There will be more details to come - but after discussion with the CPM, CCP Remnant and Wolfman decided to go with implementing a design that will mean you are not able to fire while cloaked. This was something that the Community / CPM seemed fairly keen on and Cloaking will be used primarily as a relocation / movement tool.

We're still working out the kinks and nothing is final, but just to let you guys know that we love the feedback and I promise you that we're crawling through your posts. :)

Focused Scanner. better, but still OP. but maybe not since there is no more twirling around.

Question: So the cloak adds 75% reduction to profile? that seems kind of silly. Even if I read that wrong and it is 25% that seems too strong.

I know the CPM was extremely thankful that CCP Remnant and Wolfman took the time to thoughtfully consider the CPM and community's feedback regarding shooting while cloaked.

I urge the community to review these stats and post your honest and thoughtful feedback.

Also, CCP.

Cloak regen is stated at 40 a second. Does that mean I get 40 seconds of cloak back for every one second of wait?

Cause that means I will always be cloaked whenever I want to be. Especially since I can go cloaked for 1 minute and 20 seconds straight.

Why not just make cloaks exclusive to scouts?

It seems pointless giving scouts a bonus to their use when all it's really doing is making their use at all possible.

And let's not forget that you're also making it next to impossible for new payers to use cloaks.

The recharge time listed here is from fully empty. If you decloak the cloak field will recharge from the point it was at when you decloaked.

How will cloaking and uncloaking work if you dont mind me asking?

I agree that 360 scanning needed to be removed, however scanners have now been hit with a double nerf. Loss of 360 & increased cooldown timers.

Just remove the 360 and leave as is. Currently if I'm using the Proto Quantum scanner, I can only scan in one small direction, if the enemy happened to be flanking from the other side, I have a FOURTY second cooldown before I can fire it again.
All of them are affected the same way, you have a smaller angle of scan now, if you miss them you have 20-40 sec cooldown before trying again.

Another good option, now that we are taking a double nerf to scanners.

With the 'fixing' of scanners preventing scan-spinning I think that the cooldowns may be a bit too long for some variants - no one liked the constant 'you've been scanned herpadur' crap but could you please implement some short range scanners with say 50-70m range 4 seconds of uptime 7 seconds of cooldown, adv level strength and say a 30-45 degree wedge?

Also, the pricing for cloaks should equal their benefit in battle. Are they a simple tool like a drop uplink or nanohive with limited uses or a critical and constantly used piece of equipment like a repair tool? These tools range in pricing from the low hundreds to the mid thirty thousand. 800 to 36,000 Isk for those needing to see numbers.

These appear to more similar and even more useful at times than a repair tool. Their prices should reflect that.

And No, a cloaking field should not be unusable by another class. Everything should be usable by any suit - modules, equipment etc. This allows for the sandbox that Dust emulates from Eve. The fits may not be as usefull by one class as it is for another, but the option is still there. Only PG/CPU limitations should halt usage - but it should still be achievable, I feel the same way about heavy weapons too. And it should be a possiblilty for any class - forge gun scout should happen with enough pg/cpu modules and the highest possible skills. Ineffective, but possible.