They can. They just choose not to.

I dig the role based games where deployables and vehicles are a thing. I’m sure there are still some around, but I can’t think of any.

This is what I enjoyed about the first Tribes game. I remember wandering around my base, repairing the generators, placing turrets, fixing sensors, and murdering attackers. The rest of the team would be off grabbing the other teams flag or messing up their base.

IMO the sequels didn’t get the balance between base maintenance and flag running quite right.

Dude, stop looking at your phone!

Stroking intensifies

OSX. I miss Ubuntu/Gnome’s configurable key bindings so much.