Just poke out one.

That ought to fix the problem.


Munch

Anyone can notice a cloak within 20m, thats hilarious. So anyone outside of 20m is just gonna kill you before you see them, right?
You try to defend cloaks and make dumb remarks, scouts do not need to run around targets and have no run around targets since cloaks were introduced. There is no reason to flank because cloaks provide the advantage you need to down an enemy.

I'm pretty sure you haven't played much, scouts cloak run to the front lines and kill people and run away until cloak recharges and just repeat. This tactic is terrible but also terribly effective. I've been a scout for a long time, I've learned how to play and i can clearly see (and i can do it) just scouts attacking the front lines and acting wreck less and putting up scores.

You also seem not to know that cloaks aren't necessary....you explain that scouts can be effective by playing a certain way yet a cloak was not required previously and yet scouts were still great. Scouts had no problems flanking and coming up behind enemies before cloaks, 1.8 even gave scouts a boost.. So why all of a sudden do you need a cloak now to kill and be effective when before you did not?!

You clearly think flanking is key, you know selective targeting is the way to play... Yet none of this is happening, none of this is required to be effective with a cloak on. Whether it be hacking objectives, slaying foes, climbing ladders, placing RE's and watching them blow up, or camping with a cloak on... Etc...

Advantage you need to down an enemy, that's exactly the point. You must be a terrible scout before 1.8 to need such a massive crutch to even kill someone. That a ridiculous statement, it's also invalid. You don't need the advantage of a cloak, you surely do not need the cloaks ability to cover your terrible gameplay just to kill someone. Thats a joke comment and a comment that just show how 1.8 scouts lack the skills required without a cloak on, which only means a cloak is the only reason these players are doing well.


So,you provide 3 points, one is invalid and two seem to support the idea that cloaks are not necessary.

Forgot to mention, cloaks used poorly.. There is no way for this to occur.
- cloaks are used to cover mistakes, mistakes which should result in the death of a scout... For example: hacking objectives without checking to see who is around first, crossing large open spaces in a fragile suit instead of picking right path around, or making terrible pathing mistakes only to get a drop on enemy because of the cloak.

There is 0 downside to a cloak, there is only a crutch used by scouts who make poor gameplay decisions and the cloak covers their asses. That is why people love cloaks, it hinders the chances of their mistake costing them, while provided a great offensive weapon to give them an advantage in fights that they shouldn't have received due to their poor choices.
No downside, huge upside. Lower risk, higher rewards. No honesty, just lies and denial about their real use.