Maken Tosch
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2014.03.17 21:24:00 -
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I can actually see 3 practical uses for the 3 tiers of the cloaking equipment.
1.8 Cloak Stats
Standard Cloak Field
This has a duration of 30 seconds with a 20-sec-from-empty recharge time. With its low duration but fast downtime, this tier will be best suited for those scouts who know how to take full advantage of every bit of cover that a city like the Gallente Researcher Facility, Orbital Artillery Outpost, Biomass Facility, and Communication Outpost has to offer. A city-dwelling scout won't need any of the long cloak times to hide if there is plenty of cover already there. Also, the short downtime is useful for when you want to cloak, get in and out and then re-cloak as soon as possible if you get chased.
Advanced ARN-18 Cloak Field
This has a duration of 60 seconds (a whole minute) with a 30-sec-from-empty recharge time. With its moderate duration and moderate downtime, this tier will be useful for when you need to cross large open spaces with minimal exposure so you can get from one major structure to another with relative safety. This will likely be favored by expert hackers who often have to cross wide open spaces to get to the objectives.
Prototype Ishukone Cloak Field
This has a duration of 80 seconds (1 minute 20 seconds) with a 40-sec-from-empty recharge time. This will likely be the go-to cloak for when you're a scout and the map you're in happens to be something like Line Harvest or Manus Peak where you have little to no cover and the cloak happens to be your only salvation. What little cover is available will only be used for taking a rest while your stamina and cloak replenish. This also means you'll have to pick your battles far more often than usual. That said, as soon as you decloak to engage you better make sure you kill your target and hope there is enough confusion going around to safely get away. This will also be useful for when you have to hunt those pesky snipers.
This almost seems like a preemptive tieracide from the looks of it.
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