Sole Fenychs
Sinq Laison Gendarmes
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.05.18 09:41:00 -
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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.
I don't use the cloak at all, but I don't see why people call it overpowered.
I can see cloaked players even while they are standing still, often catching THEM off-guard because they trust their cloak too much.
Personally, I think it's completely underpowered and clumsy to use due to the interface.
I mean, it's not like we have large FOVs in which a cloaked player could hide. Your field of view is so focused that you can easily detect them.
The biggest bonus of cloaking is the profile reduction. That little chevron is far more important to detecting another player than seeing them visually, because most attacks will be from your blind spot due to low FOV. |
Sole Fenychs
Sinq Laison Gendarmes
Gallente Federation
443
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Posted - 2014.05.18 10:21:00 -
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Luther Mandrix wrote:Please tell us when you see them what is the suit you have on and what skills do you have that mod that suit.
Currently I'm on my Minmatar alt. I'm using the Starter Frontline frame with CR, Breach SMG, Nanite Injector and two shield extenders and a Damage mod, if I remember correctly. I've met at least a dozen cloaked scouts in the last two days.
I do not use any kind of sensory modules and have, in fact, not even skilled into that direction. I'm still at lvl 2 of Medium suits.
This character currently sits at 600,000 SP or so and most of my skills went into unlocking non-militia modules.
I have a hard time killing cloaked users with this fit, because I'm not used to burst weapons and it feels weird to have auto-aim in addition to a barely visible target with this setup. It's easier on my Gallente with 10,000,000 SP, where I use ARs and thus have full auto, which allows for steadier movement of my aim.
I play all three weight classes as Gallente, but mostly a Commando with AR and Shotgun.
The best hiding place for a cloaked scout is in the muzzle flash of my gun. That's the only time when I lose track of them.
And using that opportunity to run around me is clever play. It would be sad if scouts couldn't even do that.
I often die to shotguns from nowhere, but that's not because of cloak. It's because most of the area around me is a blind spot and the sound system prioritizes the announcer, instead of footsteps of enemies and the like.
As a Commando, the profile reduction doesn't even matter in that situation. Same for Medium suits. However, as a scout I definitely catch uncloaked enemies more easily than cloaked, which is because of profile reduction and not visibility.
Oh and I'm also near-sighted and have my TV positioned at a distance that prevents me from seeing with full clarity. And I play both on a ****** TV that can only output 1080i, as well as an awesome Samsung 3DTV with all the bells and whistles. The latter has far better sound, though, which would be helpful if you could actually hear the footstepts of enemies. |