lol. I think what it needs a small change in mechanics. It takes a while to run a scan - 2 sec or so. If something gets a jump on you while you are scanning, which is not that uncommon, you are caught with your pants down as you cant insta switch to your weapon. I see that this is an inherent weakness and that some ppl like it that way. What I would prefer as a scout at least is to be able to cancel my scan and ista switch to a weapon. Or make the duration of targers on HUD longer - right now it's 5 sec - if it changed to 7-10 sec it would make it more useful.

I see "SCAN ATTEMPT PREVENTED" i don't know what you're talking about.

From what I've understood, if you have your passive dampening skill maxed out, it will defeat a basic scanner. Dampening modules plus skills into dampening will defeat higher level scanners.

EDIT: You don't wanna do anything else in Dust without support around, don't scan without support around. I don't scan, but having a scanner in your squad is invaluable now a days. It helps to find enemy troops, and that's important and all, but it helps to find those pesky hidden Drop Uplinks as well, which is huge in these post 1.4 matches.

From what I've understood, if you have your passive dampening skill maxed out, it will defeat a basic scanner. Dampening modules plus skills into dampening will defeat higher level scanners.

EDIT: You don't wanna do anything else in Dust without support around, don't scan without support around. I don't scan, but having a scanner in your squad is invaluable now a days. It helps to find enemy troops, and that's important and all, but it helps to find those pesky hidden Drop Uplinks as well, which is huge in these post 1.4 matches.

True but the most accurate scanner, is unavoidable it has a rating of 12db!!

TBH needs to be nerfed to the point that skilling up the skill matters as well as skilling up the sensor masking skill matters.