Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Hello to those of you reading this thread.

I am Naomie Hunter and I would like to put forward the idea of 'Cloak Projection' after reading the following thread in the Warfare and Tactics sub-forum which you can find here.


So what is 'Cloak Projection'?

Cloak Projection is the idea of using a specialised ship or module that can create a sphere (similar to that of a Heavy Interdictor) that can envelop a fleet with an invisibility shield.


Why might this be useful?

Looking at the thread that has been linked at the beginning, we can see that players feel Industry in the Low Security Constellations & Regions of EVE is minimal or non-existent (to an extent).

Using this module would provide a fleet of industrial pilots flying mining ships to shroud their activity, preventing them being caught on D-SCAN and being seen visually while in a belt, under the shroud.


Naomie, this seems OP.

By being in this invisibility shroud, there are several drawbacks. First of all, players inside cannot target ships outside. Furthermore, there should be a significant penalty imposed on ships inside, as well as on the ship projecting the cloak.

Something such as:
+50% increase in Targeting Speed
Inability to warp while inside the bubble
Cloak Projecting Ship cannot move (or target?)

In order to keep things fair to a point, it may be worth mentioning that fleets who use this ship/module for the purpose of creating an ambush receiving a penalty for removing the bubble.

Once the bubble has been brought down, you cannot lock any new targets for 5 seconds


How do we find them?

Let us imagine that you are a pirate, and you are going through belts looking for a fight, or to just pass the time and kill some rats. Suddenly, as you approach further in the belt you transition through a bubble, there are industrial ships and the T2 Cloak Projection Ship on your screen & overview, ships that were not there a moment ago.

You found them, now it is simply a matter of what to do next.

This is simply something that popped into my head within a few minutes of looking over the linked thread.
Please, let me know how you feel about this (I love constructive thoughts and criticism, so long as it is kept constructive I am happy).

Thankyou for your patient reading,
Naomie Hunter

If every ship within a fleet had a prototype cloak on, would this not be the same?

So you read the OP then?

Prototype Cloak has the following drawbacks:

-90% modifier including the inability to warp while cloaked.
30 second recalibration time for sensors.
30 second reactivation delay.
-50% sensor resolution.

Please, help be constructive and outline the drawbacks you feel would make it more 'balanced'.

Either that or a ship, hence why it read ship/module.

Recon and Bombers cannot warp while cloaked and position for a fight?

So explain what drawback could be applied to a T2 Cruiser sized ship specialised in this and it's fleet, while it forms a 10km (value open to change) radius cloaking bubble.

i for one like the idea. makes unknown variables more dangerous. and being able to gather up insted of stay 2600m from each other means more cov ops fleets.
while inside the bubble your targeting range is like -95% so logi can remain in chain inside cloaksphere
and maybe cannot recloak once locked on.

and maybe like "bubbles" they can be FOCUSED on a single ship (cap ships cause theya re too big) or Area

Giving this thread a bump.

Our reaction in this thread should not be a case of 'Take it back to the drawing board!".
This is the drawing board, we pilots need to create something out of this and not just set the idea on fire.
Ideas such as this are far more worthy of constructive criticism and feedback than buying skillpoints for PLEX.

I can see where you are coming from Mole, and your right, that does seem to make it very difficult to balance.

Do you have any suggestions?