Matticus Monk
Ordus Trismegistus
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Posted - 2014.01.03 07:01:00 -
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The thing that seems most "broken" to me about scouts at the moment is the differing racial bonuses between Gal and Min. The two suits have bonuses which lead one to a very specialized and pre-defined 'role' and the other to be more of a general scout/infiltrator.
The Gallente bonus to me is highly useful in the sense that no matter what your play style, having extra scan range is useful - it helps if you are a CQC person see and avoid enemies, a mid-range person to define targets and keep CQC opponents away, an RE expert has an easier time setting traps and luring victims, a sniper get's an easier time seeing folks trying to get the drop on them up close, an infiltrator has better odds of sneaking into places.
The Gal suit represents what I like about the scout suit; it is a suit for a general special-ops type play style, not a specific 'role' (i.e., the 'scanner guy', or the 'speed hacker') I'd prefer scouts not have pre-defined roles but general bonuses to allow user customization.
The Min bonus is just the opposite - it's highly specialized and if you don't end up using it to be a nova knifer, or at least equip them, you've essentially used all that SP to get proto scout and you get only 1/2 of the bonus..... (maybe this wouldn't be so much the case if the melee base damage was better, as the suit could really be the 'brawler')
I don't mention this to suggest that CCP remove the nova knife bonus!! I know a lot of my Min scout brothers love this bonus and I'm not looking to mess w/ anyone's play style. I just hope that this doesn't become a TREND as other suits are released and suit bonuses are re-worked.
I'd like to see CCP take a stance on this at some point and either say they are shooting for bonuses which sort of nudge folks into a specific well-defined role (aka "nova knifer", "laser/scrambler rifle user", etc....) or whether they are shooting to keep suits more generic to allow user customization w/in the racial play style (current Gal scout scan range, Gal logi eq fitting reduction bonus, etc..)
For instance, I do NOT want to see the Gal bonus re-worked to be something like a "shotgun" bonus. I don't use shotguns, and I don't want to loose what I have as a useful general racial bonus. |