Solomon XI
Caldari
Black Scorpion Navy
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Posted - 2008.08.01 23:32:00 -
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Edited by: Solomon XI on 01/08/2008 23:33:45
Alright, as a PvPer, I am going to offer my two-cents regarding cloaking.
I've had a love/hate relationship with the cloak since I've started this game. I hate when I am trying to find someone, and know that they're cloaked, and that I am wasting my time. It's quite irritating. At the same time however, I've used them. Still do, from time to time. The idea of a cloak is to hide. Period. They're designed to hide your ass so you don't die in a unimaginably painful way. I practically know for a fact that every PvPer has, at one point in their history, used a cloak.
Presently, the cloak offers a penalty that every PvPer hates. When fit, cloaks eat into your scan resolution. They definitely cause a problem for us when we have them fit. Any PvPer will attest to this. This be as true for a ratter as it is for a PvPer with the only exception being that they don't have to worry about catching their target. Only running away. Like any pirate, the good one's anyway, they follow what I refer to as *The Code*. Take what you can, give nothing back. And... run away. Yeah, I've seen Pirates of the Caribbean too much. What can I say? Epic series of movies.
Before I offer my suggestion, I only have -one question- to ask of you.
Is this really, right now, with what CCP is doing to the game as-is, should we really be asking them to NERF something else and expect finesse?
That being said, here is my idea.
~~~~~WARNING: Crazy-Ass Idea Posted Below!~~~~~
Example Cloak: Click Here (EvE Item Database)
Ok, let's look at the penalties for said cloak (not counting in the bonuses gained from the *cloaking skill-book*!
maximum velocity penalty
-75%
scan resolution penalty:
-40%
sensor recalibration time
20 seconds
reactivation delay:
30 seconds
Ok, so while cloaked, we can only move @ 25% of our base speed. Ok, that's not that fast at all. And we can't warp! Woot!
While uncloaked, we lose 40% of our scan resolution. Woot. I am now locking those who cried for a nano-nerf 40% slower. Thats 40% more time that they have to get away. CRAP.
Ok. The best one. 20 second sensor recalibration time. Means I can't lock anyone for 20 seconds after uncloaking. But gee, I sure can be locked. And in that time period, yeah... I'm screwed.
And to boot, I can't re-cloak for thirty seconds after de-cloaking or being de-cloaked.
Now. That is FOUR penalties. Jeez. Who woulda thought it?
Now. For two radical suggestions.
Suggestion 1: Shut the hell up and stop complaining, adapt, camp, wait patiently. Or forget about him.
Suggestion 2: Introduce a new probe which has a 15% MAX chance of finding a ship within say, 5AU.
This way, they CAN be found, but it still remains exceptionally hard. Remember, they can't cloak for thirty seconds. And they can't fight back for 20.
Either that or take cloaking completely out of the game for everything besides stealth bombers, covert's, recon's, and black-ops.
Edit: Note BLACK OP's can use a cloak. Lol. Isk-Farming Black OP's anybody? Hint Hint Nudge Nudge Wink Wink. Basically, your entire argument is wrong. Wait! I KNOW! NERF BLACK OP'S NOW TO! WOOT. </sarcasm>
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