Cloak nerf, no extra % to dampening

I keep noticing people talking about a scout nerf and I'm curious as to what's going on. I caught something on a hotfix note from a dev earlier but can't remember anything about the scouts and was wondering if something else is planned or has been implemented into the game.

Knowing my luck, they probably nerfed the Minmatar scout's PG and left the Gal and Cal scouts alone...

Yep the cloak nerf, though I hope they change their mind because cloaks don't need to be tampered with at all. For once, I want them to not change something because people don't want to take the time to find a way to beat something within the Dust universe.

Ah. That's it, huh? I suppose CCP thinks that's going to balance things perfectly. Ah well, thanks for the info. ^~^

Clack nerf is fine. If anything, I only use it as a supplementary means of escape so it won't affect my play style. Most times, I'm just running around using cover: something that very few people make use of now.

But your usage of it is purely subjective. While you might think its the definitive usage of it, that will translate something different to someone else.

But yet, the point remains, they are nerfing the cloaks based on the tears of people who complain about the cloaks. The times are so stupid. 15 seconds for a standard? What's the use of even having a standard cloak? You might as well just do without the cloak because of its PG/CPU costs. The ADV down to 30 secs?

So basically they are discouraging people to use the cloaks, hence catering to the people who will not change their tactical game to combat scouts. That's evident in the profile dampening changes.

It just gets to the point where it is entirely stupid to introduce new things to the universe only to nerf them to a point where its stupid to have it equipped. It becomes a novelty item.

Let the E-war happen. I kill cloaked scouts all the time. People dying by scouts are not paying attention to anything.

The one change I would like to see is that they should have it where a only a scout can use it. Cloaked commando? Cloaked Logi? C'mon now, that's what need to be changed, not the duration.

Clack nerf is fine. If anything, I only use it as a supplementary means of escape so it won't affect my play style. Most times, I'm just running around using cover: something that very few people make use of now.

This. I use my cloak to escape sticky situations, run across large fields to get to objectives, or going AFK to use the bathroom real quick . Those that use it to sit in corners with their OHK shottys are the only ones who will truly be effected.

I do have to agree I suspect there will be a lot more GalScouts stacking armor sitting on rep hives now. Time will tell.

More tears from everyone, please.

Cloaks, in general, do not need a decrease in scan profile. The cloak provides a visual tactical advantage, which is more then enough when used in right situations.

If an individual wants to be "undetectable" to scan, both active and passive, one needs to use the modules available to hope to achieve their desired goal.

Current cloaks give the user the best of both worlds with little to no draw backs, this obviously compounds more so on the galscout then other races.

Durations of cloaks, 1.8 pre nerf, did not seem OP but I couldn't tell why proto level length was necessary. When I use my scout suit I do not cloak so I have no personal experience to add too much judgement on durations. Though I can see why individuals are not happy with the nerf. They now have to fit a higher end cloak that will consume more cpu/pg on their builds, which is just fine with me. One of the prices one must pay to play with toys.

I am happy to see that CCP is looking at time delay between De-cloak and weapon fire as this "animation glitch" is rather game breaking and is cheap for easy kills.

Try fitting a minmatar pal. The suit doesn't have the slot number or CPU/PG to do so. It has the lowest base ehp as well. Tacnet is a huge crutch, and the element of surprise is a must.

Visually, I die fairly easily by people who see me. Example, the other day I sat invisible as a tank was in front of me to try and survive. He had seen me move, and all he had to do was scan the area until his rectical turned red, which is exactly what he did.

There are legitimate problems, with legitimate solutions. Unless coupled with other solutions, removing cloak dampening only hurts the scouts that are already hurting.

cloaks being over nerfed. Now you'll see slow moving scouts sitting on triage hives with 700 armor more often. Cloaks lose their duration and it is awful.

Yep the cloak nerf, though I hope they change their mind because cloaks don't need to be tampered with at all. For once, I want them to not change something because people don't want to take the time to find a way to beat something within the Dust universe.