Here is the thing. In FW and Skirm I like to camp the home objective solo if I'm up against a tough crowd. I run a proto min scout and normally do 2 complex Dampeners and 1 enhanced/complex kinkat with 3 complex shields. I'm paper thin. But it is too avoid all of the passive and active scanners.

That being said, I relied on my cloak to keep me under a 18db (cal scout with 2 complex prec enhancers). Now I have to take out the kinkat (sometimes I use armor plate) and put another dampener. I have to use 3 dampeners to stay under the radar.

Basically, I'm only going to use cloak when I'm camping to protect an objective otherwise I think i'm gonna run without it and be more helpful. 3x Dampeners when Camping an objective or 2x when running normal scout type tactics.

Anyone else come up with a side plan given the dampening nerf?

why not dump the whole cloak, 45 seconds max isn't enough to do jack..

You really should ask yourself if a piece of equipment is truly fair when all of sudden an entire class sees a 500% increase in its efficacy over night. The cloaks should have made your class relevant, not dominant. You were never supposed to be able to relive your favorite scenes from Predator, bro.

At present, having a partial bonus only on the higher-tier gear is CCP moving back towards tier advantage while the playerbase has been clamoring for tiericide.

You're right.

They only added cloaks to make Scouts better. They didn't over-buff some Scout suit's PG and CPU, add an extra equipment slot to all of them, reduce our base scan profile massively and buff our precision slightly with it, or improve the slot layouts on the existing Scouts while adding new ones with comparable slot layouts as well.



No other change contributed to the improvements Scouts are seeing at all. Clearly.

Cloaks weren't OP before the nerf. They were borderline AT WORST, and now they've been over-nerfed, but Scout suits themselves are still in need of some attention to bring them back in line.

Certain cloaked Scouts were OP with 1.8's release because of the slightly higher-tier nature of the initial rollout of cloaks, AND because of the over-buffing of certain elements of some Scout suits, AND because of several glitches (primarily revolving around the cloak) making the combination perform better than it should in the hands of players who like to exploit such things.

Get a wood working hobby as that solves the too much free time.
Also selling items produced by a woodworking hobby fixes the broken Dust 514 problem via a PS4 and PS4 games.

Do what I'm doing.

Keep calling for a better fix - rebalancing other EWAR elements and giving back 10 to 15% dampening bonus across the board on cloaks.

At present, having a partial bonus only on the higher-tier gear is CCP moving back towards tier advantage while the playerbase has been clamouring for tiericide.

Do what I'm doing.

Keep calling for a better fix - rebalancing other EWAR elements and giving back 10 to 15% dampening bonus across the board on cloaks.

At present, having a partial bonus only on the higher-tier gear is CCP moving back towards tier advantage while the playerbase has been clamouring for tiericide.

Cal scout here, running 3 precision enhancers, and 2 range amps. I scan you so far you and your damps cant do a thing, also being dampened is not needed since i scan you from so far that even if you do see me on your radar, I've come up with a plan to drop you quick. I have scanned cloaked scouts as well.

why not dump the whole cloak, 45 seconds max isn't enough to do jack..

You're right.

They only added cloaks to make Scouts better. They didn't over-buff some Scout suit's PG and CPU, add an extra equipment slot to all of them, reduce our base scan profile massively and buff our precision slightly with it, or improve the slot layouts on the existing Scouts while adding new ones with comparable slot layouts as well.



No other change contributed to the improvements Scouts are seeing at all. Clearly.

Cloaks weren't OP before the nerf. They were borderline AT WORST, and now they've been over-nerfed, but Scout suits themselves are still in need of some attention to bring them back in line.

Certain cloaked Scouts were OP with 1.8's release because of the slightly higher-tier nature of the initial rollout of cloaks, AND because of the over-buffing of certain elements of some Scout suits, AND because of several glitches (primarily revolving around the cloak) making the combination perform better than it should in the hands of players who like to exploit such things.

I am thinking about just jettisoning the cloak completely...

I suck at making things, whether from wood or other materials.

I have a good variety of hobbies that aren't gaming, and a large collection of PS3 and PC games that aren't DUST. I don't see why I need another gaming console instead of the new PC I'm currently saving up for.

I also don't see how changing my habits to ones which don't suit my interests or skills as well as what I already do is helpful. And finally, I really don't see how it's relevant to the discussion at hand. Feel free to make a comment that's actually on-topic next time, so my next reply can be constructive instead of merely a disassembly of your own failure to address anything relevant to the conversation.