What if module dampeners had an area effect? This is response to Marauder's accurate observation of the powerful scanning system Dust is currently experiencing. A squad based effect?

Would this help balance the sacrifice a suit goes through to deal with scanners?

Simply put maybe a bubble of 30 meters that the dampeners effect.
I have suits that have 2 complex dampeners. I often succeed more with a better ehp suit. I will try to play more with the dampened suit to see if I can make it work. Scanner have changed the game significantly. I will not judge for better or worse. They make more engagements possible for sure.

I run dampeners and I don't think an AoE effect is necessary. My KDR has shot way up since I started using two complex dampeners exclusively. As a lower eHP dampened suit, you quickly learn not to fight a stand up fight against a higher eHP opponent, but instead flank, hide, sneak attack, and get whatever advantage you can out of seeing without being seen.

Scouts are a tough role... they are hella fast...i have fought some that just do not get hit...but that is when there are sprinting not fighting...scouts need love.

But this is more of a nerf to scouts than a buff. Scouts don't need dampeners as much as other suits due to their scout bonus. In fact, a lvl 5 scout with lvl 3 dampening only needs a basic dampener to avoid all proto scanners except the focused.

The suits who will use the most dampeners and therefore give the most dampening to other suits will be suits other than the scout. Which means you can choose to be a scout and avoid scanners on your own or you can be a logi/assault and let your entire squad avoid scanners.

But this is more of a nerf to scouts than a buff. Scouts don't need dampeners as much as other suits due to their scout bonus. In fact, a lvl 5 scout with lvl 3 dampening only needs a basic dampener to avoid all proto scanners except the focused.

Agree that most fights are blob vs. blob, but dampeners allow you to be the one guy on the OTHER side of the red blob, so you can blap the red blob while the red blob and blue blob blap it out.

Run some solo matches and deliberately leave your blob and you'll see what I mean; if you can't get scanned, only players with LOS on you will know you're there, and if you kill them quickly and carefully enough you can pick off most of the blob without being detected. Since you disappear when you break LOS, your retreat options are numerous if they do pay attention to you, and as a lone flanker you have many opportunities to lay traps with REs, hiding, etc.

Disgruntled said that I need level 5 damp to avoid pro scanners, I also heard that you indeed only need level3 damps.

Agree that most fights are blob vs. blob, but dampeners allow you to be the one guy on the OTHER side of the red blob, so you can blap the red blob while the red blob and blue blob blap it out.

Run some solo matches and deliberately leave your blob and you'll see what I mean; if you can't get scanned, only players with LOS on you will know you're there, and if you kill them quickly and carefully enough you can pick off most of the blob without being detected. Since you disappear when you break LOS, your retreat options are numerous if they do pay attention to you, and as a lone flanker you have many opportunities to lay traps with REs, hiding, etc.