LOL you're already doing it wrong. What the heck is a scout doing in a gunfight? That isn't its role on the battlefield. That's why scouts have low HP because they are...scouts. Scouts are deployed with the minimal for their own effectiveness.

A good scout lurks in the shadows and never go head on in confrontation. If you want that, you should be playing as an Assault player.

I have some scout experiece, despite never speccing into it. I ran with a dragonfly scout and toxin half the time during Chrome, now I run with it half the time with a Dren shotgun. I find it very effective, and I run it completely with BPOs. With two stamina mods I can be in and out of where I need to be before anyone can retaliate. I usually avoid fights, but when the opportunity arises or it becomes a necessity I can hold my own. I can run circles around almost every suit. Yes I have low EHP, I have no mods other than the passive suit bonuses. I also have 0 SP in both the shogun and Gal Scout.

I usually only die when I don't get the jump on people, and using passive scanning and my speed effectively I can survive a 1v1 and I almost always go positive in a match. The only times I don't are when I intentialy make suicide runs to disprupt lightly guarded enemy positions in hopes to either take a letter at least pull attention and resources away from the rest of the battlefield.

Now I know this is one "playstyle" and not everyone wants play that way. So I ask what "playstyle" do you want the scout suit to run? Because most of the whiners want it to be a faster assault, so why won't they just run assault, add some catalyzers and stamina boosters? It's like choosing a heavy because you want more EHP and then complaining that it's too slow and doesn't have enough equipment slots. The scout is great if you know what you are doing and play it to its strengths.

There is more to stealth than cloaking.

Note: If this thread is about the scout being the "most useless" than someone would have to take that spot, but I'd say it's far from useless.

As a mainly solo player, I like the scout suits a lot. The low scan profile makes a huge difference when I'm sneaking in to fast hack an objective. It was tough at first, but I made sure to put my sp where I wanted it, and I can hold my own pretty well in a pub match - I'm not real helpful to a disorganized squad, but if my other five know what they're doing, you'll be damn glad to see those charged nova knives over the shoulder of the heavy holding you off with an HMG, or when their nanohive suddenly goes up in smoke! Sneaky and ruthless is the ****...