Thanks for making this thread, was just about to do it myself.

The thing I don't like about this cloaking concept is that there's a statute of limitations on when cloaking will be destabilized enough to trigger it to fail. Apparently a sniper rifle shot is plenty but I honestly don't think there should be any "gray area" to it; rather, if you fire, you are de-cloaked. Plain and simple. There's no reason to over-complicate matters and allow for situations where you have no idea where you got shot from because the player used, say, a Scrambler Pistol and hit you in the head only to completely disappear because it wasn't enough to break the cloak.

So there definitely needs to be some in depth explanation on what will and will not fail a cloak if they're going to keep this route, though I would much prefer it be more black and white. You're either cloaked or your not.

This particular part is what concerns me the most: "Cloak can be deactivated by selecting it and pressing fire."

Any semi-conscious player can immediately recognize that they're setting up a situation in which a player can have an indefinite cloak if they manage their shots and/or use low caliber weaponry, at least based on assumption. As stated, we don't know what will trigger a cloak to fail at the moment but I'd rather not even let it see the light of day. It's simple, if you partake in a combat action, you're de-cloaked. A shotgun scout with a cloaking device will be a murderer as is, we don't need to provide a complicated solution to a problem that doesn't exist yet.

Edit: If you need help imaging why this is a bad idea, think of all the times you'd hacked an objective/CRU only to have someone de-cloak and gun you down despite the hack being successful.

Another thing I want to make absolutely certain of is whether or not a cloaked player can be revealed on scan.

No! Having equipments is logis work. We are (will be) the weackest suits in combat but we are ok with it, cause we are usefull with our equipments. We have the equipments you all have everything else.
Also a scout with scanner and cloak would be OP. Also a scout with cloak and RE. HE can run Near a Group of enemies invisible, put a RE, run away invisible and then kill you all.

Lowest HP and lowest damage.

We are slower, we have less hp, we have bad shield recharge, we have less stamina. We have to use modules to reach Assaults and their stats so it means we need Mor pg and cpu. We are receiving bonuses that are good but not for combat. Everyone else is becoming a Beast in combat. Leave the equipments to us.

I have 2 questions.

Is the cloak limited to light frames, or can I put one on my commando?

And does the type of frame (small, medium, large) impact the effectiveness of the cloak?