Yay no more point in cloaking. When the UD comes out and increases charge times they'll really be pointless. This cloaking CM comes for free?? If you put in on a scanner that was a money sink I'd be ok with it. Make people work to get that ability, like you do to get the cloak.
Yanno what I was thinking the other day, that trade lanes still get shot out by jumpgates shooting at NPC's, and a player ship jumps in and can take the lane since its not shot for them. You can't shoot the lane or enter it to chase after. Why are the glitches not being focused on, instead of punishing cloakers and pirates for doing what they do? Instead its a free anti-cloak for everyone!
EDIT: This is the most OP change I've seen so far. Cloaking usually means you don't get detected, and certainly not 'heard'. Cloaking is for silent running. A cloak that reveals itself is a total oxymoron. Why not just give infinite scanner range to everyone and remove cloaks? There, all the players you're trying to save are totally safe. I'm sure they'll stay on the server now. Me? Questionable. Dramatic? Each month I watch the game I got addicted to a couple years ago slowly become something different. Trust me I hate being the only one dreading the update over just a few fine details.