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Koan Zalinto
Bobbit's Hangmen
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Posted - 2013.10.18 02:03:00 -
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Hello to the dust community. First of all let me give you the role I had intended my scout to take. I intended to be the stealthy person armed with only the pistol and some electronics that operated behind enemy lines and wreaked havoc with their installations by either hacking them or destroying them with Remote charges. Lately that has changed into Scrambler pistol heavy kills aiming to headshot and hack anything and everything I come across including but not limited to enemy LAV's, installations, some guys ipod I stole off his body before he disintegrated etc. My questions would be this. Without building into proto suits and sticking with my advanced level suits ( And preferably still using my valor scout blueprint cause its very cost effective) Is it possible to push some more havoc out of this humble build. Currently I have these specs on my primary suit.
Valor scout Infiltrator:
Klo scrambler pistol
Enhanced sidearm damage mod
enhanced ferroscale plates
enhanced profile dampener
(not sure if Im running these on this suit cause of the pg cpu requirments ) Remote explosives.
Total cost: 10.5k isk
I have access to Advanced level equipment for all things listed with the exception of the pistol in hich I have access to all pistols and profiency 2 for them. I also have access to mass driver operation 1 and systems hacking 3, drop uplinks 1 and active scanners 1 or 2. Best suits I have access to are Gallente scout Advanced suits for level 3
All constructive criticism welcome. |
Koan Zalinto
Bobbit's Hangmen
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Posted - 2013.10.18 21:50:00 -
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Shotty GoBang wrote:
Shotty GoBang
I think I've actually shot you before. In the back of the head before running away from a heavy screaming for my life while my squadmates were too busy doubled over laughing to shoot the bastard.
Anyway, thank you for the detailed post. I have profile dampening at three currently, and gallente scouts at three as well. Im saving up 1.9 mill sp ( q.q ) for either pistol prof 5 or the scout suit 5. Which do you feel I should prioritize on these? I have too many questions to list them out in a more detailed post but thank you for the response. Ive actually asked to be registered to the scout registry already but got no response. Not yet anyway.
As far as scouts go though, I made a minor survivability improvement by swapping from the ferroscale to the normal enhanced armor plates. I don't necessarily like the speed reduction but the speed doesn't seem to matter when the combat suits can keep up with me :/
~Heres to playing the game on hardmode
Ivy Zalinto
The little scout who ran |
Koan Zalinto
Bobbit's Hangmen
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Posted - 2013.10.18 22:27:00 -
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Ok so saving for the suit level. Anyway if i know one thing its this. I have always been the scout in every shooter game I've played. I just like being sneaky I think. Either way I wont be stopping any time soon. The game shows too much potential to just stop playing, though I do take breaks on occasion for other things ( Like the battlefield 4 beta which I played for all of two days x.x )
Anyway, Next question. Where to go from there. I know I want pistol prof 5, possibly ammo cap 5, don't need the speed reload however. Any time that I need to reload, either the targets are dead or the mass driver is out trying to defend against alot more firepower and disengaging from the area. I noticed you didnt recommend profile dampening 5, Is that because of the proto scanner that it isnt worth the sp cost?
Next what about hacking? Is it worth it taking it to 5? I currently have that at 3 as well. |
Koan Zalinto
Bobbit's Hangmen
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Posted - 2013.10.18 22:47:00 -
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Shotty GoBang wrote:[quote=Koan Zalinto]
5) Yep, but you likely have other core skills to work on first. Namely CPU/PG output.
I know the powergrid skill investment, but what is the cpu one...its the one im usually maxed in for my suits x.x |
Koan Zalinto
Bobbit's Hangmen
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Posted - 2013.10.19 00:21:00 -
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I think I know where Im going to go with my character now. Might as well go for broke on my kits and start playing like a real scout. My pistols are already efficient enough to make me a credible threat for a heavy unit advancing on me, so lets upgrade my defenses, and cpu/grid next. |
Koan Zalinto
Bobbit's Hangmen
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Posted - 2013.10.19 15:47:00 -
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Ever since I accidentally upgraded my scan range for my dropsuit, I havent been shot in the back while hacking. I watch that little radar when my face is pushed into the hacking point. Red blips mean i move and sweep the area again.
Pistols are lovely if there arent alot of shotty users. When there are shotfun scouts running around I tend to carry a mass driver and a lower version of my pistol. Ive upgraded my klo to the tt-7 assualt scp though, cause I still cant bring myself to use my carthums as much as I tend to die. That kit I just feel is too expensive currently. Its going to take me nine weeks of play, maxing my weekly sp cap however to get to the scout 5. x.x |
Koan Zalinto
Bobbit's Hangmen
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Posted - 2013.10.20 17:04:00 -
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Fist Groinpunch wrote:This sounds like a very frustrating build.
I'm not sure why you're trying to reinvent the wheel and go out of your way to not use the shotgun. If stealth is your thing you'd benefit the most from a one hit KO weapon, which is the shotgun.
At first it was extremely frustrating to try and play pistols only. This ill agree with. However lately, Ive gotten so much better with my pistols that it has been very rewarding. Assualt pistols, breach, and for a few matches the burst. I love the burst but its ammo is really lacking when you consider how many rounds it puts down range.
As for why I don't use the shotgun...Range issues. Its the same as my knives. If I get caught out in the open with them, Im dead. The pistol, I can take that lumbering heavy coming at me at range with a little cover and taking time to place my shots decently 9 times out of 10 anyway. Well unless its a burst hmg...hate those things x.x Hate them so much. If they have backup, i just disengage and play guerrilla warfare with them.
Ammo isn't really an issue for me because I have a very good sense of situation awareness. I check my ammo after every engagement and keep an eye on my squad. Yuki has my nano hive's if he is around, plus a rep tool. If he isn't around, secret mission to go capture someone's ammo dump is always a fun challenge which I have recently been up to.
In short yes I did die alot. But that has gone from 15 times a match to fewer than 10 every match. With the suit being around 12 k, since I upgraded my pistol to advanced level Ive gotten more effective at taking down people I need to and getting my sniper (Freja Heavyshot from bobbit's hangmen) to put the harder targets down or drop their shields for me.
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