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One Eyed King
Land of the BIind
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Posted - 2014.05.18 00:09:00 -
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CCP Rattati wrote:Can we get more feedback on the cloak? And maybe specifically on the racial roles. Right now the meta is bricktanked or undetectable Gallente Scouts which is a little concerning.
My notion as a minja has been that given the absolute need to reduce profile due to squishiness (a consequence of fitting capacity), is that the cloak is practically necessary as an active profile dampener.
Otherwise, I would light up like a Christmas tree, and there is no possible way I would be able to take anyone, even other scouts, on head up.
That is also why you don't see many minjas.
"I've made a huge mistake."
-G.O.B. Bluth
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One Eyed King
Land of the BIind
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Posted - 2014.05.18 00:52:00 -
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Taking away the dampening doesn't fix the problem. It will only force Minmatar scouts to go Gallente so they can dampen their profile enough.
It is the tanking that is the problem that needs fixing, not the dampening of the cloak.
"I've made a huge mistake."
-G.O.B. Bluth
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One Eyed King
Land of the BIind
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Posted - 2014.05.18 19:37:00 -
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Doyle Reese wrote:As a scout, I feel that it is currently unnecessary to have anything more than a Basic Cloak, just change the cloak skills and cloak to:
Cloaking (Skill)
- +10% bonus to Cloak Duration per level
Basic Cloak Field
20 second duration, 10% reduction to Scan Profile when active
Advanced Cloak Field
20 second duration, 15% reduction to Scan Profile when active
Prototype Cloak Field
20 second duration, 25% reduction to Scan Proifle when active
30 second duration at level 5
This is fine if you only need the cloak for 10 seconds, and have another 5 to 10 to wait for it to recharge, however if you were a hacking scout (like a minja), and spend much of you effort traipsing across large maps to get past enemy lines and hack undefended targets to change the tide of battle, I assure you that you need ever second you can get.
Otherwise, it ends up just like pre-cloak days when an AR/CR/RR user just spots you out of the corner of their eye and guns you down 100 m out. Nothing like spending 5 minutes crossing the entire map to give your team a chance only to have that and a suit wasted because you were merely unlucky.
Maybe a slight reduction, but no more than 10 seconds on ADV and PROTO.
Otherwise you relegate the cloak to a combat/flanking only tool.
"I've made a huge mistake."
-G.O.B. Bluth
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