Here's the thing...

When some scouts mention their HPs, I laugh. I look at like this, a sniper and his spotter are deployed on the battlefield in a undisclosed location. They are the most vulnerable but yet the most deadly. They can demoralize the enemy for they can take out key personnel without their location spotted. Hiding in shadows, they create hysteria while providing significant intel to their allies. Scouts are to play the background, never the forefront.

Their effectiveness comes in that they are able to move at incredible speeds. Their defense is that shotty which protects them from hair raising situations.

Yes, everybody can use a scanner. But not everybody can traverse the battlefield as well as scouts.

It just seems like some scouts are trying to make the scout into something akin to a Assault/Scout class. That goes against the format of the scout. The scout is weak in general, but his power comes from lurking in shadows, communicating intel, preventing hacks, sneak and kill maneuvers and his low visibility on radar.

I don't know, I ran across some scouts that do that perfectly. I'm hacking and they drop me quickly. If I see one, they know to run for the hills for they are not equipped to take on any other classes dead on. He's looking to find cover and return to its obscurity. A scout's movements should be outside the battlefield while when it infiltrates, it shouldn't be anywhere near the reds. That's a death warrant.

So when I hear scouts complain about the roles, I often hear HP arguments, what other classes can do and such. You are defeating the purpose of the scout by your playstyle. If you wanted more HP, then you would be heavier, thus making you slower. Why else do Scout suits look like a little kid can fit into the dropsuit? You sacrifice HP for speed.

Target practice.