The only ones who could afford dampeners are protos, if you're adv/std gallente like me, you need every low slot you can get if you want to survive. Asking me to lose 2 of my only 3 low slots just to bypass a cheap 1 second 360 scan is ******** and pretty embarassing to call that a part of FPS gameplay. It hurts new players more than it does for those who already run proto assault or proto logi.

As far as other games having a scan function, most of them are pretty limited. Battlefield's 3d spotting (similar to the one we have) is only for LOS (line of sight) and have a limited number of uses before it gets locked into cooldown. You cant spot people from 200 meters while hiding in some remote corner of the map hiding behind a giant mountain. Thats not to say how EVERYONE has it built into their UI and theres several countermeasures like a smoke grenade at your feet. CoD also has a scan system but is limited to your radar. Blacklight Retribution has a HRV vision which is basically thermal goggles that can see where everyone in the entire map is but is limited in that they dont stay spotted on screen and that you have literally only a few seconds to get all the information you need before it shuts itself off. Counter strike and team fortressdont have anything like that because valve actually appreciates the skill of using your damn eyes and calling out enemy positions. The rest of the mainstream games are mostly radar and LOS based.

Point being, DUST's active scanning system is retardedly easy to use that most people can just sit on the outskirts of the map hiding behind a wall lolspinning with one hand and spotting literally everyone in the whole map including any pursuers. Its braindead easy and destroys many fundamentals of an FPS game. The OP already demonstrated why its bad for this game in that he rather rely on his scanner than with his own damn eyes.

And lol you played gotham city impostors, I almost felt bad for you.