(12-11-2016, 04:05 PM)Skorak Wrote: I always called the 3 second recharge my "Get out of the combat free card" because that's what it was. No CDs in the world can keep you from running unless you were super unlucky and already basically dead.
Light cloak is/was not a Get away ticket. Do you know that if you spam CDs at already cloaked ship, the cruise disruptor missiles keep following the invisible target and preventing it from charging cruise and running away? Some people use this "feature" on a regular basis.
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(12-11-2016, 04:05 PM)Skorak Wrote: I always called the 3 second recharge my "Get out of the combat free card" because that's what it was. No CDs in the world can keep you from running unless you were super unlucky and already basically dead.
Light cloak is/was not a Get away ticket. Do you know that if you spam CDs at already cloaked ship, the cruise disruptor missiles keep following the invisible target and preventing it from charging cruise and running away? Some people use this "feature" on regular basis.
(12-11-2016, 04:05 PM)Skorak Wrote: I always called the 3 second recharge my "Get out of the combat free card" because that's what it was. No CDs in the world can keep you from running unless you were super unlucky and already basically dead.
Light cloak is/was not a Get away ticket. Do you know that if you spam CDs at already cloaked ship, the cruise disruptor missiles keep following the invisible target and preventing it from charging cruise and running away? Some people use this "feature" on regular basis.
This feature is bug abuse and reportable
If people were sanctioned for this, there would be far more entries in the sanctions section.. Sad is, that this thing is being abused pretty much everytime somebody enters cloak.
To the main topic: I think it is a good change, especially with the cargo limit. I don't think that 10 and 3 seconds are much of a difference when an evading pilot smacks the cloak button right after the shield fails.
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Cloaks aren't meant to be the end-all-be-all of escaping fights. They're not supposed to be a guaranteed escape every time. With a 3 second charge time on fighters, it was.
And as the admins have been saying since cloaks were added, they're not meant to be used for escaping fights.
But I'm glad to see that gunboats have a useful cloak now, will be putting this to use
(12-12-2016, 11:55 PM)Reid Wrote: People don't seem to understand
Cloaks aren't meant to be the end-all-be-all of escaping fights. They're not supposed to be a guaranteed escape every time. With a 3 second charge time on fighters, it was.
And as the admins have been saying since cloaks were added, they're not meant to be used for escaping fights.
But I'm glad to see that gunboats have a useful cloak now, will be putting this to use
People - do understand - but, as you mention that it's not supposed to be guaranteed escape everytime, it doesen't needs to be supposed to be guaranteed death, too. I mean, we did got /conn for this, didn't we?
I see some of you mention how CD missiles are finite. To be honest, nobody would run from single fighter but when you have 3-4 of them plus a capital vessel, which became regular for me to encounter every time I log for a year already, you simply die due to CD spam.
So, if it is so painful for you blue hunters to fix the Cloaking Device, I'd suggest doing something about CD missiles or, I will repeat myself again, since you smart ones (even devs lol) excluded while quoting me;
Projekt Lerdi Wrote:Do you plan to put Cloaking Devices/Cloak Disruptors on specific hardpoints that will not use CM hardpoint?
I mean: Discovery Gaming Community > Discovery Freelancer Mod > Discovery Mod General Discussion > Discovery Mod PvP Balance > Development Notice: Changes to Light Cloaking Device;
I mean with these changes, you lowered the chances of survival even more.
CMs can help you escape but don't guarantee it. Cloaks, in their new form, can help you escape but don't guarantee it. I don't see the problem. With 3 seconds on fighters it was literally "press cloak to win", now it's "Devise some kind of strategy to escape". Use your wits. Space is dangerous.
