Not bad.

I have a couple of things I would do differently:
-hacking should deactivate the cloak
-don't disable shields (it messes with tanking choices and balance too much)

What about a cloak and decloak sound? Should they be as load as the current ones?

Scout suit. That is ALL!

Only nova knives and melees work after decloak for 5 seconds. Any action other than items switching and moving uncloak. Force Recon mod (level 5) can run full speed and others can on move at 50% speed. Totally invisible and can't be scanned. AFK dream! 15 second cool down. Resource heavy equipment module that any suit can use but only Force Recon suits (level 5 light special ops) can use them with no resource draw. Each level of Light Special Operations reduces the PC/CPU use by 20%. Level 3 Light Special Operations required to use Force Recon suit

RECON MISSION: The mission of Force RECON is to conduct deep ground reconnaissance, surveillance, battle space shaping, and limited scale raids in support of the Expeditionary Force , other air-ground task forces, or a joint force.

Nope. Octopus cloak only for scout suits. That'd be balanced, and fair. No other suits needs cloaking, and invisible cloaks are always OP or UP.

Why only for scout suits? I agree that since 1.4 light frames in general have needed even more love than before. But denying content to others just for the sake of balance seems counter productive.

What would be the purpose of a heavy using a cloak other than trolling? same for for the mediums. The light suit is the only one whom wouldn't abuse it, as if they are spotted through the octopus cloak, they'll die pretty quick. A medium or heavy on the other hand will be fine unless it's a couple of people.

Why only for scout suits? I agree that since 1.4 light frames in general have needed even more love than before. But denying content to others just for the sake of balance seems counter productive.

let light frames have heavy weapons then.

I have an idea for the cloaking device that is a little less conventional. My idea is similar: takes an equipment slot, decent CPU, high PG, but rather than a device that rends you less visible, one that makes you appear friendly to the enemy for a set amount of time. Nothing breaks the stealth mode; it just lasts a certain amount of time. I'm thinking 30 seconds at complex. But obviously if you start killing people or hacking, people will become suspicious. It would demand a greater degree of awareness and definitely make for some interesting scout gameplay.

"Dat freakin' scout's a spy!"

I have an idea for the cloaking device that is a little less conventional. My idea is similar: takes an equipment slot, decent CPU, high PG, but rather than a device that rends you less visible, one that makes you appear friendly to the enemy for a set amount of time. Nothing breaks the stealth mode; it just lasts a certain amount of time. I'm thinking 30 seconds at complex. But obviously if you start killing people or hacking, people will become suspicious. It would demand a greater degree of awareness and definitely make for some interesting scout gameplay.

I like this proposal. And yes, CCP has brought it up as part of the road map for Dust's development but it's nice to at least help CCP get it right the first time.

Source:
http://dust514.com/news/blog/2013/03/equipment-is-your-friend/

According to CCP, it's going to be an equipment item anyways. That said, I really don't mind if the cloak is either indefinite or limited time as long as the mechanics are fair and balanced.

I think the shields should deactivate because otherwise the shield-based scouts will have complete dominance over others when it comes to any combat options.

Best thing they could do is add a limited cloaking ability for scouts, already built into the suit that compliments the cloaking module. That way they can do something cloaking related better than any other suit.

I have an idea for the cloaking device that is a little less conventional. My idea is similar: takes an equipment slot, decent CPU, high PG, but rather than a device that rends you less visible, one that makes you appear friendly to the enemy for a set amount of time. Nothing breaks the stealth mode; it just lasts a certain amount of time. I'm thinking 30 seconds at complex. But obviously if you start killing people or hacking, people will become suspicious. It would demand a greater degree of awareness and definitely make for some interesting scout gameplay.

yes but your shield deactivating cloak would favor armour tanking instead, which in term just flips it so armour tanking is better.

let light frames have heavy weapons then.

i don't know. This wouldnt define a scouts role but rather make it a tool ie. logis. Logis used to be the multi-talented support role and now people use them as a wp farm because of their high cpu and pg you can spam all sorts of equipment.

This is not wha i want scouts to be.

anything a scout can do a medium can do better.

edit: if its not clear im against scout only cloak cause it just sounds like an exploit.

But then you'll have to choose between armour and profile dampeners.