I expected better from you Shotty. I liked this idea before the black eagle event. I like it even more now. I would run in a squad with a logi throwing up an active scan, my team would engage. During the firefight, I could easily slip behind the reds and go down the-áline with my Shotty getting multiple easy kills in a row. This is exactly how it will help you if we scouts share info with our squad. We would scan the enemy on approach of their rear. Our squad engages from the front holding their attention.

As for an on/off button, simply don't squad up. If you must play as an individual and do not wish to contribute, do so like every everyone else does and go solo. Being selfish and trying to be a solo assassin but in squad makes little sense to me. Trying to prevent scouts from being able to contribute in a way that makes sense is selfish. This is not a medium suit buff, it is a teamwork buff.

Minmatar scouts say, "what good does this do me?"

This would just be another buff to gallente, who are the recon based scouts. Minmatar which are assassins and combat support have zero use for this.

As cool as this seems on paper it only benefits one suit type by turning them into a piece of equipment rather than giving them a combat role.

Noncombat areas.

I whole heartedly disagree with tailoring this class to spend more time out of action and hiding than we already do. This sort of thing is a job for equipment not a person.

How if implemented this would be used tactically::

1. Send in scout ahead of assaults and logis.
2. Make scout hide to ensure he doesn't die so you have vision throughout engagement.
3. That's it.

Yeah that's it. Nope. Don't think so. Myself and many people didn't waste months of their lives to be eventually used by their team like a piece of equipment because that is what would happen. It's nice on paper but it is not what the class needs. Tacnet is OP as it is. Scanners are OP as it is. We DO NOT need another mechanic to make stealth and flanking even more difficult. We do not need another bonus in areas that will make a scout not at all fun to play.

While many might see this as an "added bonus" for scouts it isn't. It's condemning them to a life of hiding in corners and on roofs.

Seriously guys, you are a speedy little scouts, with a second rate scan ability compared to the active scanner. Do you really believe that your squad is going to see the one or two red dots on your radar and drop everything to go get those out of the way, middle of nowhere red dot or two? Let's say that they do., would those red dots even be there by the time they started moving? Those times that your radar is actually full of reds, that is when and where your squad should be. And guess what, I highly doubt you are alive by the time your squad even gets there unless your a part of the 1% elite, because you are wearing a scout little hp suit.

IMHO, it seems as though most of you scouts will not be happy until you can be one man armies. You believe you are entitled to have a suit that can slay every others with 1HKs, and take on the whole enemy by yourself. I will no longer continue to help this is or any other scout issues. Even though the scout does deserve to be fixed, your greediness has made me decide to distance myself from the majority. I will continue to be a asset to my team, and live with what little ccp decides to give us.

I did not include changes to current active scanners due to forum rules. Plus there already well thought out conversations discussing changes to them.