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.

First of all, I suggest you change that complex to an advanced assuming you have lvl 5 dampening, that would still put you at -1 dB vs ADV scanners and save you some money and cpu while you're at it.
Second of all, that doesnt protect you against proto scanners, you still need 2x enhanced profile dampeners to get below 28 dB. My gallente std and adv suit (both logi and assault) only have 2-3 low slots to work with. That leaves me with either very little hp and insignificant regen, or average hp with no regen. Fun times being always visible to a team of protos or having the HP of a scout.
Its great you enjoy stealth gameplay, getting spotted from the other side of the map isnt my cup of tea.

the scanner is too binary and changed the gameplay in dust into zerging even more. this is a big step back imho, it is way worse than before where vision was shared. before you could atleast block it with solid objects, now you cant hide everywhere. it also weakened uplinks even more cause you cant hide them.

in most matches I am perma scanned all time. there is no real room for hit and run, flanking or sneaking tactics when everyone knows where you are. all you get for trying that is a cooked grenade into the face.

and the worst about it, to negate the scanner, I have to give up alot of EHP. if an AR user sees me with a damp fit out, he can down me in 0.5s. the scanner on the other hand has no real downsides.

funny to see how all the defenders are not getting it or trying to save their crutch. you can be sure that it will be nerfed in its current form, CCP is quite good at balancing actually.