Unlimited cloaks - bad for rp?

[Mímir]

Hey guys!

I've been thinking a bit, and after a dozen or so encounters with K'hara and associates in House space, I think I've come to the conclusion that unlimited cloaks are a bad idea.

Here's why: Every single encounter has been a nomad "mind-controlling" my character and at times several other characters, and we've played along like puppets knowing full well that some dude is sitting next to us cloaked, watching events unfold.

Sure enough, it's funny the first time, but after a while it becomes quite uninteresting. Whenever it's happened lately, I've just rp'ed to be trained in anti-nomad trickery because I simply couldn't be bothered playing out the same scenario over and over.

Moreover, when large numbers of infinite cloakers gather, it is hard to motivate anyone to log to go interact with them, as they'll just be cloaked up anyways. Waste of time, so people just ignore instead.

So I do think the infini-cloak leads to encounters that are totally similar in nature in the best case, and it leads to less encounters in the worst case.

How about re-adjusting the infinite cloaks and just make them very efficient? Wouldn't that be more conducive to roleplay and encounters? Opinions?

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