When the enemy saw our boat fly over their heads to land inside their base, they probably thought it was a glitch.

Only it wasn’t. A minute earlier, my brother and I carefully planted 8 bundles of dynamite at the butt of our landing boat. There are two roles: The pilot steering the ship, and the ill-sighted demolition expert with detonator in hand. Off we drive towards enemy lines, evading gun battery and airplane fire, carefully aim at the spot, count 3-2-1 on comms and—

There‘s a science to it, but you never know until you’re flying.

Why doesn’t the boat explode?

Video game logic says: As long as a team mate is in a vehicle, friendly fire can’t damage it. If you launch a dinghy against a rock wall it’ll shatter from the impact. LCVPs however are sturdy and rated for take-off and landing. That being said, the dynamite still does something:

It converts into kinetic energy, launching our boat hundreds of meters into the air!

The strategic advantages of flying 24 tonnes of steel behind enemy lines

• 8 passengers on the LVCP makes it the game’s largest transport

• 2 fortified turrets are always a surprise after the air show

• 1 spawn point for our entire team

We regularly win games because of this.

How to bring a car to a tank fight and win

Our Sprengboot is an evolutionary step. When I convinced my brother to join me in playing Battlefield 5, I showed him how take out enemy tanks by driving into them with a dynamite-grilled jeep. He then invented the flying boat, and the rest is history.

Our most beautiful moment so far

One night, we saw a random other boat take flight. To see our meme transfer from one 2 person team to another felt like a beautiful achievement: We taught them how to fly! And this freedom of explosion—I mean expression—is exactly what I want to see more of in video games. On that note:

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