Cloak
Advantages
This augmentation is great for avoiding enemy snipers and for avoiding enemies at a distance. When active, it is much safer to cross open spaces. When you wish to use the cloak to attack someone, the general strategy is to either maneuver around behind them, or wait for them to turn their back on you. When they do so, draw a weapon and fire at them. After you do this, it is often a good idea to put your weapon away, cloak again, and move. If you don't do this, then your opponent will most likely return fire. And since your opponent was not cloaked, he or she probably has a combat enhancing augmentation. Finally, the cloak prevents the GEP gun from locking onto you, and will break a lock if turned on after the lock is acquired.
Disadvantages
It has a fairly high power drain, so you have to manage your energy carefully while using it. It doesn't mask your footsteps, so people can often tell when you are nearby. Finally, while it is active, you have no weapon out. If someone with the vision augmentation spots you while cloaked, you are at a disadvantage, as your opponent is armed and you are not.
Opposing
The vision augmentation is the most useful anti-cloak power. At short to medium ranges, it will display cloaked enemies. Since these enemies are cloaked, they do not have weapons out, and are at a disadvantage if you choose to attack them. If you do not have the vision augmentation, be alert for footsteps. If you hear them, but don't see an opponent, you can try spraying the area with the flamethrower. If you hit someone, he or she will catch on fire and be easy to track. A WP rocket fills a similar role at longer ranges, if you suspect a cloaked person to be in a particular sniper spot. If you have a weapon equipped, and target a cloaked enemy, you will get white targeting crosshairs. You get the same crosshairs if you look at objects in the world, such as crates and doors, but if you get them when not looking at an object, then you may very well be targeting a cloaked enemy. Many cloaked players think of themselves as undetectable, so a shot at them while they are cloaked will often catch them by surprise.
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