Don't use them in dark maps only in the sunlight

If you died while in the sunlight, that means the people who were killing you were being attentive, which still isn't a reason as to why the Cloak Field needs a buff.

So its perfectly ok that certain roles are entirely null and void just because you got Ashland on a dark map?

Bullsh*t.

There isn't a single map that is entirely open with no walls or structures that would negate heavies. No map that completely negates all tank and vehicle usage. No map or setting that completely negates Logi usage. No map that prevents Assaults from assaulting.

Just the other day, my team was getting stomped on Ashland on a dark map. I pulled out my hacking scout, which is 200 HP, ran and hacked and gave my clones and ISK for death just to make the attempt to make the game playable and competative, and was largely ineffective because of the shimmer.

I will reiterate. No other role gets completely negated by a mood, not one other. These aren't slayers you are negating, as those largely have ditched the cloak, and most of my fits no longer have them. What you are negating are legitimate roles that shouldn't be limited just because the entire map is dark.

I kinda like the mechanic (even if it was unintended) of avoiding the shadows while cloaked. Makes for pretty interesting stealth play.

I feel you should still be forced to be stealthy even while cloaked; the point of it isn't to be completely invisible while sprinting through open areas.

Having said that, I would like to see more variance on the amount of shimmer depending on speed. IE: The shimmer should get brighter the faster you're moving (up to the current level shimmer when moving). This would at least allow people to crouch and move slowly and stay much more shrouded than they can now.

they could have had a GK0 scout with much better ewar than you i mean you did say you had kin cats which prevent you from using dampers. just because you died 5 times doing the same thing over and over dosent mean that cloaks need a buff if thats the case then my HMG has a ***** of a time getting through caldari shields so i want a damage bonus for my HMG to compensate for it or i could try to smarter, i bet you were trying to remote some one too

The only thing that needs changed with the cloak is the switching time.

Before you start, THERE SHOULD BE A DELAY BETWEEN BEING CLOAKED AND ATTACKING, but the band-aid fix of increasing the swap time makes accidentally pulling out the cloak a pain.

Getting spotted whilst cloaked happens too often. It does get very frustrating and makes you wonder why you equipped a cloak in the first place.

It doesn't need a huge change, just some reduced shimmer.

Stop trying to run across open fields with three people sitting there waiting on you?

Its not there to make you invisible, its there to make you LESS visible.

So what you're saying is a cloak is the only way to make a viable scout?

The whole map was an open field.

There was always two ways(maybe more if we think about it a little bit) to make the cloak: As a tactical repositioning tool or as a ganking tool. CCP chose to make it a ganking tool.

Repositioning Cloak:

Hardest to see when moving, easiest to see when stationary(we can easily exploit-proof 'stationary').
Made for flanking, uplinking, and breaking out of a camped redline.

Ganking Cloak

Hardest to see when stationary, easiest to see when moving.
Made for camping.

Imo, we'd have much more interesting matches with Repositioning Cloaks.