Imustbecomfused
The Elysian Horde Elysian Empire
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Posted - 2012.08.23 17:09:00 -
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To the OP, Not a bad idea imo. Kicking players off the server after 15/30/60 minutes of no play is silly, (Im sure some pilots have spent hours not moving, cloaked, while gathering intel... for example). Giving the cloaked ships a special sig on grid is a great way to identify, and with a counter.... a great way to balance, afk cloaking. They could still stay cloaked... If a ship is cloaked for (length of time), with no activity, giving it a signature that can be scanned down with special probes, maybe from a special launcher, even add a special ship, create a new role for crying out loud, it is quite the idea, just saying. Its rather fair tbh. If CCP made it so all you had to do was double click off in a direction and control+space every hour or so, that could effectively help remove true AFK cloakers, if there was a force out to scan them down that is.
However, I dont care for many of the ideas supporting some way to identify a cloaked pilot in any given system, even if I want to run sites in that system, I put myself in that position. I do sit cloaked a bit in heavily populated systems to gather intel, for example... for hours... I dont move... it isnt fair that Im now susceptible to attack, just cause I havent moved my ship... Im logged on, rather you think Im at my keyboard or not, shouldn't even matter! I pay for my right to log on, if I want to go afk for the day and play golf, thats up to me and you shouldnt have any advantage of me I do so. Maybe my corp mate agreed to keep me in his fleet so I can gain standings, but go golfing, and I will sit in that system cloaked up at my safe... who says I HAVE to dock?
So I can see both sides of the issue, these are just a few hypothetical situations, which may seem unfair... or giving one side an advantage which may seem unfair...
I dont want it to change personally, but if it had to, Id vote for an idea like the OP suggested. Seems like its a good start to a FAIR mechanic that may help balance afk cloaking.
And yes I know and agree with: Just cause theres 50 so you think afk cloakers in system, that doesnt prevent you from doing anything in that system. Be smart, creative, or find a new system. My .02 |