Garrett Blacknova
Codex Troopers
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Posted - 2014.04.05 20:13:00 -
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Ghosts Chance wrote:TranquilBiscuit ofVaLoR wrote:Ghosts Chance wrote:well concidering its a bug that you can shoot before you end up decloaking.... I've heard of that bug, but I don't know how to do that. I'm talking about the normal switching to weapon then firing. yup thats the one, you can get 2-3 shots off before you actually decloak by switching weapons while cloaked and shooting as fast as you can :P netcode FTW people are calling you a scrub because they are seeing you decloak AFTER they are already dead :P i realise its not intentional, but its broken none the less. CCP purposly corrected the cloak design to prevent shooting while cloaked, but the netcode from hell is letting people do it anyways. its a design flaw and not intended operation.
You're incorrect.
When you switch from a cloak to a weapon (without the bug), you begin a decloak animation IMMEDIATELY, and the decloak sound plays IMMEDIATELY. Netcode means this sound and animation don't start immediately for the other player, but the delay is SHORTER THAN YOUR WEAPON SWAP TIME, EVEN WITH LAG FACTORED IN.
Before you have your weapon out, the cloak animation has started breaking up on your intended victim's screen, leaving you still partially-cloaked, but more visible than even the shimmer you get while running. You can get 2 shots off with a Shotgun before FULLY decloaking, but you WILL be significantly more visible than the usual not-very-invisible-anyway state when your cloak is properly active.
The ACTUAL bug with the weapon is the one where you can switch to your weapon WITHOUT breaking cloak. There's been a hotfix to repair one glitch people were exploiting, but they didn't fix all the ways it could be triggered. When using this glitch, you can get your first shot off BEFORE the decloak animation begins, AND before the decloak sound plays. As a result, this also allows a Shotgunner exploiting the glitch to get a 3rd shot fired before the cloak is completely broken. As an added bonus, exploiting this glitch also prevents you from decloaking when your cloak timer runs out, allowing you to stay permanently cloaked until you decide to attack. |