Talk:Stealth Device/@comment-24.99.159.199-20170601214706/@comment-454133-20170601220332

Because Stealth Device and Cloaking Device work completely differently. One is not simply an upgrade of the other.

Stealth Device is a lasting +1 agility that evaporates as soon as you're hit. On an especially evasive ship, it can last a long time and help you shed a good amount of damage. Otherwise it tends to be short-lived.

Cloaking Device actually cloaks you, meaning you cannot attack while you're enjoying the +2 agility. You have to decloak at the start of the activation round or you remain cloaked and unable to shoot. And you have to spend an action to activate the cloaking again. And you run the risk every round of your cloak failing and discarding itself, even if you're not being shot at.

Cloaking Device's advantages are -1 point cost, more agility while cloaked, and especially the repositioning that comes from leaving cloaking. Used well this can be very helpful, though it's not always easy to pull off. If you have the perfect position, but you're boxed in and can't move, then you will fail to decloak and won't get to attack this turn, among other challenges.

It's important to understand what both cards do before writing one off as obsolete.