The Cloaking Device does not feel like a stealth specialization anymore, it really sucks to use it in Ranked.

The Cloaking Device used to actually make light a stealthy class, but with how it has been balanced throughout each iteration of the game, the cloaking device doesn't feel like a stealth specialization anymore. Although it makes you difficult to see at longer ranges, if you move for even a millisecond, your silhouette becomes very easy to spot, and not to mention while you're moving, the cloak makes an extremely loud noise that can be heard up to 15m away.

Most fights typically happen at close to mid range, the ranges where lights cloak is very easy to see and hear. In these situations, the cloaking device becomes more of a detriment and makes you even easier to detect. This in my opinion is extremely backwards and the opposite of what the cloaking device's role was.

The way the cloaking device plays now is unorthodox and feels very out of place with what you would expect from it, and it lacks any meaningful utility against coordinated teams that understand the basics of light and cloak.

Cloak has been balanced around ranged weapons, because it absolutely sucks with melee weapons. 99% of lights that equip either the Sword or Dagger will use Evasive Dash. I feel that if cloak is this easy to see, it should have reduced or completely silent audio while moving. If you can shoot while cloaked, the existence of a decloak sound only serves to unnecessarily punish melee users.

I hope the cloaking device gets a major rework, it really sucks to play with.