isnt cloaking device overcosted at 5pts?

its seeing minimal play and does not seem worth the points.

Palob + lando crew + cloaking device would be pretty interesting but the points make it rather expensive.

thoughts?

Cloak has an extremely powerful effect. I think it would be dangerous to make it any cheaper, especially since its mostly locked to a single faction.

A little, but largely because the second charge is mostly irrelevant.

3 hours ago, Da_Brown_Bomber said:

isnt cloaking device overcosted at 5pts?

its seeing minimal play and does not seem worth the points.

Palob + lando crew + cloaking device would be pretty interesting but the points make it rather expensive.

thoughts?

I think it could stand to be dropped to 4 points, but probably not more than that. I think the real reason you don’t see Cloaking Device more is that Rigged Cargo Chute and Contraband Cybernetics are usually better choices and sit at 4 and 5 points, respectively.

Well it isn't that cloaking device is overcosted, it is that cloaking is underwhelming.

I sort of wish that they included a cloak move in the system phase for ships that remain cloaked. Right now the "best" way to use cloak is to constantly cloak and decloak. If you remain cloaked, you are just flying as normal with no firepower and +2 agility. IMHO if they included a lesser decloak action say with the 1 template in the system phase, it would make remaining cloaked better.