Noticed today a few times being detected while cloaked, nothing giving me away and shooter making corrections to any move I make. No spy drones or pulsars, just cloaking and running in from odd directions being shot at 2 or 3km away. Few others have mentioned it today and atleast twice I had the same thing happen. Anyone else, trying to rule out any mechanics but coming in from 10,000m and away from fight and being shot at while making corrections, dumb luck does happen and your ship does appear if hit slightly.
Combat Recon mode?
Enemies can see you cloaked if:
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You are the captain
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Enemy player is the captain
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Your captain was killed
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Just lucky shot…
I will also submit that it is possible to track a cloaked ship by sound alone, if you are skilled enough. Even though the game doesn’t have proper surround audio, it’s possible to make it work.
Visually too. Cloaked ship’s engines illuminates the nearest asteroids.
Spy drones? Not sure if they appear as a debuff but maybe you can check that to see if you have any on you.
edit:nvm, missed the part where you said no spy drones.
i have seen this after you cloak you can keep a red box on you’re ship it happens now and then had it happened in a game where my team was all frigs and fighters
I have to agree with original poster.
I know for sure cloaked ships don’t show up for the captain. I’ve been captain before and I’ve seen ships cloak out of my target box.
I’ve used cloak to escape chasers before too, as a captain.
When you have a ship locked and they cloak, you will lose that target.
And I’m not sure if those player guided Torpedoes can spot cloaked ships but I’ve seen some Jericho players do it.
I would expect the spy drone to spot cloaked ships, yet they’re doing it without one.
So either I’m missing something here about the cloak mechanic or this is foul play.
The Devs really need to look into this.
I’m pretty sure I could see someone trying to sneak up on me as a captain through cloak a couple of days ago.
I’m pretty sure I could see someone trying to sneak up on me as a captain through cloak a couple of days ago.
Honestly, I really want a dev to explain the game mechanics for cloak. Then we will know if there was foul play.
Captain loses target but can see the cloaked target. You can trust me, I’m one of russian moderators. Ask Error if you doubt this.
Captain loses target but can see the cloaked target. You can trust me, I’m one of russian moderators. Ask Error if you doubt this.
I was also baffled why enemy Captain is always waiting for me with his weapons aimed when I was sneaking on him until I become Captain myself in few games.
Also - it seems that if you fly cloaked near enough any enemy (I think it’s about 1000m distance, but not sure about that) he can see the red box around you - but can’t get lock on you and other enemies don’t see you on map.
Vanguard’s Chameleon don’t get interrupted when shot at, though.
Having said that - all kind of bots, auto-aims and other cheats are to be expected more and more popular the game become. It’s just how it is in on-line gaming. How these are going to be dealt with and what will be the measures to counter such activity is up to developers/publishers really…
So far Zerk1 has pointed out all important facts you should know about stealth.
If you are very close to the target, cloaking makes you lose lock, but you still have the red box around you, so someone can just blindfire into the box. You need to afterburn to get some distance and to put some objects between you.
One was def enemy captain, I was wondering how only him was tracking me on my way in, and yup I’ve tracked a few ships by sound alone, not quite pinpoint but a good lead where their trying to go. I’ve seen that can’t lock but can see red box, good to know.
As the captain you can see EVERY ship in the game. Any undetected ships have small radar symbols in their target box. Cloaked ships are no exception.
Interceptors cloak module leaves your target box visible to ships that are very close by, which might be a bug… Only the Federation fighter’s cloak makes you fully undetectable.
As the captain you can see EVERY ship in the game. Any undetected ships have small radar symbols in their target box. Cloaked ships are no exception.
Interceptors cloak module leaves your target box visible to ships that are very close by, which might be a bug… Only the Federation fighter’s cloak makes you fully undetectable.
Ekhm…
