To anyone calling this a "buff" to scouts - you're sadly mistaken. If this is what CCP was referring to when they said they were going to give scouts some "hugs" a few months ago, then I quit. Call it QQ, but we've waited MONTHS for a 6m increase in base scan radius? IS THAT IT? All these months keeping us on a string for this? Is this it? Because if it is, this has been a waste of mine and your time. Even with the range skills maxxed out, I would need a gallente scout with 4 low slots filled with range amplifiers in order to pick up @$$holes with their ARs spraying from over 60m away. And to make it worse we're getting an even longer range AR? GG CCP. I hate forum rage, but it is unthinkable that people would call this a "buff" when juxtaposed withan almost 20% increase in Heavy HP. So on NOvember 5th, every heavy will notice he lives longer, but what will scouts notice that appreciably changes gameplay?

So if I'm guarding an objective and I sneak up on a heavy who thinks he's caught an objective unguarded, he's even harder to kill now? This is ridiculous. I could get two shots off in his back and he'd still turn and start dancing and wipe my out in .2 seconds with his HMG. I'm sorry. This is too much.

Additionally, the shotgun "buff" is not scout specific -- it also benefits assaults. Think about that before you celebrate

And lower base eHP.
Scrap the melee bonus an replace it with a CPU/pg reduction for biotic mods, or make our base punch 200 then it's worth it, my knives do 1150 charged strike, an my melee is 110, why in dafuk would I ever try an slap somebody?