Bounty Hunter Archive
Thread: how much like a trainer program is cloak now?
Puttley wrote:
has anyone ever tried playing something like halflife, or BHD when someone has an invisibility trainer running? you know, can't see them, cant target them, they pop in and out of existance when they like, couple of hits and hide again. why not give them infinate ammo...err done.....unlimited cash...invinsible....can fly....while your at it! since when could jedi become invisible, i didn't think they were magicians or conjurers of cheap tricks. since when did darth or luke 'dissapear'? then 'poof' there they are again!!
Grow up!
Puttley wrote:
no. just not a fan of cloak in its current form.
Well how the frag else do you suggest it's implemented? Only hide you from PVE? Sweet then powers becomes even more gimped. Woot!
You have to approach the problem both strategically and tactically.
Tactically, cloak may allow the Jedi to escape, thus "winning" the encounter.
BUT, look at the larger strategic picture. As the BH, you have the first-strike advantage and (mostly) tracking capability. Your seekers will continue toupdate his location. Furthermore, after your initial encounter (after the seeker if not on Kashyyyk), even if he gets away, you havehis name. That means you can use a Ranger to find him if he goes to Kashyyyk. You have three days.
Many Jedi run away, counting on the BH to get bored and/or frustrated and drop the mission. I've known Jedi who would hide for 3 weeks to avoid 2 hours' XP loss. You just have to be more stubborn than your target.
Message Edited by Spookibus on 07-19-2005 08:50 AM
warrenbassist wrote:Does anyone know how cloak works? Does it use force, can they do it in front of non-grouped players? Do approaching non-grouped players break cloak? For a non-Jedi this may look worse than it actually is when you don't know how it works.
Facts about Force Cloak:
- Initial Force cost
- Cannot cloak if anything is closer than 20m
- Upkeep Force cost dependant on number of NPCs / players within 32m.
- Cannot attack while cloaked
- Does not break when NPCs / players get within 20m
- Cannot be targeted while cloaked
- Area attacks to targets nearby do damage
- Attacking cancels cloak
Eskie wrote:
warrenbassist wrote:
Does anyone know how cloak works? Does it use force, can they do it in front of non-grouped players? Do approaching non-grouped players break cloak? For a non-Jedi this may look worse than it actually is when you don't know how it works.
Facts about Force Cloak:
- Initial Force cost
- Cannot cloak if anything is closer than 20m
- Upkeep Force cost dependant on number of NPCs / players within 32m.
- Cannot attack while cloaked
- Does not break when NPCs / players get within 20m
- Cannot be targeted while cloaked
- Area attacks to targets nearby do damage
- Attacking cancels cloak
Cool actually that was just what I was looking for, thanks for the info.