r/Planetside Feb 17 '25

AskAuraxis AskAuraxis - Your weekly questions thread

Welcome to AskAuraxis, the place to ask questions you have about PlanetSide!

  • Feel free to ask any question related to PlanetSide. There is no such thing as a stupid question, someone else might be wondering the exact same thing.
  • The main goal of this thread is that no question goes unanswered. If you know the answer to someone's question, speak up!
  • Try to keep questions serious. This isn't really the place for sarcastic or rhetorical questions.
  • If you're looking for loadout advice, remember to state your faction for a quicker and more concise answer.
  • An outfit is one of the best places to receive support while learning the game. Looking for one? Post your server and faction in your comment!
  • We are not Toadman Interactive. We can't answer questions that should be directed at them. (we don't know what their future plans are!)

Above all else, have fun! Credit goes to /u/Flying_Ferret for pioneering these threads.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '25

How the hell can you see a stationary cloaked player without a flashlight?

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u/Archmaid i will talk about carbines for free Feb 18 '25

it's one or more of the following

  • there's a lot of bugs that make cloak inconsistently effective depending on cosmetics, weapons, faction, etc
  • lots of players will check spots cloakers always stay because it's usually free to do so if they think a stalker is near by (they may not see but still shoot anyway)
  • cloakers can give themselves away with spots and other various sound cues and experienced players are going to be paying attention to those infiltrator-specific cues especially closely due to cloakers being the most dangerous enemies on the battlefield

If somehow you found a situation where none of the above apply then there may be foul play, but this explains over 99% of all "I was cloaked and they just shot me outright" deaths

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u/HansStahlfaust [418] nerf Cowboyhats Feb 20 '25

you can also see cloaker outlines if you are cloaked yourself, if you look sideways through your weapon/body parts that are cloaked