[Atrocities]

Spectarofdeath said:
Cloaking, yes, always get the first shot, no. If it's like that then all you'll have is another Birth of the Federation where a romulan fleet of warbirds can wipe out just about anything and everything in the first shot, without any losses. It will need some kind of balancing system, something that might let them shoot first, but only like 1/4 of their weapons, or the weapons are only at 1/4 of their true damage potential. This would give the ability to still recieve some kind of "surprise attack" but still allowing some kind of a chance for defending players. Seriously, who wants to get their fleet of 30 battleships wiped out without even firing one shot off? Sensors that can detect cloaked ships would also help, but if the option to fire on cloaked ships is given, it too should also be given a to hit penalty of some kind.

Cloak detection works to balance this out.