It is a specialist suit, without an actual specialty.

OK first off all I wouldn't use the minmatar medium frame as reason why the scouts are 'too slow'. The minmatar medium suffers from the same problems that scouts do as it is somewhat of a hybrid between normal medium and light frames. Following the logic on the speed of suits, the ammar scout for example should have the same speed as the minmatar medium. I think the speed of scouts does make sense in this regard.

What the real problem is

1) hit detection was improved to the point where sometimes it feels like if you shoot close to you're target the game says 'meh close enough' and you get a hit marker. OK fine, we can all live with this because it's better than the opposite but it definitely has lower TTK.

2) The auto aim. This thing is so ridiculously good it's not funny. I have turned it on once to test whether the QQers had a point. They do. It actually aims for you at certain ranges. The worst part is it seems to do a really great job when the enemy is running perpendicularly to you aim, something scouts rely on to escape. It kinda makes me sad to know so many continue to use it and think they are good.

3) the dispersion on hip fire is totally wrong. I don't know exact numbers but get a friend and hip fire with the center of the cross hairs just to the side of the target but with the target still within the cross hair section. What you will find is that very few bullets hit the target. I've actually found that most bullets follow along the exact center of the hip fire cross hairs.

Combine these three things and you have a recipe for disaster for scouts. Numbers 1 and 2 drastically lower TTK and reduce escapability. The third point makes it easy for enemies to shoot quite accurately while bunny hopping and two step strafing in turn making it hard for low HP suits to finish off an enemy before their high HP and DPS catch up.

Mix all of this in with a clearly OP active scanner...

Remove AA and reduce weapon damage (or increase suit hp).

Fix hip fire dispersion so that AR scrubs can't melt people as easily from hip fire.

Stick with what you like and don't fall into the FOTM crowd. These are just tryhard scrubs who want to feel good about themselves even if that means using OP gear and switching playstyles. The scout will rise again.

Make AA only available if you could normally scan the suit. If your suit lacks enough precision you can't get an auto aim lock.

Makes precision modules more valuable. Means unadjusted a medium can't AA a scout but a scout can AA medium.

So roll it into the suit mechanics.

The original Archetype Scout was the Arbiter. That build is worthless now. Sniper Rifles don't do enough damage and with the size of the maps now, no one is going to be within scanning range for the "stealth" to be meaningful. So Sniping relies on Armor plates and damage mods. Scouts get 1 or the other.

The Hunter Scout: The role seems like a good idea, until you realize flanking doesn't work because you start shooting someone and it takes a full clip to kill them while they only need 10 bullets to kill you. While there are so many spots for uplinks that are simply impossible to destroy.

The Infiltrator Scout: Made useless by Installations have 0dB scanners that are somewhere in the range of 20 to 50 meters. Active Scanners being unbeatable makes it all the worse.

The CQC Scout. Same with Hunter, as the difference between the two is engagement range. Needs more raw damage output and the ability to avoid damage.

also lol KNs.

Thanks for taking the time to write, guys.
Please keep in mind, though, like the first post says: this is not a wishlist thread.
This is a "what is broken about current mechanics for scout" thread.

That's an interesting and unique idea. I like it. Gives AA 'realistic' sense as if it were a computer aided aiming system within the suit. Would actually bring diversity to fittings as it would be a battle of accuracy, stealth, and HP instead of just HP. Too bad ccp will never do this.

I am concerned at how close the medium assaults suits movement and sprinting speed is compared to scouts for example:
Minmatar assault suit has 7.4 sprint speed, ...
...Gallente scout suit has 7.6 Sprint speed.

Also! I want increased sensitivity. I play on 100./100 on the DS3 and it feels horrible sluggish when I run around witha shotgun in a speed fit suit.

Aim assist just sounds stupid.

Why can't a proto scout with profile dampening 5 not beat the duvolle scanner? .

You can. IF you also stack 3 (?) proto dampeners on.

Perhaps some PG/CPU improvements or some slot improvements?

Besides the bonuses which need worked out across the board, the scouts need only two things. A second equipment slot and more CPU/PG. But not just enough to cover the equipment though. Enough to allow better modules and weapons to be fit.

Thanks for taking the time to write, guys.
Please keep in mind, though, like the first post says: this is not a wishlist thread.
This is a "what is broken about current mechanics for scout" thread.

5. There are very little to almost no maps in the game that favor scouts. Even the cities are becoming less safe for scouts. Often times, I'm thrown into matches that never favor scouts.