McBob, what you just said is genius, and one of the most intelligent things I've heard on the forums in awhile. Spread this idea whenever you can. We need it.

Have they added WP for active scanning yet, or is that coming in next patch?

If they add it I might honestly go full scout and do nothing but scan and stab unaware mercs on the fringes of battle. I think I've got enough SP to even get into max-tier scanners.

I still think scouts should get an extra equipment slot to let them act as sort of a medic, or any other use a stealthy unit can find for an extra equipment slot.

I'd also like to see a new light frame spec too. Maybe a skirmisher that trades it's equipment slot and/or sidearm for a bunch more health?

I still think scouts should get an extra equipment slot to let them act as sort of a medic, or any other use a stealthy unit can find for an extra equipment slot.

I'd also like to see a new light frame spec too. Maybe a skirmisher that trades it's equipment slot and/or sidearm for a bunch more health?

Still SoonGäó

I've said it a thousand times, but..
Fun fact: I wrote the original scanning WP thread, or at least the first one the devs acknowledged in their thread about what they're interested in.

Knives
To put it simply, all medium frames can backpedal to avoid my knives. This is ignoring the terrible framerate/lag in CQC that causes myself and my opponent to teleport around.

The idea where we give LAVs customizable horns?

I want my LAV horn to be the INCEPTION HORN!


FYI- CQC with knives is hard, but it's more than viable. A couple of tips:

- Do not panic. You want to stay in control of your bearings (which is hard given the narrow FOV we have to contend with).

-You want to make your prey panic. You want to strafe and get them firing off target. You will take a few hits to be sure. But you want them to start spraying and wasting their ammo. know your enemies armaments. how much ammo they have. how many hits you can take from that weapon. etc.

- If you can make them deplete their stamina and ammo, even their sidearm ammo, before you really start going in at them. wqtch out for melee counter attacks.

- You can only slash 4 times and then you'll get a false swing. Make sure to pace yourself, and do no more than 3 slashes and then take a second. Go for 4 if it's close, but then realize you can't slash for a second. That sounds like something you wouldn't worry about, but once you are in a hard core fight, that last choke swing can get you killed.

- try to corral your prey into a corner or against a wall/object. They have no idea what is around them as they back pedal, and they will typically backpedal directly away from you. swing towards their flank to get them to backpedal into something solid. you can surprisingly begin to "steer" your prey like this. and once they are hung up on a wall.. well :D go to town

- leaping can be your friend. The trick is to leap at a severe angle at a sprint so you don't go high up, but far forward. While you are doing this, you can charge your knives. You can always charge your knives while in the air, FYI. If you time it right, you can land near them with a charged hit ready to fly. OHK nearly every time. Only the heaviest of heavies can survive it with nary a g string of armor left. EDIT: Try to land where you think they will be when you release the charged hit. it's almost like leading a sniper shot.

- if you are being hunted... try to run and lure them into a funnel point where you are waiting with your knives charging. if they aren't smart enough, they will walk right into a hit. watch out for nades tho!

- try to slash people from their side.. strafe past them and slash where they will be as you pass. it's sneaky and people don't even know it is coming. EDIT: This is the best way to kill someone who is unaware of you and sprinting away. Let them keep running until they have no stamina left. usually they will slow to a walk and then try to run with the little stamina that regenerates.. so it can get rocky timing this.. but you want to out run them, keep sprinting until you are right on them and then out walk them and have the knives charging so you release as you pass. It should kill them outright,

You'll die a lot no matter what, but it's fun fun satisfying kills :) practice, and make sure to always think on your feet!

happy hunting!

if you're going to use a sniper rifle, pick something useful for your sidearm. Like an SMG, not a damn nova knife. lol.

Nova knife is the only option. Scouts die too quickly to be able to kill anyone with a non-OHK weapon. My weapon choice was completely for killing people before they can take a shot at me.

Try the TY-5 Breach Scrambler pistol, headshots kill everyone except heavies and some PRO-users. I've been using it on my Scout also with a sniper rifle and uplinks and it works fantabulously.

Also, Scouts should have 2 equipment slots.

I would love another scout specialization that traded a sidearm and a equipment slot for more HP.

Also, Scouts should have 2 equipment slots.

Dude! No one here remembers Type IIs? The hell!

Type II:
No Sidearm
2 Equipment Slots
More HP
Slightly Slower

Try the TY-5 Breach Scrambler pistol, headshots kill everyone except heavies and some PRO-users. I've been using it on my Scout also with a sniper rifle and uplinks and it works fantabulously.

Also, Scouts should have 2 equipment slots.