deployable active dampeners would be a solid inclusion to the game

Provide stationary dampening over an area? Yes, it would. Be a great tool for defense. As a setback, the dampener itself should appear on enemy radars though.

But you can make a stealth assault. You just have to give up two lows.

I'm starting to see people claim the Active scanners are OP or that they need some type of nerf. I just want to point out that its not the scanners that need a nerf. Its the fact that Active dampeners aren't in the game right now. How can someone expect to counter active scanners without some sort of active dampening device??? (stealth module). Frankly its amazing that its possible to counter active scanners with passive scanners at all! So really im just saying...... give it time people. Many of us are quick to scream "OP" but the real problem here is that not everything has an effective answer/counter to it yet. So give it time, and eventually, at least in this specific case, I think scanners will get balanced out.

EDIT: Tsk tsk. Some of you guys disappoint me. Its as if a lot of you just want your suits to be undetectable without putting any sort of investment into counter measures. Im telling you people the problem isn't in the scanner, its that there isn't a proper counter measure for it. But a lot of you say "nerf the scanner anyway" well what is that going to solve??? It makes them balanced this month, but then next patch whenever active dampening is added, active Scanners will be UP and have to get buffed again later. Rather then nerfing/buffing things so that it servers the present, why don't we work towards things that build a future for the game huh? Im not even a supporter in active scanning. I only have lvl 1 into the damn thing and it really wouldn't bother me one way or the other if it gets nerfed simply because I would switch it out with proto nanite injectors. But that's my whole point though, it doesn't neeeeeed a nerf. We just need to give It a go for a bit until the proper countermeasures are added.

Having CCP nerf things like this now is basically asking them to backtrack later simply because eventually they'll have to re-buff it due to the addition of future equipment.

Personally I think deployable jammers are a bad idea, and despite all the threads made about them, CCP has never once mentioned them on their weekly feedback/suggestion updates. This leads me to believe they won't go in that direction.

However, in case they do, I'll have around 932k in unallocated rainy day SP saved up, just so I can be the first to spam and abuse the hell out of them.

I decided last night that I wanted to run Shotgun.
I have 2 Enhanced dampeners on my fit. that's 40% reduction, plus proficiency 3 (another 9%). My profile is cut in half and wouldn't you know it... I was picked up by scanners still.

The scanner will ALWAYS be OP, because it gives you location and heading. If the solution lies with sacraficing HP and rep, even for Scouts, then it's not a very balanced weapon.

It's also OP, because it's unearned basically. It's cheap, low SP to use, low CPU/PG, simple to use for what advantage it gives, etc.

Why should someone have to invest more SP and ISK into a counter? How is that balanced? Its no different than a 45,000ISK Swarm can destroy a 500,000ISK HAV...

Right, so if they hadn't scanned you, you would've taken out those three Duvolle users before they even knew what hit them?

Here's a better idea: go to the mountain by C. Drop an uplink. Wait until half of your team spawns there, then push the objective. If you can't hide, use numbers to your advantage. Three Duvolles have a harder time going up against six than one merc, no matter what weapons they have.

If you don't want to use dampeners, don't go off on your own and expect to be Rambo. A lone, scanned enemy is an easy target.

Even with dampeners, stealth flanking is hard to do and isn't for everyone. It requires cunning, which most people who play this game don't have. You need to know when to strike and when to stay hidden, and most importantly, when to GTFO. Three protobears heading your way qualifies as a GTFO situation. A cunning flanker will lay a nanohive and booby-trap it with REs while he retreats, leaving a nasty surprise for overeager protobears.

The bottom line is, if you don't want to change your strategy to fit the conditions of the battle, then you should expect to die quickly and often.

*ahem... 4 low-slots

You completely missed the whole point of what I was saying.

If I hadn't been scanned through a MOUNTAIN no one would have known I was coming yea.

I could have done what I used to do. Go behind C put a Uplink down behind the hill on the redline side.

Then I could have went down and hacked the turret and broke through their frontline defenses and caused a large enough disruption for my team to push the objective from the front while others spawned at my uplink to engage from the other side.

It's called TACTICS.

Instead, I was scanned THROUGH A MOUNTAIN! Then, I was scanned after spawning in the MCC!