As some of you have noticed, the recent update hit Invisibility and Smokescreen with a massive nerf-- Stealth Multipliers now appear only very inconsistently. I don't have a clue whether it was intentional or not, but with all the recent ramble about "Invisibility OP" and such in the Feedback sections (despite that melee viability is not where the imbalance issues lie), it may very well have been.
So I tried testing out the Stealth multipliers in a couple of solo missions* (with both Invisibility and Smokescreen), and my results... diddly. Stealth multipliers seem to come on and off when Cloaked, and I have absolutely no clue what the trigger is. The only thing that appeared consistent was that stealth multipliers always activated on enemies that were hiding behind cover.
Does anybody know how to force stealth multipliers while cloaked these days?
*EDIT:
We're all plenty aware that hosting-related issues could prevent stealth multipliers since the beginning of time, but that's not what I'm talking about. I did most of my testing in solo mode, and the stealth multipliers were every bit as inconsistent as they were in a squad.
If you don't believe me, feel free to quickly hop into a Terminus mission or something and test it out yourself.
EDIT2:
Mystery solved, thanks to Shuuro. It appears to be physical contact with enemies that disables Stealth multipliers when cloaked (i.e. if your character's body is touching an enemy's while swinging, then they won't receive 4x damage from the swing).
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As some of you have noticed, the recent update hit Invisibility and Smokescreen with a massive nerf-- Stealth Multipliers now appear only very inconsistently. I don't have a clue whether it was intentional or not, but with all the recent ramble about "Invisibility OP" and such in the Feedback sections (despite that melee viability is not where the imbalance issues lie), it may very well have been.
So I tried testing out the Stealth multipliers in a couple of solo missions* (with both Invisibility and Smokescreen), and my results... diddly. Stealth multipliers seem to come on and off when Cloaked, and I have absolutely no clue what the trigger is. The only thing that appeared consistent was that stealth multipliers always activated on enemies that were hiding behind cover.
Does anybody know how to force stealth multipliers while cloaked these days?
*EDIT:
We're all plenty aware that hosting-related issues could prevent stealth multipliers since the beginning of time, but that's not what I'm talking about. I did most of my testing in solo mode, and the stealth multipliers were every bit as inconsistent as they were in a squad.
If you don't believe me, feel free to quickly hop into a Terminus mission or something and test it out yourself.
EDIT2:
Mystery solved, thanks to Shuuro. It appears to be physical contact with enemies that disables Stealth multipliers when cloaked (i.e. if your character's body is touching an enemy's while swinging, then they won't receive 4x damage from the swing).
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