Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Hello,

Some history:
I've been out of the game for a few mouth (year) and with the new jump animation it has been harder to manage recloacking delay of cloaking device. This timer is about 15 seconds and start when you uncloack, for those who didn't know.
When your reactivation delay is not finished you receive a log with the time remaining. However you have no idea of the real reactivation delay remaining while you are in the ''after jump cloak'' and not quitting this state. Because if you quit the ''after jump cloak'' before your cloacking device reactivation delay is finish, you could be in big trouble.

The problem:
Since the new jump animation (love it by the way), some approaching times (even under 2km) and some jumps are faster than others. Resulting in a ''random' +-3 seconds to your cloak reactivation delay. ('m generous sometimes it's +-10 seconds)

Before the new jump animation, if you arrived under 2km you click jump, the delay before you were on the other side was almost constant about +-0.5 second. (minus lag)

The problem is not the new jump animation but more the ''random'' delay occuring. So sometimes I'm suprised! and quit the ''after jump cloak'' before your cloacking device reactivation delay is finish.

The idea:
Than I realise cloacking devices are the only modules with ''no cycle''. Which is fine so you can uncloak when you want and not at the end of a cycle.
So the idea is to add the red state when you can't reactivate the cloacking device with the timer circle aroud the module.

Why this change:
Because I think each seconds in the 'after jump cloak'' counts to make a strategy or anything useful. Because I think the game mechanic changed because of an animation upgrade, so this is a kind of ''sideeffect'' of this animation change. FinalIy I don't think CCP wanted to change game mechanic with this animation upgarde.


I know many people will want to throw me rock for this post because they think Cloacking is overpower but i'm still posting this idea because it's an idea like any other and I'm on the dark side.

Sincerly,

I was referencing to the various treads demanding a nerf / counter.

I can sign this idea.