nono, its less than a second, 0.33 seconds to be precise. It may go up but it's meant to be a fluid motion, just not straight out of cloak.

too short.. itll be like a 2 second delay i bet

0.33 is an awfully long time in an FPS. Especially in CQC and our current TTK spans. Just long enough to make it likely a stupid move to decloak in front of the enemy to attack.

As for what it should be?

Can't give you that number; I am not experienced or well versed enough to spit numbers out on the fly I can try it out for you after the change and tell you if its too much or not enough but Ill leave it to the better experts to come up with a better time frame.

The average duration for a single blink of a human eye is 0.1 to 0.4 seconds, or 100 to 400 milliseconds, according to the Harvard Database of Useful Biological Numbers.

Sounds like you want the cloak to be useless.

To put this in perspective, this means that when I shoot a Cloaked Scout they will not be able to defend themselves for 0.33 seconds.

0.33 Seconds should be plenty of time to kill a Scout if you manage to hit it. And if you canGÇÖt hit a Scout it is not because of the Cloak.

0.33 is an awfully long time in an FPS. Especially in CQC and our current TTK spans. Just long enough to make it likely a stupid move to decloak in front of the enemy to attack.

As for what it should be?

Can't give you that number; I am not experienced or well versed enough to spit numbers out on the fly I can try it out for you after the change and tell you if its too much or not enough but Ill leave it to the better experts to come up with a better time frame.

Maybe it is because I have an eye for detail, but I have never had any trouble seeing cloaked Scouts, and I have done nothing to alter the color balance on my TV. (I paid a tech $75 to setup the color balance just right, so I am not going to touch it.) I can usually even pick out the shimmer (like looking through hot air) when they are standing still.

All of this may be true -- but even with high situational awareness scouts are problematic.

"hmm, right about now a scout should be rushing me"

*turns around to see a scout 25 meters out rushing*

"Thought so."

*Unloads with (insert weapon here)*

*Scout stops moving forward and strafes back and forth within 2 steps left and right of original position moving through the stream of bullets multiple times while firing*

*Scout takes 0 damage, 1k+ hp suit dies.*


"Thought so..."



I mean -- it's interesting that CCP doesn't want scouts shotgunning or knifing while still decloaking. I cannot comment on whether the mechanics are fine now or not because it's never been an issue for me. On the occasion that I don't I never see it coming and certainly don't complain -- good on the scout for sneaking up on me/us. It's entirely an issue of when you catch said cloaked scout and are unable to shoot him due to bullets not assigning damage..well that's where we get stuck with the slaying concept.

I take exception to your insinuation. If you have followed any of the hotfixes, we have been querying the role experts (with mixed results) to get to a balanced proposal, using their experience and our data. Those proposals are then discussed in the Features and Ideas forums. This is no exception.

First off, we need to address the abuse of macros with cloaks. For those of you who don't know, controllers or keyboards with macro functions can input a customized set of commands at inhuman speeds. Combined with the cloak, you can shoot or drop remotes and re-cloak faster than the game can render allowing you to shoot or drop remotes without ever having to de-cloak. The fix for this is simple; whenever a player de-cloaks, the cloak must go into a cool-down state.