Use a kinetic catalyzer or two. Increasing the base speed isn't necessary when you can get past 10m/s with two modules.

Who said I think heavies are fine?

Don't put words in my mouth.

I was paraphrasing from all of the hate you spew about them, my bad.

I was paraphrasing from all of the hate you spew about them, my bad.

i'm calling qq.
if you can't see how a scout will benefit from 50 feet of heads-up-display even without vision, and go ahead and make that 75 feet with skills then what can be done for you?

Point is, you guys finally get a buff and you still cry about it. Maybe if people used the scout suit like it was made and flanked people from the rear and killed them that way like they were supposed to they would actually get kills. Never once did i say scouts didn't need help but the is supposed to be a specialization game yet people still want the jack-of-all-trades and guess what we already have it, the assault logi.

Scan Radius:
The Proto Gallente Scout will have a scan radius of 24 meters (16 * 1.5).

With level 5 Range Amplification, the Proto Gallente Scout will have a scan radius of 36 meters (24 * 1.5).

With level 5 Range Amplification + a Complex Range Amplifier in it's only high slot, the Proto Gallente Scout will have a scan radius of 52.2 meters (36 * 1.45).

Scan Radius:
The Proto Gallente Scout will have a scan radius of 24 meters (16 * 1.5).

With level 5 Range Amplification, the Proto Gallente Scout will have a scan radius of 36 meters (24 * 1.5).

With level 5 Range Amplification + a Complex Range Amplifier in it's only high slot, the Proto Gallente Scout will have a scan radius of 52.2 meters (36 * 1.45).

Scan Precision:
The Proto Gallente Scout will have a scan precision of 45 dB (able to detect any non-Scout not using Dampeners).

With level 5 Precision Enhancement, the Proto Gallente Scout will have a scan precision of 40.5 dB (45 * 0.9, likely not able to detect any more).

With level 5 Precision Enhancement + a Complex Precision Enhancer in one of four low slots, the Proto Gallente Scout will have a scan precision of 32.4 dB (40.5 * 0.8, likely able to detect anyone trying to hide from Advanced Active Scanners).

With level 5 Precision Enhancement + two Complex Precision Enhancers in two of four low slots, the Proto Gallente Scout will have a scan precision of 26.76 (32.4 * 0.826, from my calculations not worth it since a medium suit using two Complex Dampeners will have a lower profile).


As you can see, a fully maxed Proto Gallente Scout fully dedicated to scanning will have a scan radius of 52.2 meters and a scan precision of 32.4 dB (using one Precision Enhancer, as using two won't be a huge improvement, so you will need a third to see an improvement over using just one).

This will use up the only high slot and at least one of four low slots. As a Scout you'll maybe use a Dampener as well, so that means you'll only have 2 low slots left, which you'll likely use on Catalysers etc. That leaves you with less than 100 shields and less than 200 armor (unless you use an Armor Plate).

I honestly can't see this being used instead of a Logi with an Active Scanner that will have both more range and better/same precision. The Logi will even have other uses while running with the scanner, while the Scout will not be used for much else due to it's extremely low health.

Wow u really thought this all through except your math is atrocious. Lvl 5 gal scout w lvl 5 range will be 32 m not 36 (16x2=32). There are stacking penalties. Range are low slot mods. Precision is a high slot module. So try a redo on your math

Lol love your cryptic hints IWS ;)

More hugs are planned just scheduling is going to coincide with something else related to light suits...

as for stacking penalties.

Bonuses from suits and skills move the base before multiplier penalty takes effect for the second module.

If this was not the case, then as soon as you slap on the first module it would be counting as a fourth in the penalty stack. Brownie Points if you can figure out the first three.

You are only looking at it for a Gal point with some of your comments.

Point is, you guys finally get a buff and you still cry about it. Maybe if people used the scout suit like it was made and flanked people from the rear and killed them that way like they were supposed to they would actually get kills. Never once did i say scouts didn't need help but the is supposed to be a specialization game yet people still want the jack-of-all-trades and guess what we already have it, the assault logi.

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Lol criticizes maths yet gets its wrong. Why would it be 16 x 2? It's 16 x 1.5 x 1.5, which is 36. All bonuses in this game multiply rather than add when they stack.

Edit - also stacking penalties only apply to multiples of the same mods, not skills.

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

Whenever they kill me, its when they come from nowhere with a shotgun.

So... CCP will be buffing scouts again when they release the missing racial variants? And the Amarr Scout suit bonus will be a +20% damage for headshots per level so I can go mad with it using snipers and scrambler pistols? You heard it here first, folks - mad speculations 100% legit based in the cryptic commentaries from IWS himself!

First of all if your trying to take down a heavy with a shotgun, AS A SCOUT, your doing something wrong. Scouts work best at range where his stature makes hom hard to see.

Now Im all for diversity to a point, but the scout is called so for a reason!

As for the actual change, its a start it shoud prehaps be bumped upto 20m plus an additional bonus to profile, but not prescision. However if you are looking for health buff, you will be dissapointed for the rest of your time as a scout!