Bring back Infiltrators showing up on IRNV

In my opinion Infiltrators have gotten overpowered now with all the new weapons at their disposal. There needs to be a counterbalance to them walking in and shooting you in the back then restealthing. Once upon a time, you could see their silhouette with IRNV scopes. This needs to come back to help when you know that a Infiltrator is there, be can’t do anything but shot around blindly, hoping to hit something.

Just stick your settings on low. Can't miss 'em.

They used to show up easily for me on low.(Not anymore tho)

So you want an indirect nerf for the least played class in the game? A class that even when it gets the drop on someone has a good chance of dying? Interesting.

They still show up for me on low. Not at a distance though. But close up, when it really matters, they show up.

No. The counterbalance is listening for their loud cloak sound.

Wait, Why do you need to see them on IRNV when I can see them with the cloak on

If an Infil gets the drop on you with a SMG, you're dead. The only chance is one of the godly pump shotguns of incredible doom, but they suck in any other situations.

Actually I think the medic is now the least played class. Infiltrator is tied with light assault.

This might come as a surprise, but any class can sneak up and shoot you in the back.

But not nearly completely invisible. I think they should appear on IRNV scopes. Due to the limited range, they are only good for distances up to ~50-70 meters. I can't see the problem here. It would only expose infiltrators that are in CQC range.

No.

Sounds good

1-Stop tunnelvision and spot those lol infiltrator before they get close
2-Mistake happen. Get medical kit and laugh and you can tank the damage.

If that still doesn't work, you are simply bad and should feel bad.

I don't think tunnel vision is the reason why I can't see things behind my back. And med kits are worthless when people are actually shooting at you. And I need my C4 to blow up Vanguards.

I don't think we should go back to the days of the NV scope completely negating the infiltrator cloaking ability. It is now allowing the infiltrator to perform its anti-infantry role. I do think they should not be completely invisible on the NV as they are now. Seems like a small change is needed to the NV optic.

Infiltrator get in your back because you aren't watching around you aka tunnelvision.

I almost feel sorry for you for not knowing how to use things in a more interesting way. You have tools and you simply refuse to use them.

Agree with Jakko. Using the IRNV is a tradeoff. For an increase in effectiveness against all other classes ( and your own team ), I take a substantial decrease in effectiveness against one class. That's fair. And I say this as a primarily infantry player who almost exclusively uses the IRNV. These days, half my deaths are probably due to SMG infiltrators and shotguns.

That said, I don't think infiltrators should be completely invisible on IRNV. I think a good compromise would be for motionless infiltrators to still be entirely invisible, but for moving infiltrators to periodically, kinda ping into view on IRNV. Kinda just a hazy shadow that you can catch a glimpse of. The more the infiltrator moves, the more frequently they ping. Just frequently enough for you to get a idea of heading, and if you're good, to formulate an educated guess firing solution while scoped.

But the pinging should not be frequent enough to replace your eyeball mk.2s ( spot checking will still be your primary defense ).

Even as a tanker who uses IRNV and used to enjoy killing cloaked Infiltrators with IRNV: No. It isn't fair to them. They pose essentially no threat to tanks and should not be visible through IRNV Optics.

My main gripe with this is that I can't ADS while there's one walking just outside hipfire range.