# What if cloaking required cap but you could cloak any time you want, even within close proximity of something

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**Created:** [December 16, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-if-cloaking-required-cap-but-you-could-cloak-any-time-you-want-even-within-close-proximity-of-something/45689 "2017-12-16T08:34:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wesfahrn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/wesfahrn/32/392292_2.png) [@Wesfahrn](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Wesfahrn)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-if-cloaking-required-cap-but-you-could-cloak-any-time-you-want-even-within-close-proximity-of-something/45689/1 "2017-12-16T08:34:36Z")

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Seems like this would solve AFK cloaking? Btw. why is cloaking a thing to begin with? How is it useful?

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