This thread needs to be destroyed.

Confirming that this is exactly what I am doing nowGǪ almost maxed out

As requested here is a little bit about passive scans.

Who exactly requested a link to a post that is 3 weeks old, has 14 pages of replies, and has probably already been seen by most people in here?

People like me who don't bother leaving the Barbershop (because lol GD) and the fact that the subject keeps coming up here.

Played 5 or so ambush matches today; received officer weapons twice. Likely a fluke though. I'd say 1:5 would be a more reasonable expectation. They certainly aren't rare at the moment.

To be honest I like that the cloak is becoming less and less effective during actual combat.

From my point of view it should be a device to increase a scouts chance to cross open terrain, not a tool to easily overcome the shortcomings of shotguns, knives, and REs. (That's what speed should be for.)

That said, if they further lower its usefulness during combat I think it would be nice to also reduce its fitting requirements.

To be honest I like that the cloak is becoming less and less effective during actual combat.

From my point of view it should be a device to increase a scouts chance to cross open terrain, not a tool to easily overcome the shortcomings of shotguns, knives, and REs. (That's what speed should be for.)

That said, if they further lower its usefulness during combat I think it would be nice to also reduce its fitting requirements.

They've definitely turned cloak into a tool-best-used-for-travel; clunky implementation or not, I'm OK with the fact that it is not longer being used to execute frontal assaults. Once fire-from-cloak is squared away, I don't think we'd be out-of-line asking for a significant shimmer reduction. Whether dark or light, spotting cloaked scouts from any hillside elevation is cake. If you've yet to observe cloak from 250+ meters, grab a sniper rifle and try it.

Anyhow, I'm of the opinion that we should wait for a performance slump before requesting anything; our suits aren't bad yet, and they're still outselling Assaults. The next round of Scout nerfs will likely put Assaults in the lead; if Zatara convinces Rattati to drop any bombs, we'll likely be in good position to propose improvements.

Thinking ahead:

What can we do to make cloak more effective in its intended role, such that even Appia might use it?

Question is, what is the intended role of the cloak?

The only other game that I've played for a reasonable amount of time and that also has a cloak is Team Fortress 2. In that the Spy uses a cloak to get behind enemy lines and stab them in the back or destroy their sentry nests and teleporters. His primary weapon is a knife which kills everyone in one hit if he stabs them in the back. Thing is he only has an average movement speed, his health is super low, and his pistol is rather weak. And even in that game decloaking takes one or two seconds and you have a rather loud decloaking sound.

Then there is the Scout who uses mobility to dodge enemy fire and cover enough ground to shoot people with a shotgun.

In Dust it seems you have a class that is both. It is super fast, it has a cloak, it can overcome the downsides of most instakill weapons rather easily, and can see most enemies through walls while himself stay off of it. And I can assure you in TF2 both the Scout and Spy die MUCH quicker than they do in Dust.

So, what is the role of the cloak?

Personally, I think it should be a tool to get behind enemy lines, destroy equipment, hack stuff. Not a device that can be used to decloak mid-air and shoot people in the face with a shotgun like it used to be.

That being said, I'd really like to see a cloak device variant which has no shimmer while moving, has a longer duration, but has a decloaking delay of ~5 seconds.

Question is, what is the intended role of the cloak?

1. A tool to get behind enemy lines, destroy equipment, hack stuff, +backstab stuff.
2. No shimmer while moving, has a longer duration, but has a decloaking delay of ~5 seconds.
3. The cloak could also be a tool to get out of fights rather than into them.

So I'm applying to Erasmus+
It's a study abroad programme for the European Union and I intend to do it the second semester of my next year.
It's slightly terrifying, but in a good way.
Here's hoping I get accepted.
I can't actually apply for a few months, but still.

Do it
Sounds like a great experience.
I want to get an international credit for my degree, but it requires a semester in SwedenGǪ hard to do once you have three kids. When they get older I may do it.

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2484450#post2484450

That awkward moment when you're 'recruiting' someone with a view to collecting the entry fee and they ask what sexual orientation means.

I am distinctly unconvinced this fellow is 18.

IF he is 18 I feel just a wee lil sad for him. X(

I feel sad for him anyway.

I was going to be all brutal and demand entry fees, then put him in a feeder corp with 50% tax, but I'm not sure I can quite bring myself to that.

I'm laughing myself sick though.

I feel sad for him anyway.

I was going to be all brutal and demand entry fees, then put him in a feeder corp with 50% tax, but I'm not sure I can quite bring myself to that.

I'm laughing myself sick though.

I have considered the possibility of him trolling, but I don't think Knight is dedicated enough to corp hop that much.

... Or maybe he is. Human stupidity is a terrifying force, and so is Knight.

Okay, so I just hopped back on after not playing for a month or two. I'm actually mad. This is the first time I've been actively mad at this game.

The cloak is KIA. Using it in anything resembling a combat scenario is a direct detriment to your ability to do well. I study game design as a hobby and this change reeks of inelegant design. It just ... feels like **** to use. I tried throwing AV nades with the cloak equipped and died before I could even get the second one off because the ******* animations move like molasses.

And as a further kick to the balls, the same treatment seems to have been applied to remote explosives. I don't know if this was intentional (I'm betting it wasn't), but cloak and RE were my favorite equipment. I used them on nearly every fit. After I played the first match, I went through and took them off all but the least combat oriented fits. No point in using them if they're just going to get me killed.

I've stuck with the minmatar scout through a lot of crap, but this is the first time I've considered using another suit. I'm paper thin and playing without the cloak makes me feel naked. Knifing is much closer to pre-1.8 levels of frustration, albeit not quite as bad given the NK buffs.

I know I know, I should HTFU. But I've never played this game to be competitive, I play it for fun. These changes have killed a lot of the fun for me. I could use a different playstyle and be effective, but that's not what I'm here for.