/foe indicator icons like in Tribes...

[Incompetent]

as soon as your finished i believe, and yes you have to hack an enemy vehicle to use it, do you leave your car keys in the car?
Edit: the vehicle stays until it dies.

[Whoracle]

i wouldnt think this game had keys in it....therefore no need for hacking.

just hop in. i didnt think players "turned off" their vehicles.

[Strygun]

There are no keys, I think he was just using a general term...

[Whoracle]

come to think of it that would add some depth. u could choose to "turn off" your vehicle or leave the ignition on...for quick hop out, do ur duty and hop in, you wouldnt turn it off

but for longer missions, ones you may not survive, you could turn it off and force someone to have to spend time hacking it.


and if its a mission where you go in...do soemthing...then run back, you could opt to leave it running for a quick getaway, but risk having to "restart" the vehicle if you turn it off

[Incompetent]

Why would ever think of putting a security system in there tank in a war, i don't know where the devs got that kind of idea. I mean, most people like having there equipment stolen.

[B00tlegbob]

You have to *HACK* an enemy vehicle to *STEAL* it. Once you have done so it will change to your teams colours. Gives rise to the question of can you jack and drive off a faction specific vehicle? If so, in theory at least, after a while there would be a certain amount of cross faction vehicles rolling around. Interesting.
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*edit* too slow on the reply button eh?

[Whoracle]

that sucks.... if you hack a vehicle it should stay that factions colors but you should be able to recognize the player....

that way they could cause havoc in the enemy base b4 they realized what was happening.

like real battles

[Strygun]

LOL, yeah, but it interferes too much with the TK system..

I mean, if you're guarding an area, are you going ot wait to see if an enemy car is driven by your team? No, you're gonna blow it to pieces immediatly...

[Hamma]

This isnt tribes haha, its an MMO - yes you need to hack vehicles. The bigger the vehicle the longer it takes to hack. The advantage is you can sometimes get your hands on vehicles that your empire DOES NOT have.

Yes they change color - and it stays like that unless someone else hacks it. Also, if you hack a buggy, you or someone in your squad needs a buggy cert, if u hack a lightning tank, someone in your squad needs a lightning tank cert.. etc etc. You cant just gank anything you want to

[Strygun]

the great hamma speaks!