Cloaking Device, Re-looked at.

[Jinx]

i m not speaking for the whole community. - i said that igiss has clearly said "no" to it. - and that i ... personally ... support this.

i do see more problems than i see benefits. - but really that is just me. - cause i believe that such power will be abused for pvp rather than supported for roleplay.

i see it with the camera ship. - if cloaking alone was what people wanted for roleplay... the camera ship would be used MUCH more for RP than for just ooc picture taking. - but i don t see it used for scouting or any operations that require to be invisible.

hence my followup that i believe that people do not want a cloak along, but a cloak on a ship that can fire. - which makes me think that they will use it for an advantage in pvp, rather than RP. i do know and i can imagine the RP potential of a cloak, but for me ( me alone ) - the dangers and the risk of such an ability more than outweighs the benefits.

players - no matter how determined - seek advantages. - that starts with factions that enjoy greater pvp freedom ( which is a great potential for better RP, too - but often enough, it comes down to pvp matters ) - and goes on to ships and equipment. - how many non dragons fly a blood dragon for example, although the ID card expressly states that the ship is NOT passed to non dragons or ex-dragons? - how many respected players have RPed around that limitation? - how many dragons use other weapons than their own ( infernos / krakens ) although it was said more than once that such equipment unbalances the ship and is not "meant to be like that"?

players find their ways - and i don t mean the casual players, but its more the players that are respected here that enjoy more freedom in their roleplay.

i simply do not TRUST the playerbase to handle a device like a cloaking device with the responsibility needed for it.... but it is MY own opinion - i do not speak of the whole community - i would still say that if i was standing all alone. - and i can of course be wrong with my opinion ( for example, i was very much against xoria as an admin, but it turned out that he is up to the job and did NOT at all show what i was afraid would happen if entrusted with power - so i was wrong there )

you are free to have and defend your own opinion, any time, any way. - but i am sure you allow me to have mine. - IF a cloak was introduced, and IF everything was perfectly fine, you can point your finger at me and say "i told you so"....

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