Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Apparently getting killed by a cloaked ship is worse than getting killed by 25 guys....how I don't know.

Whatever.

It seems perfectly clear from your link that:

1. CCP wont do anything until there is some sort of structure in place to allow for intel gathering.
2. Given 1, they aren't going to move...at all.
3. This means no cloak timers, no cloak fuel, nada, nothing, zip, zilch, zero, until they deal with 1.

So, stop being stuck on stupid. Don't post a whine and ***** thread about AFK cloaky tw*ts endlessly. That will get you precisely nowhere.

Instead, focus on decoupling local chat from intel. There needs to be some method of gathering intel on who is in "your space" otherwise, null will be even more of a ghost town.

Things to consider,

1. The solution should work, at least to degrees for both NPC null and Sov null.
2. It should allow pilots a degree of confidence so that they will undock.
3. It shouldn't be so good that even a lazy dweeb can avoid being killed--i.e. if you are dumb, lazy, incompetent, some mixture of those, others should have a solid chance of killing you if they happen to find you.
4. Whatever nerf is applied to cloaks it should not render them useless for legitimate non-AFK work--i.e. sneaking into a vulnerable system past the gate camp and light a cyno for an invasion fleet.

Let me add that number 4 means "system wide pulse modules that are part of a POS set up" are probably right out. Scan probes that scan cloaked ships are also likely out. Ships that emit a decloaking pulse are also likely out (think of the current use of "firewall" Mallers. Any defender will likely place a number of such decloaking ships around the gate to make it impossible for cloaked ships to entery system.)

BTW, I really like Mynna's addition to the IFF beacon suggestion:



Would really add a new flavor to the game, IMO. Obviously the hacking part would have to be done well.

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I tend to think that bump is a bit OP, and can only be countered by posting goofy comments.

These also perform the brief effect of moving the thread up the list, so others can observe it is NOT cloaked by page two effects.

After all, that search function is SOOO challenging.....

It may not need a nerf, but goofy posts must be accepted as an acceptable means of balance.

Those sound overpowered... I cannot imagine other breakfast items being able to compete with them, except perhaps sausages cloaked in pancake batter with egg torpedo...
And those have been balanced to be unable to withstand even minor attacks from an average fork wielding person.

Okay, now that I've had a (vodka) martini (and dirty at that) and have a tri-tip cooking on the grill....

Yes, the eggs wrapped in bacon are very powerful. Their natural counter is fried chicken and waffles.

There is another thread about cloaking out there, but I cannot locate it exactly.

It is cloaked, possibly AFK, and probably has links to many other threads that create a threat projection of topics from other forums.

We need to fit this thread with a tank, just in case.

Don't have time for some witty comment here, so I'll just have to go with something simple and short. Something that will get this thread back up on top and only take a few seconds. Wish I had more time, but I just don't.

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