My (admittedly very armchair) understanding is the ping is a lot worse for the hunter than the target - the distance you can hear the ping is roughly 2x the dis

My (admittedly very armchair) understanding is the ping is a lot worse for the hunter than the target - the distance you can hear the ping is roughly 2x the distance* you'll get a useful return from it, so if the target is beyond that range you'll effectively lose all stealth and confer a huge advantage to the enemy. * this is complicated by thermal layers, geography, etc. but very approximately 2x is the figure I've heard.