+1 equip slot
Slight speed increase
larger profile drop
better hit detection

These are the things most scout are asking for (damage output was actually never suggested). Your list would be overdoing it a bit (scouts will, for the first time ever, be OP...maybe)

I want a purpose. Give me E-War.

I want to assassinate red dots.

Give me cloaks. And profile dampening that is balanced. The Scanner is OP vs. Scouts.

I count cloak as part of E-War.

And the scanner is OP vs. Everyone.

I want to assassinate red dots.

Give me cloaks. And profile dampening that is balanced. The Scanner is OP vs. Scouts.

Just a side question for you, not to take away from the fun here, you can thru passive skills get below ADV scanners and all other suites natural precision, 1 complex mod gets you below Proto scanners, and you are the only suite that can get below the focused. How is the scanner OP vs scouts?

If the scanner still gives margins of error, then it doesn't matter if we avoid the scan. If an enemy knows the scout is in the area, the scout is put at an even greater disadvantage.

Aside from that, the fact only 1 (or perhaps 2 when the Amarr scout arrives) can completely avoid scanners is a bit unfair.

If the scanner still gives margins of error, then it doesn't matter if we avoid the scan. If an enemy knows the scout is in the area, the scout is put at an even greater disadvantage.

Aside from that, the fact only 1 (or perhaps 2 when the Amarr scout arrives) can completely avoid scanners is a bit unfair.

Scouts will have hit boxes the size of tankers balls

Ok, I didn't realize all the min scouts only have 1 low slot.

They have two but you need three complex dampeners to avoid the focused.

Added my recommended fix for this to the post btw.

Ah. I hadn't done the math. That thing lights for 6 seconds though yea? (Scan duration) you can't sprint out of scanners anymore. I've never been scanned by one so I know their not widely used, but if you do get scanned by a focused scanner, you can probably get to him and kill him before he can put the scanner away. 6 seconds is longer than the scrambler rifle cool down.

I look at the SP investment involved.

Proto scanners require around ~1 mil SP
Lvl5 scout + Lvl5 dampening requires ~3.3 mil SP

It costs a lot more to try and avoid the focused than it is to use it.

Also, the scanner still has 100m range and scouts operate best in places within large outposts. It is quite likely we wouldn't be able to reach the scanner unless we were already tracking them. And if the scanner is with a squad, we are completely out of luck.

That being said, I have no skills in scouts suites and have no concept of the pain you guys feel. But it seems like given extreme db advantage scouts have you guys should be singing "I got 99 problems but a scanner ain't one"

You want a hitbox the size of the MCC?

I heard that null cannon view has been disabled? If true scouts will have a fair yet huge upper hand on lone mercs

No. He means that there will be no hitbox.

Yes, it has been and it's glorious.

Good thing I maxed range and precision also. I'm playing now with dropping my damage mod for a complex precision, that will passively have me able to see un modded sub proto scouts sneaking up on me. Already I can see un modded meds and heavies thru structures as if they've been scanned, not as bright, kind of a faint wall hack. If I keep this up I'm going to have nothing but natural armor and shields on this suite.