[BUG?] New optical camo doesnt really do anything... | Forums

[N3ngrana]

Sorry for the delay, we do have word now:

"When equipped, the Optical Camo reduces the speed of detection, not the distance from which an enemy detects you."

Thanks for the info! Will we ever see an optical camo that works like the Los Extranjeros version? It seems for a suit that makes you almost invisible it doesnt really change the way the game can be played which I fell would add more replay value. With almost 450hrs in PvE thats kinda what im looking for. Something to change it up a bit, add fun, make the playground worth exploring for 500hrs more.

[N3ngrana]

Bump.

[LaMOi]

Thanks for the info! Will we ever see an optical camo that works like the Los Extranjeros version? It seems for a suit that makes you almost invisible it doesnt really change the way the game can be played which I fell would add more replay value. With almost 450hrs in PvE thats kinda what im looking for. Something to change it up a bit, add fun, make the playground worth exploring for 500hrs more.

Completely agree !!!

Honestly such a meagre boost to stealth — seriously what was the point of adding it.

Baffling...

It needs tweaking! Cmon Ubisoft.....

[LoneSpymaster]

In "real life", well the closest we have to it from Future Soldier PvP, players wearing optical camo were not that difficult to spot.

Because that’s the idea, from a presentation they say this:

Optical camouflage is a hypothetical type of active camouflage currently only in a very primitive stage of development. The idea is relatively straightforward: to create the illusion of invisibility

and that’s what it is.

The same idea goes to GRFS, for both PVE and PVP.
1. You can be seen by enemies is just harder to detect you which slows down their reaction time.
2. As enemies see you, you can also see Bodark operatives with optical camo, again they are just harder to see but you can see them.

On PVP is the same case, players with optical camo are harder to detect, if you are not expecting them then you are going to get killed. If they gave me one dollar for the amount of times enemy players past right at me while having optical camo, I could become Batman right now (of course the scout class wasn't the only one I used but I level up every single class to the max level so it gave me a lot of fun moments with the optical camo device)

All of this is more obvious when you play the first mission of the dlc, on which the ghosts can’t use their optical camo. Enemies reaction is increased a lot because you are not using optical camo. It is a huge difference in terms of gameplay.

The point is, on this game it doesn’t function properly, the enemy reaction time is the same as it always has been. The distance doesn’t matter as it is broken already, even without optical camo, enemies can’t see you, even if you are 30mts away and they are looking at your direction, just like it happens with the drone.

The description says, it gives a stealth boost I suppose they are talking about the player having more time to hide and react, which is always good but again, is just not working properly, it should work as it works on GRFS.
Now talking about the topic on hand, I’m going to mention a third bug or just lack of attention to the list:
1. Enemy reaction time is the same with and without optical camo
2. It doesn’t work for AI teammates
3. If you have optical camo active and you aim, your sights are visible, which is stupid because your gun is also affected by the optical camo, so your sights should not be visible. Just like it happens in GRFS.