^ CPM material.

Nah nah nah, don't misunderstand me, like - I get that he's skilled in listening to emo music or whatever but what does he do for the community is all I'm askin', like, real talk

I mean, did he run for the CPM? I don't remember seeing him on the candidates list I just wanna know, like, what he does around here, naw meen?

Cause, like, yanno, I figure if you're gonna troll you gotta at least have some merit yourself, right? Not just some random neck beard who just goes on the forums and talks trash? That doesn't happen, does it?

Not even about that, just tired of prissy bitches acting like I'm on some pedestal. Dude does what he does, I do what I do - I'm not talking **** first opportunity he gives me, I'd at least like that same respect.

Cloaks just need to be redone. If you're having a bad time spotting cloaks then you must have poor situational awareness.
Because if it's true that they run directly at you and you don't spot them its just lol. If a cloaked merc runs directly in front of you, your crosshair will turn red. I've had snipers shot me while cloaked, and no it wasn't a stray shot. It's when I'm alone, damped and still they pick up the shimmer. Honestly even though most of my fits do have cloaks I still hardly use them. Only to hack and still thats not every time. Cloaks put scouts more at a disadvantage with it vs without it unless running across open land then yea its somewhat okay to use.

The other day, a corp mate in my squad was laughing at me, due to how much my blue cloak shimmer stuck out as I tried to sneak around.

From the perspective of using cloaks, I do seem to be spotted whilst cloaked frustratingly quickly. Obviously I expect to be seen If I run in front of someone, but getting spotted often when at a distance and in peripheral vision is pretty annoying.

I fully agree that cloaks should act like camo rather than full invisibility. Despite what some people claim, using a cloak successfully takes skill. Full invisibility would destroy that element of stealth gameplay.

I do feel though, that a reduction, or darkening, of the shimmer is needed.

Cloaks, in their old form were op. This is because they could be used very effectively for ganking people. This involved mainly operating in built up areas where you could track enemies with passive scans whilst cloaked, and pounce on people with a shotgun. The cloak increases the time it takes for people to react to you as it takes time to be spotted. The scans and instant decloak allowed you to make sure there was rarely enough time for enemies to react before it was too late. You could then quickly dive back into cover and repeat.

The introduction of cloak blind and delay has made this technique pretty much impossible. With this use of cloaks removed it highlights the other, more beneficial to the game, use for cloaks. This being infiltration and movement without being spotted / killed. It now appears that the level of camouflage provided by a cloak is sufficient to perform this role, but perhaps not sufficient to perform the role well. As a result many scouts don't bother with cloaks at all and the capabilities of a scout beyond direct combat are diminished.

Following the long awaited, major buffs to assaults, cloaks are one of the few things that distinguishes scouts and gives them a purpose.

TLDR: Seems to me the shimmer should be darkened a bit.