Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I know this subject has been beaten into the ground, and many people are very opinionated on the subject,

Personally I see cloaking needing some limits in time, not to address anything other that the subject of cloaking itself as it is used in it's intended form for Covert Operations. My perspective is in regard to the indefinite operation of the Cloaking Modules, While several solution have crossed my mind, thinking of the mechanic for Jump Fatigue and Aggression timers is the closest mark in my mind.

My Suggestion is this: Operation of a Cloaking device is intensive and as such should have a use timer, for the purposes of example, say that timer were to be 2 hours, use exceeding that time would create overload damage like any other module pushed beyond it's operational limitations. Now, I had considered this as a mechanic to limit extended stays in hostile territory where it is used for intel gathering of fleet movements and composition. The proposed timer could be reduced by time the module is not active. In this example 1/1 so half and hour of off time would reduce the active timer by half an hour, the idea of this would be to place a limitation to put some form of pressure on the pilot to return to a safer location for a time making scouting more challenging than the current infinite use mechanic.

I am certain there are some flaws in this idea however I believe it is the most reasonable to address balance for the cloaking mechanic compared to what I have found to date. As a covert ops pilot myself I believe this would create a more involved system and challenge to covert missions into hostile space particularly in active null security space where deep travel of the space may change composition of defenses rapidly.

Thank you for your time and consideration in reading this suggestion.

Oh look another incompetent little ***** can't deal with easily solvable situation so he bitches to CCP to fix one of the mechanics that are perfectly balanced.

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so you posted this knowing it was going to be a repost...

I apologize if the body of my suggestion has slighted colera deldios, I felt this was the most relevant place to post my thoughts on the matter, given the apparent direction of development, I felt it applied. It was not my intent to suggest the current system was 'broken' but simply a suggestion as it is presented. I would appreciate it if the responses could be kept constructive however so i may see potential problematic factors with the idea as it is. It was not my intent to address old arguments but simply to present what I felt would be an interesting change to the current mechanic.

Lugh Crow-Slave I had been looking to see if this particular suggestion had been made however I did not find anything of the sort. Again, I did not intend to mean the current mechanic was broken or problematic. If you have the time to ponit out where I implied there was a fault in the current system I would appreciate it as that was not my intent.

Suppose I should have phrased that a little differently, heh made me laugh a bit.

Reported for redundancy.

ok so defend you idea a little more

why do you feel it needs a time limit

and why do you think it was only intended for covert operations?

You're aware that this thread has already been discussed in plenty of threads, and you insisted on creating another thread. Please abide by our forum rules.


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