Going along the lines of the suggestions people put forward for active scanners - you could give an inherent CPU/PG bonus to scout suits (like 99% reduction) so that putting it on any other suit would gimp it horribly. This would be similar to how the modules work in EVE and would give scouts an advantage but then I have no idea what the cloaking module on infantry will do or how it will work....

Notice how the Dev also mentions skill bonuses too. I remember the executive producer stating that equipment is going to be re-balanced so that it's difficult to fit on suits that aren't a logi, and in a similar vain the cloak will prohibitive to fit on suits that aren't a scout, and probably won't work as effectively to boot.

CCP understands cloaking mechanics within a pvp framework quite well; they have them in EvE and for the most part are balanced and effective when used in there intended role.

I won't lie, though. Predator Heavy makes me giggle.

I'm a dedicated scout and I have been waiting for this since I first signed up and dedicated myself to the oh-so-under-appreciated role of scout. The scout suit has been in dire need of something like this for a damn long time and I'm not going to let a thread like this take it away from me and every other scout out there who has braved every nerf to the suit up to this point.

Also, WHY OH WHY DO YOU WANT ANOTHER SCOUT-RELATED FEATURE TO BE MARGINALIZED BY EVERY OTHER SUIT OUT THERE? It's bad enough that an assault and a logi can already run as fast as a scout and have much better endurance as a scout and be better at sniping and other things than a scout. Basically, anything a scout is specialized in is apparently done better in another suit. That makes absolutely no sense at all. Now you want cloaking to be better in a logi suit than in a scout suit?

You have to consider the fact that movement alone will cause fluctuations in the cloak which means that a scout will not be 100% undetectable especially if the cloaked user doesn't have a low-enough profile to evade the proto scanners. As far as I can tell from the math that me and many others have confirmed, there is only one suit in particular that will be able to evade all scanners and that is the Gallente Scout Gk.0 (prototype level suit). That's only one particular suit. Not just a suit class, but a particular tier of suit.

Now, ask yourself how many players out there are able to fit the Scout Gk.0? Just remember that a lot of players have mostly specced into popular suits like the Logi and Assault and plenty of heavies. But scouts? Probably a small amount in comparison.

So as long as you have a proto scanner in your sqaud or in your fitting, you're mostly good since the odds of running into a Scout Gk.0 with maxed out complex dampeners taking up all 4 low slots and a cloak is very slim. All other suits will still have a hard time evading proto scanners (especially that one very-powerful scanner).