[UI] CLoaking should have some drawbacks

Lately it seems as if dozens of players spend a lot of time 'boxing' while being cloaked. On X-8 maps for instance, there are sometimes several dozen players just having their pets racing around collecting boxes while staying cloaked. I know that boxing is part of the game, but in my (not so humble) opinion some players are taking this to far. This also makes it difficult for noobs who do not yet have a pet full of radar and looting tech, to get some boxes.

To make boxing while being cloaked less interesting I propose that cloaking reduces the amount you get from sky boxes by 50%. Cloaking should also reduce your speed by say 25%.

 

Well this is just too funny and I don't even box. Then again, maybe that is why I find it so funny. The real question is what is your real problem with boxing cloaked? Whether cloaked or not, noob's are at a disadvantage when it comes to pet setup compared to a UFE Boxer. Using them to progress your idea is useless. Some players, myself included, never have full radar and looting tech.

Personally, I feel this idea is brought by the difficulty to locate kills, or your finding others get the boxes before you can make it to it. Either way, crippling the player because they are using a cloak is just wrong. Some players use a cloak for the safety aspect, and some use it so they can get in close to a kill.

No, matter the reason, we need more, otherwise this is a big fat no.

 

I could understand your point if you had said boxing on the x-2 maps with level 15 P.E.T's leaving newbies with nothing, the X-8 maps are for more advanced players and the risks are greater. Boxing with a cloak as always been the best method when boxing and the advice that as been given to newbies time and time again is when boxing use a cloak. Now that the Halloween event as started you will find that the X-8 map will be empty of boxers as the safety of the x-2 maps will be taken advantage of. Cloaks are also an effective tool for defence, stealth attacks and many other tactical uses making changes to cloaks would be a bad move.

 

IMO I don't like the strategy of permanent boxing. One of the most boring actions are rewarded as the best one (for FE). And it isn't even risky.

BUT nerfing the boxing (hardly) is the wrong way. Increase the NPC Uri rewards and cap the amount of collected boxes and you will see less botters. And it seems fairer.

 

Submitting bad suggestions should also have some drawbacks. Nobody permanently boxes, and boxing is actually risky, that's why players use cloaks when they box.

Here is my parody of your suggestion:
It is also difficult for noobs to do maximum damage, so why don't we penalize everyone flying more than a phoenix with one flax, so that their damage is limited to one LF-2, their speed is decreased by 25% and they get half the rewards from killing anything. We would not want noobs to feel like they are the only ones who can't get kills. It just seems fairer.

Ridiculous I know...

Some of players spend some of their time collecting boxes/pallying and killing AI, some players purely hunt other players, and some players do a bit of everything. Why would you want to force everyone to play a single way? If you are having trouble hunting some elusive boxers, then maybe you should brush up on your pvp skills, or just get a tartarus.

If DO ever nerfs boxes, I might quit forever.