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Decloak targeting delay - visible indicator
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jonnykefka
Adhocracy Incorporated
Adhocracy
#1 - 2012-06-18 19:52:05 UTC
This is very much a "thousand papercuts" sort of thing.

When you are in a recon ship, covops, or cloaky t3, there is a brief delay between when you decloak and when you can target something (stealth bombers and blackops specifically have no delay as part of their role bonuses).

At current, the only way to know how long you have left until you can target something is to mash the target button or control-click and read the helpful pop-up informing you that it is too soon after decloaking, please wait X seconds.

I'd really love some kind of UI indicator, even the standard little timer bar or something in the EWAR indicator icons, that tells me how long until I can target something after I decloak. This would reduce me spamming target, which is annoying and unnecessary load, and better allows me to run modules hot when I decloak to engage something. Alternative visual representations include a cycle animation of the cloaking device (though this seems less intuitive than treating it like an EWAR effect).

Yeah it's a pretty niche thing, but I live and fight in my cloakies and it would be very nice to have.
FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#2 - 2012-06-18 21:07:31 UTC
Supported. They're making a big push with CrimeWatch to clearly indicate timers and such...adding a decloak-to-target timer just makes sense.

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MortisLegati
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-06-18 23:36:39 UTC
This works with the current 'status effects timers' thing they're doing with the UI. Notable improvement to the game, simple execution.
Make it so, CCP.
Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2012-06-19 00:59:41 UTC
I don't normally fit a cloaking device, but when I do, I like to know what's going on just as much as I am taking that privilege away from other people.
+1

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Idris Mandela
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2012-06-19 01:12:13 UTC
+1
Kitsis Freed
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2012-06-19 15:15:08 UTC
Brilliantly simple. I didn't know how much I missed that feature until you mentioned it.
I need it now.
Bienator II
madmen of the skies
#7 - 2012-06-19 15:19:39 UTC
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jonnykefka
Adhocracy Incorporated
Adhocracy
#8 - 2012-06-21 14:38:20 UTC
Small bump for a small (but useful) feature.
Raphael Celestine
Celestine Inc.
#9 - 2012-06-21 17:07:25 UTC
Simple and useful.
+1 from me.
sembur
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2012-06-22 19:54:51 UTC
Yes.
gulftobay
Mesotopia
#11 - 2012-06-22 23:20:48 UTC
Supported, +1.
Asuri Kinnes
Perkone
Caldari State
#12 - 2012-06-23 18:58:58 UTC
Sorry I missed this.

+1 Idea

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Busta Rock
The DawnSoarers
#13 - 2012-06-24 18:02:19 UTC
definitely a must have.

+1
jonnykefka
Adhocracy Incorporated
Adhocracy
#14 - 2012-06-27 14:32:33 UTC
*decloak*

*bump*

*mash target*
Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
#15 - 2012-06-27 15:58:52 UTC

This would be nice....
jonnykefka
Adhocracy Incorporated
Adhocracy
#16 - 2012-07-05 16:50:50 UTC
And another quick bump.
Corina Jarr
en Welle Shipping Inc.
#17 - 2012-07-05 20:15:54 UTC
This makes sense.


One for recloak delay would be nice too.
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#18 - 2012-07-05 20:50:15 UTC
There are a few timers I'd like to be able to see: sensor recalibration timer, bomb/interdiction sphere launcher reactivation delay, cloak reactivation delay, aggression jump/dock delay, cloak timer after jumping, jetcan delay timer... there are probably more that I haven't thought of, but all of these would be great to have some visual indication on screen similar to the session change timer.

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