This could actually create a new piece of equipment. I propose this idea to anyone who has an issue with the scout ninja hack idea, a deployable scanner. Think of it kind of like a Nanohive, just drop it down and it scans in a circular area that can be enlarged as you train into the skill.

Thoughts?

I think the best solution is to remove the blinking objective icon while a scout hacks, and then have the warning go off as usual when the hack is done. That gives the scout the ability to do ninja hacks and then escape/hide/set traps, but still allows the enemy the chance to counterhack.

Or it could be tied to the hacking skill, with each level delaying the blinking for a fifth of what a continuous, uninterrupted hack would be for the scout.

I'd like to see the scan precision of installations weakened. there comes a point especially with logi spam that uplinks and CRUs can be used as radar stations which I'm not a fan of. I'd like to be able to push my profile below their sensors.

beyond that a hack delay would be awesome but I question the role of a scout as a ninja hacker.

should one person be able to hold an objective?
IMO: no.
should a light barebones suit be the best at hacking?
IMO: no.
should an infantry support role(logi) be best at hacking?
IMO: yes, that or assault.
should a light barebones suit be able to pass by enemies undetected?
IMO: yes.
should a light weight suit be substantially faster than others?
IMO: yes.
should a ghosted suit be able to deploy uplinks behind enemy lines?
IMO yes, yes, yes, this is where I would add a bonus to scouts, at least to me the scout is an infiltrator, a specialist in stealth and insertion, not necessarily hacking.

Maybe they get special hacking abilities to disable installations?

Hack from a distance?

This could be a cool branch off systems hacking, five meters per level or something

I think that everyone can agree that scouts have it rough an need a job an a ability that's only for them to do their job.

I purpose that when scouts hack anything that their is no warning at the top of the enemy screen.
This will result in a stealth job for scouts, something that could really change the game in a good way.

As a result scouts can actually sneak a objective unnoticed, escape a objective without anyone knowing your there unless they scan, it could change pc for the better an quite possibly prevent redlining to a serious extent, in other words it will make us scouts.

I just don't know if it should have prerequisite s like systems hackin or any scout suits or only once you reach proto?
But in his futuristic realistic game, a scout should be able to jam a warning signal or we would have these useless " not really scouts " lol we have those already.

So yea or nae?

I say make your own playstyle. be the scout you want to be. btw this is coming from a logi who destroyed his sp tree and couldnt hit the broadside of a barn with a mass driver.

I'd like to see the scan precision of installations weakened. there comes a point especially with logi spam that uplinks and CRUs can be used as radar stations which I'm not a fan of. I'd like to be able to push my profile below their sensors.

beyond that a hack delay would be awesome but I question the role of a scout as a ninja hacker.

should one person be able to hold an objective?
IMO: no.

i think that scout proto suit should have a passive cloaking as an ability, not as a module, the delayed warning sounds awesome, or perhaps no warning while being hacked but the normal warning when it is hacked, i really think that hacking, EWAR and silently assassinations are what scouts should do.

I want exclusive equipment only available to Scouts.

We could have an item that takes one second to attach to a hack panel, once its attached, it begins to hack the objective automatically (At a slower rate), so the Scout can attack and hack at the same time.

WELL TOO BAD!!! My remote explosives lets me hold 2 objectives at one time effectively!!!


This would be awesome. It would prevent assaults and logistics from abusing the cloaking. It should be a system where like yo have to activate the cloaking somehow though. Haven't though about a way yet.

i think that scout proto suit should have a passive cloaking as an ability, not as a module, the delayed warning sounds awesome, or perhaps no warning while being hacked but the normal warning when it is hacked, i really think that hacking, EWAR and silently assassinations are what scouts should do.