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Greiv Rabbah wrote:

but it shouldnt effortlessly make you invisible, and it doesnt. most ppl have determined that cloaks are trash... because theyre neither an effortless damp nor a free first shot most times simply bc if youre cloaked youre not invisible. hell, you glow blue!
sometimes cloaks even get you spotted even if your profile is low enough... all in all, there are a lot of decisions to weigh when wearing a cloak. even at lvl5 scout, when fitting a cloak, there is no "your suit will be gimped if you arent a scout", no instead you're deciding in what ways to gimp your suit and so that people can rage about your cloak while shooting your shimmer all day long. mostly i dont use cloaks because i have to choose whether i want to be invisible to the idiots with their nose down a scope or real players thatll knock the cloak off of me 9/10 of the time.l

if you think cloaks are being "abused" or if thats even doable, game balancing isnt your problem. you need to adjust your situational awareness is all, because cloaks are just as broken as they ought to be. even when cloak usage dies down i wouldnt give it another balancing pass. there is nothing at all wrong with cloaks. EWAR is broken as all get out though and i'm curious why minjas get bonuses to jobs that theyll get cut down trying to perform on account of CCP stole our damp bonus and gave it to calscouts


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Jotun Izalaru Goonfeet 202	Posted - 2014.07.23 08:08:00 - [1] - Quote Really, as long as cloak abuse is still possible EWar balancing is utterly pointless, so I'm not sure why any effort was made. Cloaks shouldn't damp and still be a ticket to a full first shot. Ideally they're neither, but both is ridiculous.
Jotun Izalaru Goonfeet 205	Posted - 2014.07.24 23:21:00 - [2] - Quote Greiv Rabbah wrote: but it shouldnt effortlessly make you invisible, and it doesnt. most ppl have determined that cloaks are trash... because theyre neither an effortless damp nor a free first shot most times simply bc if youre cloaked youre not invisible. hell, you glow blue! sometimes cloaks even get you spotted even if your profile is low enough... all in all, there are a lot of decisions to weigh when wearing a cloak. even at lvl5 scout, when fitting a cloak, there is no "your suit will be gimped if you arent a scout", no instead you're deciding in what ways to gimp your suit and so that people can rage about your cloak while shooting your shimmer all day long. mostly i dont use cloaks because i have to choose whether i want to be invisible to the idiots with their nose down a scope or real players thatll knock the cloak off of me 9/10 of the time.l if you think cloaks are being "abused" or if thats even doable, game balancing isnt your problem. you need to adjust your situational awareness is all, because cloaks are just as broken as they ought to be. even when cloak usage dies down i wouldnt give it another balancing pass. there is nothing at all wrong with cloaks. EWAR is broken as all get out though and i'm curious why minjas get bonuses to jobs that theyll get cut down trying to perform on account of CCP stole our damp bonus and gave it to calscouts You absolutely get a full free first shot if: 1)the mood of the level is the really bright one 2)Your victim is playing the game on standard definiton (and there are multiple reasons this might be, including the running PS3 input delay on some high-def screens, so "don't play on standard def lol" isn't an acceptable solution) 3)the rendering of the blue glow doesn't take place immediately due to lag or any other CCP server problems. When the cloak was introduced it had a single worthwhile purpose, remember that before this EWar was perfectly balanced: 1) letting scouts cross the many, many open fields in the game without getting immediately shredded by any gun regardless of range. EWar balance and overpowered Scouts were completely ruined because the cloak was introduced and the Ewar changes as listed do nothing to return to that perfect balance and the cloak will remain a running problem even if not to you personally.