lucky plane crash...

[WastedPooch]

OK, Here's what happened. I have a tower base in the central valley next to the pond. I looked up just in time to watch a plane crash into the large rock next to my base. I've had close crashes before but... Damn. A little further and my base would've been history.

[Virago]

Do you have a picture of that?

[WastedPooch]

I uploaded a picture but I can't find where it posted.

[CJBRODEY]

Originally posted by Virago:

Do you have a picture of that?

Its in screenshots/Most Recent

[Virago]

Nice 😁

[Blacktail]

I had a plane crash within 250m of my base once, but right next to it? Yikes!

Other players have had planes crash directly *on top* of their bases, without causing any damage. I can't guarantee that will always be the case, however; ColdGames has made some pretty drastic changes to the game during some of it's updates.

[sdfarmer]

i had on crash right one base once.

[cougar206]

The planes don't damage your base when they cash into it. I have a tall tower and planes have hit it many times, never any damage.

The hunters spawn instantly when they crash, so that is the biggest concern. You need to be ready.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3237188163

[ChrisChros]

Originally posted by cougar206:

The planes don't damage your base when they cash into it. I have a tall tower and planes have hit it many times, never any damage.

The hunters spawn instantly when they crash, so that is the biggest concern. You need to be ready.

Or you disable the hunters (before you hear a plane) - life is had enoug..

[c.jackharkness]

me too , have tons of pics up . all of my towers get 911ed i made a bunch of posts abouti tlol . dude same base as you and same place .

[Venomir]

To add to the (before you hear a plane)... My wife and I were playing about a week and a half ago and were about a week into our game. Not very far, but we had a small 3x4 base with a roof and small dock. Then a plane crashes literally right next to our base, the flames literally licking the side of our base. I don't believe the crash did any damage to the base itself as others have indicated.

What really sucked though is the 4 pilots that instantly gunned me down when I walked out the front door. The crash was so close that even trying to enter our base through the second door on the opposite side of the base from the plane crash would cause all the pilots to aggro and charge us. The pilots started destroying our base as we were using it for protection while trying to fight but we didn't have much for weapons and ammo nor armor/better clothes, so were getting 1 or 2 shotted. Once our chest was exposed I was worried about the weapon fire hitting the chest and destroying everything in it, so we decided to just disable hunters, thinking surely the pilots would disappear as well...nope! Once those buggers have spawned in you're stuck with them. And it would seem if ChrisChros is correct, then perhaps you are stuck with the pilots once you even hear the plane. Ugh.

A few more deaths and some timely ax hacking and we reclaimed our peninsula, but let me tell you that was the least profitable plane crash I've ever looted.

Something really should be changed in this regard. Turning off hunters should probably remove pilots too, though personally I think a better solution would be to implement a protected buffer zone around every BCU where planes cannot crash. Even 50 or 100m would be enough so a RNG plane crash doesn't completely derail an early run.

[c.jackharkness]

no base damage from plane hits , no jet fuel lol . but seriously , zero damage however sometimes you can only get one loot box the other seems to not drop .