I'm sorry everyone, I appologize for Himiko Kuronaga.
He has what we in the Biz like to call, "Forum tourettes."
Even though he is speaking out about something he has never played with he thinks he's an authority on the subject.
He's even voiced his utterly, incomprehensibly wrong opinions f the Gallente Scout in corp chat. . .

If anything, he could have looked to his corp-mate, Appia Vibbia, and see how she does as far as KDR goes in PC to see that a Scout without any Kinetic Catalyzers AND armor plates is incapable of being in a combat role, and you better put an armor repairer too. 1 slot left... it is going to be more armor, not a range amplifier.

Playing with a passive scan based suit can be fun in public matches, but is worthless in PC.
and it is nearly useless on any map outside a city.

Himiko seriously needs to shut the **** up and stay out of topics about Scouts.

~Appia Vibbia, MHPD
Ninja Hacker Extraordinaire

10 + 50% (range amplification skill) = 15

15 + 50% (gallente scout skill) = 22.5


After buff


16 + 50% (range amplification skill) = 24

24 + 50% (gallente scout skill) = 36


Now play with a single amplification module.


22.5 + 45% = 32.

or....

36 + 45% = 52.

Behold, the power of multiplication.

Now go play with more amplification modules and see what happens. Also, you are not limited to a single angle of scan, unlike the active scanner.

Also, with a single dampener, no active scanner will ever be able to find you.

Even with the current stats before the buff, if you opt to have 4 complex range amps and 1 complex precision enhancer on a gk.0 scout you are looking at a 99.46 scan radius with a 32.4 precision. With that fit you can still rock a Carthum Scrambler, TY-5 Scrambler Pistol, and Ishukone Gauged Uplinks. Yes, there is still a place for skilled scouts even before the buff.

I'm sorry everyone, I appologize for Himiko Kuronaga.
He has what we in the Biz like to call, "Forum tourettes."
Even though he is speaking out about something he has never played with he thinks he's an authority on the subject.
He's even voiced his utterly, incomprehensibly wrong opinions f the Gallente Scout in corp chat. . .

If anything, he could have looked to his corp-mate, Appia Vibbia, and see how she does as far as KDR goes in PC to see that a Scout without any Kinetic Catalyzers AND armor plates is incapable of being in a combat role, and you better put an armor repairer too. 1 slot left... it is going to be more armor, not a range amplifier.

Playing with a passive scan based suit can be fun in public matches, but is worthless in PC.
and it is nearly useless on any map outside a city.

Himiko seriously needs to shut the **** up and stay out of topics about Scouts.

~Appia Vibbia, MHPD
Ninja Hacker Extraordinaire

In a mode where someone in your squad is sure to run a 100m or more Active Scanner, what good is 16m?

I'm glad you buffed us but I was expecting something more, seriously, the Heavies got a load of HP, and we get +6m.

In reality 16 meters small with the size of the maps.
I wouldn't be opposed to 30+ base on scouts. They should be able to not run a scanner to see people near by.

If they bumped it up to 30m

Gal Scout: 30 meters
Max Skills: 67.5 meters
1 complex mod: 97.88 meters
2 complex mod: 136.15 meters
3 complex mod: 171.13 meters
4 complex mod: 192.93 meters

Min Scout: 30 meters
Max Skills: 45 meters
1 complex mod: 65.25 meters
2 complex mod: 90.77 meters

That's quite a lot for the Gal scout. If they bumped it up to 20 meters

Gal Scout : 20 meters
Max Skills: 45 meters
1 complex mod: 65.25 meters
2 complex mod: 90.77 meters
3 complex mod: 114.09 meters
4 complex mod: 128.62 meters

Min Scout: 20 meters
Max Skills: 30 meters
1 complex mod: 43.5 meters
2 complex mod: 60.51 meters

Which is better in my opinion.

Good to know. I was going by number from the HydraSlav's Dust Fitting Tool.

Version 3.4.2 added stacking penalty on amplifiers, dampeners and precision enhancers. You should upgrade

Range Amplifiers have stacking penalties. So here how it works:

Gal Scout Pre-1.7
Max Skills: 22.5 meters
1 complex mod: 32.625 meters
2 complex mod: 45.38 meters
3 complex mod: 57.04 meters
4 complex mod: 64.31 meters

Min Scout Pre-1.7
Max Skills: 15 meters
1 complex mod: 21.75 meters
2 complex mod: 30.26 meters

Gal Scout Post-1.7
Max Skills: 36 meters
1 complex mod: 52.2 meters
2 complex mod: 72.61 meters
3 complex mod: 91.27 meters
4 complex mod: 102.89 meters

Min Scout Post-1.7
Max Skills: 24 meters
1 complex mod: 34.8 meters
2 complex mod: 48.41 meters