you just need enough hp to survive a fraction of second as you get away,

And here's one of the biggest problems with the current scout suit--the speed difference between the scout and medium suit (speaking from a Gallente perspective) is downright laughable. Boost the base speed of scout suits and we might actually be able to run away!

One gal scout with RE and a shotgun can now hold down objectives extremely effectively. You don't even need a scanner with this suit anymore and I think that was the point. If you don't see that this is ridiculously generous on the behalf of CCP then I think you should try using the scout suit as more than a fast assault character.

You know your game is hurting when you tickle your players balls and they think they just had the best sex of their life

I don't get what you're doing. Are you trying to make fun of me? I thought scouts were fine and they buffed them. Then someone said they still suck so I'm explaining to them why they don't. Crucify me.

Now we are talking. Increased speed, base scan radius, that's the stuff I'm talking about.

Scouts can be good at holding down objectives.

But thats not what they're for, our Scouting abilities need a buff.

I don't get what you're doing. Are you trying to make fun of me? I thought scouts were fine and they buffed them. Then someone said they still suck so I'm explaining to them why they don't. Crucify me.

Why would you need a gimped Scout suit with passive scan abilities when you can just rely on a Combat Logi with a more powerful active scanner?

Because the Active Scanner gives you away (blue beam) and it alerts the people you're scanning that you are scanning them. The advantage of the scout is to see them without alerting anyone.

You mean the class that's intended to be weak but fast has no tank? Who would have thought?

Nah man I'm just laughing at the fact that scouts have kind of been shafted since way back when, and they finally get the tiniest buff and everyone's so pumped about it. It's like throwing a starving dog a tiny scrap of a bone, and how happy he gets over it. Not targeted at you, just the overall situation and reactions, that's all.

Scan range buff can be a murderous buff if properly used... Using two kincats can help you move faster, but I still believe the suit itself could be faster as scouts don't have that many slots to spare in the first place because they are supposed to specialized in being fast among other things... See what I'm saying? If you HAVE to use two kincats to achieve the speed level a scout should have anyway then something is wrong. Slots should be used to give you diversity: either opt for being even faster than the minimum standard for scouts, or have some survivability, or better scan range etc..

You still have to get within spitting distance to spot anyone, good luck with that

That's the easy part. Don't forget I have been doing this since closed beta.

The hard part is killing with the knives. Again, I want to ask CCP what they meant about specific improvement to hit detection.

How many real scouts do you see trying to be slayers? Honestly. As I've said, using the scout suit for me at first was more an aesthetic choice, but now I'm stuck with it and its useless. Recon? Anyone can do recon. Logis are better at recon because Logis are slayers (you don't seem to have a problem with this) and can carry equipment like no man's business. The scout role is more a mentality than anything. I just get so F%$#&^#KING PO'ed everytime I hear someone from another class imply that I should be going 0/15 because it's not my role to kill anything. In a First Person Shooter. Wow. Why do scouts even have guns? Get out of here scrub

Wow dude, you just admitted you chose a suit based over how it looks instead of how it performs and now you think you have some sort of ground to stand on? The real scrub here is you. Maybe if you played the game it was intended instead of like a child you wouldn't be here now would you?

Because the Active Scanner gives you away (blue beam) and it alerts the people you're scanning that you are scanning them. The advantage of the scout is to see them without alerting anyone.

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.

Seems like you have everything you need. Flux Grenade and shields are gone. Then rip through the armor with improved shotgun or an Assault SMG. I see no issue.

They have a higher base speed and a shield tank. Also, the NK bonus should help this as well. Their job is to rapidly traverse the battlefield, eliminating HVT's (High Value Targets) and Lone Wolves, or by setting up ambushes and rapid flanks. The Shield Tank lets them return to combat faster (faster regen) and the higher base speed makes for some deadly CQC. The hit detection improvements will REALLY help the Minmatar Scout, as it will help us in our Pseudo-Slaying Role.

Says the guy who thinks scouts should just run around in circles finding red

Right, and that's coming from someone who thinks heavies are fine.

Never did I say that scouts shouldn't get kills, but scouts shouldn't be able to expect to take someone with twice the HP as them head on and survive.