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I like the idea of a cloaking device that only stops, for example active.
Its abilities would prevent the maximum level of sensors of all types except 1, it is always a vulnerable to one type of sensor.
Wha?
Do you want cloaks that block only 1 sensor, or
do you want cloaks that can be seen by only one sensor?
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Say we have 5 tech area threads, one for each sensor/cloak, and have 15 levels in each. Also, any cloak area will give you a general, all-encompassing cloak three levels less:
Then, there will be:
15*5 single-sensor-method cloaks
12*5 all-method cloaks (see note)
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75 single
60 300 omni-cloaks
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135 cloak components
but only
15*5 = 75 sensor components
for a total of (135+75 - 6*5(cloak) + 60 (sensor)= 210 - 30 +60 = 240) more components in the file.
I could write a program to generate those components on the weekend.
Also, mines will have to have their cloaking boosted to 6,11,16 for higher tech mines, so they're still hard to detect, (and lvl 3 mines are impossible).
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Note: # of omni-cloaks is 12*5 because:
we have 12 levels. Multiply by 5, since each cloak area must give the cloak independently.
[This message has been edited by suicide_junkie (edited 29 March 2001).]