Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

I wish flyers could land. I mean, they have landing gear. Even flyers that can't hover (like Storm Talons) have landing gear. A landed mode would be good, as a special maneuver, that turned any flying transport into an assault vehicle if it landed for the turn, at the expense of being an easy target. Plus, you can unmount your vehicle from the flying base and place it on the ground, allowing it to hide and not be so exposed. (obviously, this would be akin to skimmer mode, and no Evasive Maneuvers/Skyfire would be applicable).

Have you seen how long a runway you need for some aircraft?
Maybe ones with Hover mode I get your point, but it's a ridiculous notion that a Doom Scythe can just stop moving and land when it feels like it to hide between some ruins.

Well, ones with a hover rule, vtol vehicles. I agree on the purely Flyer units, yeah they can't land without crashing. Like, the ones that make sense get the "Landing" maneuver.

I'm not sure you'd have any reason to land a flyer in a regular game. You could always write a scenario special rule for the purpose, I suppose...

Perhaps you could have a scenario where your pilots have to get to the runway and then your gunships take off to contribute to the battle (or indeed the next one).