I like it, but agree with Krom.

Maybe a 2-3 second delay.

Nay
However I will bring up an idea I was kicking around, different base hacking speeds for each suit with scouts being faster hackers than assaults and heavies but slower than logistics guys

Nay
However I will bring up an idea I was kicking around, different base hacking speeds for each suit with scouts being faster hackers than assaults and heavies but slower than logistics guys

Nay
However I will bring up an idea I was kicking around, different base hacking speeds for each suit with scouts being faster hackers than assaults and heavies but slower than logistics guys

Armor impedes ability of software hacking skills?

(...)create areas on the map only a scout can fit through like air ducts or whatever

@Slag - Its just idea to give them more purpose and diversify the game a bit, something else Ive been thinking of is create areas on the map only a scout can fit through like air ducts or whatever

@Cosgar - I know, just tossing around ideas to add flavor to the game

@ OZAROW - Yeah, the scout also moves faster, has more stamina, and still beats the other two suits making it better for the quick get in get out installation grabber and early rapid objective grabber while the logi would be tuned towards grabbing them while things are hot
And the AR has absolutely nothing at all to do with this discussion on scout bonuses, never mind that a scrambler rifle can kill you with a single shot from farther away but oh well, some people just like to QQ about what kills them

QQ really lol that's the best dis you have?
Look shotguns work like a light switch an so do knives, rifles are always the same, at least a delayed notice or no notice would prevent people from purposely spawning to kill one guy with 300 HP , sounds like your scared of losing your upper hand

I like it, but agree with Krom.

Maybe a 2-3 second delay.

Except right now that ten seconds it takes to hack something is also the ten seconds needed to spawn in and here I am saying hey lets reduce that time therefor shortening the window if vulnerability but here you are saying "Guys Im scared, I need everything I do to be invisible so the mean man doesnt hurt me"
Nut up and stop being a *****, masking whats going on to every player on the opposing side just because you are scared one will spawn in and kill you is game breaking

I say yea, but once the hack is complete and the objective is in the process of changing hands it should still send out an alert.

I say yea, but once the hack is complete and the objective is in the process of changing hands it should still send out an alert.

Off note this has been one of the better post so far. Everyone is actually working off each others ideas and not trolling one another.

+1 Maturity

(...)create areas on the map only a scout can fit through like air ducts or whatever

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.