Alright, so far, I've accumulated the impression that some dropsuits will be receiving cloaking abilities. However, I'd like to engage the community into discussing what kind of cloaking should be used.
I think I can relate TED and Dust once again: http://www.ted.com/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments.html

The octopus camouflage is my personal preference compared to "invisibility". The invisibility idea will most likely implement a "mostly invisible" style, like in other games where there is this weird rupture in the space.

However I feel that the pattern matching camouflage has potent benefits. The octopus at the end was really hard to see. If it was "invisible" it probably would have been easier to pick out because of the weird rupture I mentioned before. This kind of camouflage blends in rather than distorting by disappearance.

Also, the Octopus Cloak (as I will name it) will stand out at close range, giving people a fighting chance, but at medium to long range can make a player nearly unnoticeable.

With the current environments on the other hand, being mostly industrial complexes, the Octopus Cloak wouldn't work all that great with minimal patterns. When vegetation and more geological features are added, the Octopus Cloak would be right at home.

Conclusion: If there are to be cloaking devices, there should be multiple variants, each suited for different map settings, and the Octopus Cloak should be among them.

Your Input Please Senors, Senoras, and Senoritas!

Multiple types sounds good. Don't know if it's been mentioned but will these cloaking devices have an activation duration or will they be always on, maybe shimmering when an action is taken?

I would think that the Octo suit could be an always on type given it's limited use across all maps. And since it's a pattern changing type of camo it wouldn't neccessarily give off a much larger electronic signature than perhaps a normal suit. Therefore, scanning equipment and skills would still be a viable option to counter, if you can actually see them. Skill in to it at level 4? Were you thinking this would be a dropsuit or a module?

The invisibility type I think should have a duration and cooldown period. When activated it should also give off a higher electronic signature given the field generated to cloak the wearer thereby giving the appropriately prepared opposing forces the ability to know someone is "there" but they wouldn't be able to see them until they started sprinting or opened fire at which point the cloaked merc, in the case of sprinting, would become visible and the module would cease functioning but would still require a full cooldown. If pulling trigger, or throwing a grenade, then they would briefly become visible; hazy shimmering and slightly distorted, but after the quick action was taken they would return to a cloaked state until the "active" duration ended.
A melee action would end the cloaking as well. Skill in to it at level 5. Possibly in two skills i.e. Infantry Cloaking Operation & Infantry Cloaking Operation Proficiency or something. I also think the modifier for any cloaking skill should be on the higher end as well, 10 or 12. Again dropsuit or module?

If both are dropsuits then I don't see an issue, but if one is a dropsuit and one is a module, or both are modules, than what would stop the use of both at the same time? Imagine being camo'd all the time then being able to go invisible every so often mixed with profile dampening skills and such and you almost have an actual ghost on the field. Fun if you're that guy but if your not?

Profile dampening and scanners and all that should work as normal for the most part for both types as the inherent ability of the camo and cloaking provides a much more tactical advantage of not being physically seen by the trigger pullers. As in all things there needs to be a counter.

A duration and cooldown would also necessitate planned action by the cloak using merc.
...that's my 2 anyway...

The sniper suit is still a useful niche suit for dedicated Recon-type roles (hacking, uplinks, intel) with it's lower profile and faster speed but those aren't really necessary when you're sitting at 500m out taking pot shots.

So maybe we should rename the "sniper suit" to "scout suit", since it's more useful for scouting... I'll address the issue to CCP, they will probably hotfix it :P

I was tempted to say something like this too.

Also, they'll probably run cloaking much like EVE does.

Active module, limits your ability to do almost anything while cloaked - except with a Black Ops suit (or maybe just apply that bonus to Scout suits in general to encourage their use). Even with the Black Ops/Scout suits, you won't be able to make any direct offensive actions (equipment, grenade, melee, shooting) without FIRST disabling the cloak. Also, if enemies get within a certain range (in EVE, this is measured in KILOMETRES, but in DUST, it's probably going to be based on Scan Profile, further buffing Scouts for the Cloaker role, and will probably be a matter of 10m at most for a good Cloak-equipped suit. Hopefully more like 20+ for vehicles though.

If the camo has a movement penalty it will promote camping. Invisible campers is bad gameplay. Build from there.

The "thermoptic" camo will be the kind we see methinks. Perhaps less distortion for the higher tier cloaks, recharge time, etc.
The octocamo option just seems a little too complicated, and once we no longer show up as pitch black silhouettes against a bright grey mist it probably won't be needed.

Perhaps the scan profile of a dropsuit can be factored into the amount of distortion created by thermoptics. It would give scout suits the advantage they need, and mean that modules could be used to maximise effectiveness.

Unless they, like EVE, have a FORCED DELAY between decloaking and firing. You can be invisible OR ready to shoot, but not both. Decloak, wait after showing yourself, wait for it, NOW you're allowed to shoot. What do you mean the other guy saw you and shot you in the face already? Obviously you weren't sneaky sneaky enough before decloaking.

Id like to see cloaking takin out. Just gives more players a reason to hide and camp. There are already an abundance of campers as it is.

Cloaking should be very limited if they ever have it in. It also should be made so you can kinda see them (think KZ2)

Metal gear solid 4 anyone?

Unless they, like EVE, have a FORCED DELAY between decloaking and firing. You can be invisible OR ready to shoot, but not both. Decloak, wait after showing yourself, wait for it, NOW you're allowed to shoot. What do you mean the other guy saw you and shot you in the face already? Obviously you weren't sneaky sneaky enough before decloaking.

I want to cloak, but I don't camp. I hunt the campers.

if they put cloaking then i suggest they give us equipments that allow us to see cloaked units. if we have the tech to be cloaked then we definitely have the tech to detect cloaked people. coz really a sniper with a cloak on? how the heck will you even see the guy when you die from a headshot. so just to be fair, if people want cloaks then i want equipment that can detect cloaked people.

Scouts suits are already made for cloaking, read the suit description, I"m assuming it will take a module to activate it though.

Thinking on the thermal optics I have a question, do you think there will be different types of optics? Both bino and scope types? Like low light, thermal, whatever else...

I ask because each of these would/could have a varying degree of success against different types of camo/cloaking. Low light wouldn't really be of much help against camo other than being able to see better in the dark. Thermals would be fantastic against it because a pattern doesn't hide a heat signature. But, if the spacial distortion also hides thermal output the low lights might have a better chance of picking up the distortion...