[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by vanjast

Agreed, but if they lose you they do not have a reference position from which to start a search pattern... a BOLD gives them that reference, making it easier to find you again.

This seems to modeled in the game (or the AI follows a similar pattern). I used a BOLD before and had the buggers all over me, so I decided not to use it and found I escaped easier.

Precisely