Well, you must have missed EvE: Vegas because Falcon (I think it was him) showed that they will come, but far off in the future.
So, what makes you so sure about thinking that local would not be changed? 
Related to this:
cptbooniecrab: @CCP_Rise is there a patch planned for fixing cloaky campers like maybe a new probe type to scan them down or a timer on how long you can be cloak its one of the few things in the game that there is no counter to
CCP_Rise: @cptbooniecrab cloaky campers is always a tough question – I think when the structure team gets to working on observatories and other intel focused structures we will reevalute cloaky camping and see if we want to make changes, which means sometime early next year I guess
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