Improvement: Cloaker Mobility: Hoverboards!

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How about we make it so cloakers can have an invisible surfboard to ride around on?

Beats the wraith by a mile in coolness factor, while not imbalancing the game any more than a wraith would. If some of the more powered-up ideas that follow were used, then it would be more powerful than a wraith. I don't know if people would like it or not.

And, you shoot the cloaker, you damage the cloaker. If, somehow you shoot the board, the board takes damage.

Board has a small jet on the back mounted in a tail, sort of like the L1011 TriStar, and only shows up if afterburner is being used.

Also, hover-glides over mines without tripping them if it is at a low enough speed, and there are no MAS's around. However, one bit of damage to the board or player, and instant mine-magnet. In fact, anything but crouching on the board and slowly slipping by makes it detectable. No weapon drawing while on it, in fact, no drawing of anything other than maybe binoculars. If you want to draw your pistol, you have to step off.

Surfboard can be stuck in the dirt like a board in the sand on Maui.

Cowabunga!

This would be way simpler to code than the ATV, I would think. Imagine the cool of being able to hop on your hoverboard and skate around the place, do jumps, tricks, flips, whatever.

Same function as a wraith, with a few things added for fun riding experience, without imbalancing anything with a super advantage.

Makes cloakers good at the thing they should be good at: recon.

Can travel on water, but leaves a gigantic wake visible from a very long distance. Think Unlimited Hydroplane rooster-tails.

Imagine the chase scenes, as you follow another cloaker at maximum speed, over hill, dale, forests, through CY's, wow.

Imagine how fun it would be to watch people run into your board jammed into the dirt. That alone would be fun to watch, especially with the PS2 DL on.