cloaking probe

[tec_server]

cloaking probe

this probe cloaks all fleets within the scan radius the owner chooses if the fleets are cloaked or not with the check box.

either it can be used like this or you get a box for different fleets and choose which to cloak and which not to cloak it is up to the admin


scanradius: 2

speed: warp 10

researchtime: 2 d


needed research:
improved cloaking technology

battle details:
battle engine syntax:

[admin]

sounds nice

[kamekaze6]

yes but which way should it be, should all fleets be cloaked or should the owner choose??

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[Nemesis]

So this is what? A cheap model of the shadow star but with no chance of destroying?

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[admin]

it could be jammed wihth a scramble probe though.
and i think the disadvantage should be, that it cloakes everything, not chooseable and the radius should be depending on the distance to the next planet.
if the probe is positioned nearby a planet, then the gravity of the planet deforms the cloaking-field so the planet will be cloaked too (and the fleets at it)

[The Stalker]

This probe would end battle as we know it.

Dont want to be attacked?, build a probe.

Concept is ok, though, perhaps a time limit like the scrambler or somesuch.

[admin]

why should it? it doesent change much, if you don`t want to be attacked, you can also build a cloak sphere or just recycle all your ships.

but the time limit is needed, i think too.

[The Stalker]

The cloaking sphere protects you, but also takes up most of your mp, so u cant actually play.

This probe would protect you, but you could still send a full fleet somewhere else.

[adamx17]

I think that this probe would be cool with a few changes. I think if it cloaked permanently that wouldn't be very fair. I think it should cloak all fleets in the scanradius for a certain period of time, such as 6 hours. This way, a person cannot permanently cloak sectors (such as the black hole) without cloaking ships. The probe could either activate immediately after arrival or when the person who sent it would want.

[admin]

actually, i think it would be too hard, if it cloakes for more than 1 hour.
and there is also the scrample probe, that does quite some job that you usually need for secret attacks.
the cloaking probe could be misused to hold the black hole all the time, like if you have an alliance with 24 players, then every hour one of them activates his probey....hmmm...
maybe, it needs even more changes, to be good for the game......

[Nemesis]

Yes, it needs changes. maybe it should even cost mp?

[adamx17]

I think that if a decloaking probe resides within the same scanradius as a cloaking probe, it should negate the cloaking power of the cloaking probe.

[noah]

yeah i think i like the timed amount of the probe. Then you could delay battles for a few hours till all your buddies could get there or something.

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[admin]

so still no clue if this would be possible ...

[Liderant]

i must say, i just dont like this probe. Sounds like a scrambler probe, but even worst. I dont think it is fair to cloack every fleet at the black hole so you can hold it till somebody researches the scrambler and send it to the score planet.