No.

If anything needs to change, all LAV types need LESS HP, not MORE.

Scouts are "underpowered" only in comparison with other LAVs which are too strong.

I wouldn't mind a sensor drone active module for vehicles, with Scout LAVs getting a fitting bonus for them. But they definitely don't need more HP.

lol... 1 MLT swarm volly at a SLAV and it's dead

As it should be.

As it should be.

If you heavily shield-tank you SLAV, and the Militia Swarms are without any damage mods or damage-buffing skills on the shooter, then MAYBE you can survive.

As it stands, YOU MOVE FASTER THAN SWARM MISSILES, so yeah, if (and in good hands, that's a BIG "if") they hit you, you're going to die.

I GET IT NOW You're just a Cal assault with only MLT swarm launchers against enforcer tanks thinking "WHY CANT I SCRATCH THIS TANK!!! I NEED A DEAD TANK ON A SILVER PLATTER CCP NERF IT ALL SO I CAN KILL IT!!!" I just read exactly what you do.

I run a couple of AV builds, and I run tanks, and I have friends who run Logi LAVs and Dropships, as well as having an alt that I actually skilled into SLAVs.

At present, SLAVs are probably the only vehicle in the game that's balanced the way I think it should be in terms of HP. Other LAV models have way too much, HAVs and Dropships have slightly too little. That's not to say SLAVs wouldn't benefit from some scout-related modules that allow them to perform their role better - just like Scout suits need a buff.

And AV Grenades need a nerf too, because they aren't meant to function as a full-featured primary weapon with no AV-specific investment required to make them work (same skills apply to Locus Grenades).

Lol at the idea of SLAVs being "balanced" (which I look at as a whole vehicle description). I agree that the health is more acceptable for it's role than the LLAV (the std LAVs are fine, imo), "balance" is not how I would describe it because it implies that it has some way of making up or compensating this detriment.

Right now, there's no reason to use the SLAV over any other LAV, even militia. Really the only thing is has is slightly more acceleration, but that's it. Considering it has less health, lower PG/CPU and fewer slots, no to speed difference, no turret or module benefits, +300k SP minimum to use, and to top it all off costs 3x as much as std LAVs, it's probably the most unbalanced, underpowered vehicle in the game.

I added my opinion for fixes above. The reason I chose them is to make the LAV an actual scout-class vehicle. One that is very fast, very nimble, able to dish out punishment but can't take much back, forcing it to play more of a support role that front line fighting.

Lol at the idea of SLAVs being "balanced" (which I look at as a whole vehicle description). I agree that the health is more acceptable for it's role than the LLAV (the std LAVs are fine, imo), "balance" is not how I would describe it because it implies that it has some way of making up or compensating this detriment.

Right now, there's no reason to use the SLAV over any other LAV, even militia. Really the only thing is has is slightly more acceleration, but that's it. Considering it has less health, lower PG/CPU and fewer slots, no to speed difference, no turret or module benefits, +300k SP minimum to use, and to top it all off costs 3x as much as std LAVs, it's probably the most unbalanced, underpowered vehicle in the game.

I added my opinion for fixes above. The reason I chose them is to make the LAV an actual scout-class vehicle. One that is very fast, very nimble, able to dish out punishment but can't take much back, forcing it to play more of a support role that front line fighting.

As it should be.

If you heavily shield-tank you SLAV, and the Militia Swarms are without any damage mods or damage-buffing skills on the shooter, then MAYBE you can survive.

As it stands, YOU MOVE FASTER THAN SWARM MISSILES, so yeah, if (and in good hands, that's a BIG "if") they hit you, you're going to die.

LOL Take video of a LAV moving faster than swarms.

Just adding an active scanner or a scanning bonus would do wonders for these things. But small turrets are going to need a complete rework to make the turret tracking bonus worthwhile.

good god man **** that would be OP as ****, but to be fair you are losing some one to a lav they HAVE to baby sit so meh that works as long as it come with a speed and acceleration buff.

I would like to see that. Would be amazing. Would require a working afterburner, and all torque mods in the lows.