As a scout, hell no! Why does a logi get to be logi + slayer + tank and scout has to be a spotting b!tch for that logi? No. Give scouts vision of all squad member rather than giving the squad intel on what scout is seeing, then I'll call it fair.

Scouts are at a huge disadvantage in every way except for stealth/speed. Adding incentive for squad mates to sabotage the scout while they try to perform in the only way they can would be a horrible idea. Imagine if scouts could sabotage assault characters by siphoning off their ammo or something like that. We wouldn't be calling assault characters greedy for resisting this change.

Also, of course people pick the suit for an alternative combat setup. Are you actually implying that is wrong? May as well criticize any logi that that takes advantage of their own equipment or runs as assault. Or heavies that snipe. Scouts are not rewarded for helping their team. Logis get thousands of WP for reviving, restocking, healing, etc. Assault characters get the most kills. Heavies are well equipped to storm objectives. Nothing about playing the "scout role" yields the player any bonus WP or advantage other than the small stealth advantage helping them sneak around. If anything squad vision would be like running a scanner pre-1.6 but without the advantage of being able to kill the enemies you scan yourself like a logi/assault suit can.

Scouts are at a huge disadvantage in every way except for stealth/speed. Adding incentive for squad mates to sabotage the scout while they try to perform in the only way they can would be a horrible idea. Imagine if scouts could sabotage assault characters by siphoning off their ammo or something like that. We wouldn't be calling assault characters greedy for resisting this change.

This, of course, begs the following questions:

1. What completely selfless, team-helping role are you fulfilling on the battle field?
2. Why is that choice superior to scout suits wanting to do more interesting things than skulking around telling all the big boys where the meanies are?
3. Why are you surprised that people are pursuing combat roles in a combat game?

1. In skirmish I'm assuming you do a lot of hacking for the team? Something that helps the team though no doubt. The fact that running from point to point hacking gives you 1,000-2,000 WP per match doesn't mean anything to you. I'd say you're closer to 1/3 and only if you really just run scanners as a scout. Otherwise you're not doing much anyone can't do themselves in ambush.
2. How? Explain that. Because profile dampening helps you sneak up on people or snipe and the melee bonus helps you assassinate. If you mean the scan radius bonus on the GalScout then you must be joking. How often do you scan someone within the smallest circle on the radar that a teammate can't also see? Scanners are very costly and scouts have very low CPU/PG so I really don't see why you think the role you're referring to was even considered when designing the Scout suit.
3. I refer you to bullet point 2 for the intended role counterargument. Entitlement? Are you kidding? Everyone has the same level of entitlement in this game to do whatever they want to with whatever suit they want to. Scout suit users that never touch a scanner have no one to answer to just like logi users that never run reppers/needles.

Point 2: Ok. Then, as an assault, you're only allowed to kill people and blow stuff up. No healing, reviving, hacking or anything else that isn't a display of direct aggression towards the enemy. Likewise, as a logi, you're only allowed to distribute equipment and ferry people around. Ie. perform logistics. Strictly no killing.

Yes, why? Have I misrepresented your arguments?

Also, have you heard of evasiveness? You still haven't answered my question about who decided that the scout has one exact role to fulfill; a role that strangely coincides with what you think a scout should do.

1. How does any argument I make assume that? The only assumption in that post is an open one about your tactics in skirmish. The only reference to scouts in that bullet was that they don't identify enemies any better than any other class unless they use an active scanner. I'm starting to think you're just trolling me with your logic.
2. Now i'm positive you're trolling me. I revert back to my "chef" suit argument for this. The name of the suit means nothing if the makers did not give it "scout-like" attributes. By your logic if they renamed the heavy suit "scout" then people using them as they are now would be wrong to do so because it wasn't "intended" to be used that way.
3. Yes they do. Hahaha. If I run a heavy suit, I can use it however I want. Everyone has that right. If you can fit it, you can use it. Heavies not having equipment slots does not limit people to how they can run the suit. It doesn't mean they can't be a support character if that's what the user wants to do. It doesn't mean they can't be a scout if that's what they want it to. The reason people don't is because they have poor scout attributes. The irony here is that you refuse to believe that scout suits have bad scout attributes because they have "scout" in the name while completely ignoring the reality of the suit itself. It's also funny that you're the one in favor of tailoring the suit to your vision of the intended role. I'm not trying to get any changes done to the suit, as you can see I'm oppose to the change.

2. Straw-man argument.