planetside-2
I am a terrible driver right now, so I'm afraid to spawn a costly tank or aircraft. But say I do spawn them, and constantly get killed, is there any problem other than the ire of teammates? In fact, does anyone other than me know I was the one who spawned that aircraft and crashed right at the warpgate?
In addition, how do I practice driving vehicles without spawning them?
Your weapons will be locked if you continue friendly fire. This can be between 1 and 30 minutes, however, you will not know how close you are to having your weapons locked. The only way you can tell you're getting closer to that moment are the messages. After several messages, you will have your weapons locked.
As far as i know, there are no other punishments.
While searching for this anwser I found a nice little chart with the differences in weapons.
The difference is:
TR: High rate of fire with less damage.
VS: Lasers and mobility
NC: High damage low attack speed.
Best Answer
Since resources and vehicle timers are only bound to yourself, the only thing you have to fear is the laughter of your teammates. Spawning a vehicle does not prevent anyone else from spawning a vehicle so don't hesitate to spawn them as often as you want to get some practice. Just try not to ram into friendly vehicles, especially ramming into friendly Liberators or Galaxys can cause a huge amount of havoc and can make people rage at you, so try to practice a few meters away from the actual warpgate traffic.
Since GU04 you can access the VR training where you can spawn vehicles without cooldown or resource cost. To access it, just go to the warpgate and use the continent transfer terminal. At the bottom it has a button that brings you directly to the VR training.
You can also access all weapons and upgrades, including weapons you do not have unlocked, and try them out on target dummys in the landscape as well as in the shooting range where a mix of hostile and friendly targets pop up constantly.