WTF?

WTF?

WTF?

You know, if you were better, this wouldn't happen.

& how do we know he didn't activate it after he shot you. You obviously didn't see him. A shotty in the back is no different cloaked or uncloaked.

IMB4USEUREYEZ
EDIT: Use your eyes scrub.

LEGIT ANSWER:

CCP haven't fixed all the glitches that let you stay cloaked without the cloak equipped.
Glitcher exploiting a glitch.
Problem isn't with cloak balance, it's with a glitch which legitimately needs fixing.

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ALTERNATIVE PLAUSIBLE ANSWER:

Not enough information is provided in OP to confirm. Did you see the cloaked player? Or their muzzle flash as they shot you, then hear the decloak noise as they're appearing in front of you? If not, do you know it wasn't a decloak sound from someone else? Or the player cloaking again after you missed the decloak sound? Please provide full story of what happened to verify the above was the case rather than this scenario.

Thanks for the constructive answer. I have to admit I'm not up to speed on the bugs etc.

What I think happened (although it is possible there may have been other "cloakers" involved): On my own running along wall attempting to flank. No-one around at all as far as I can see / scan. Shotgun to the back - I die - fair enough a scout caught me. Then the cloak sound, and a scout runs off in the direction I was running (i.e. over my body). Still no-one else around as far as I could tell.

Early this morning (like right after down time) I got into a ambush match and during the match I was damaged after a 1v1 with someone so I sat in a corner waiting for my shields and armor to rep. As I waited I watched a cloaked scout move around the corner in front of me.

Before I could react, I watched him shoot me with a shotgun while cloaked. He got off 2 shots and I was dead. I only saw him fully decloak while I was on the ground.

That's not the problem this thread is discussing. It's arguably not a problem. By the time you saw the cloaked player, you already didn't have time to react. This means you have poor reaction time, poor observation skills or the other player legitimately outplayed you.

When a person (not exploiting one of the glitches that lets you stay cloaked with a weapon drawn) switches to their weapon, 2 things happen AS SOON AS THEY START TO SWITCH:

1. A decloak sound plays. This sound is distinctive, but while it's loud in the cloaker's ears, it's quiet enough for other players that this might not be balanced as it should be. I'm fully in favour of CCP raising the volume of the decloak sound.

2. The cloak effect starts to break down. This animation makes the cloaker more visible even though they don't instantly become fully visible. I wouldn't object too much to this animation being sped up or shortened so players become fully visible sooner after switching, but I don't think it's necessary.

It's possible for someone to fire a couple of Shotgun blasts with the second coming JUST before the decloak animation finishes, but they're still giving you an audible warning before they can fire, and becoming more visible at the same time.

Pathetic scrubs will say anything to defend their god mode.

That's not the problem this thread is discussing. It's arguably not a problem. By the time you saw the cloaked player, you already didn't have time to react. This means you have poor reaction time, poor observation skills or the other player legitimately outplayed you.

When a person (not exploiting one of the glitches that lets you stay cloaked with a weapon drawn) switches to their weapon, 2 things happen AS SOON AS THEY START TO SWITCH:

1. A decloak sound plays. This sound is distinctive, but while it's loud in the cloaker's ears, it's quiet enough for other players that this might not be balanced as it should be. I'm fully in favour of CCP raising the volume of the decloak sound.

2. The cloak effect starts to break down. This animation makes the cloaker more visible even though they don't instantly become fully visible. I wouldn't object too much to this animation being sped up or shortened so players become fully visible sooner after switching, but I don't think it's necessary.

It's possible for someone to fire a couple of Shotgun blasts with the second coming JUST before the decloak animation finishes, but they're still giving you an audible warning before they can fire, and becoming more visible at the same time.

WTF?

I wouldn't take the OP's word for it. I smell a lie.

That's not the problem this thread is discussing. It's arguably not a problem. By the time you saw the cloaked player, you already didn't have time to react. This means you have poor reaction time, poor observation skills or the other player legitimately outplayed you.

When a person (not exploiting one of the glitches that lets you stay cloaked with a weapon drawn) switches to their weapon, 2 things happen AS SOON AS THEY START TO SWITCH:

1. A decloak sound plays. This sound is distinctive, but while it's loud in the cloaker's ears, it's quiet enough for other players that this might not be balanced as it should be. I'm fully in favour of CCP raising the volume of the decloak sound.

2. The cloak effect starts to break down. This animation makes the cloaker more visible even though they don't instantly become fully visible. I wouldn't object too much to this animation being sped up or shortened so players become fully visible sooner after switching, but I don't think it's necessary.

It's possible for someone to fire a couple of Shotgun blasts with the second coming JUST before the decloak animation finishes, but they're still giving you an audible warning before they can fire, and becoming more visible at the same time.

You need to just admit the cloak sound is sketchy and stop trying to blame the players. Last cloak guy who killed me, I caught him in the open a few metres from me while cloaked. By the time I turn and my RR starts firing he's uncloaked, fired his shotgun and 1-shot me.

Now, he was a good shot and had better reflexes than me and was armed with a CQC weapon compared to my RR so he deserved the kill ...BUT ... the decloak noise never played and he was shooting while still a blue blur to me.

tl;dr Decloak noise does not work properly a reasonable portion of the time. (Yes it does work properly about half the time).