I've been seeing several encouraging Scout posts lately. Between this and the surprisingly effective Scout/Combat Rifle combo, I'll have to get my Dragonfly out and give it another go.

Looks like 1.7 is turning out to be a bit kinder to the fatties and skinnies than I thought it'd be.

Scouts are turning into the recons of dust. C4ing tanks left and right. :D

Had my first tank/RE kill yesterday in a medium suit with a basic dampener. What a rush! Left node C after a quick outfit swap (shotty scout to somewhat-sneaky medium RR build) and heard a tank approaching. Spotted the tank and figured, "What the hell, why run back and change to proto AV? Let's try out the RES!" While the rail tank focused on taking out the railgun turret next to C, I made my way around the silo-looking building across from C and calmly walked up behind the tank and threw my three REs on the back of it. Slunk back around the structure and BOOM! one dead tank, two dead reds. My new favorite moment in the game. Now I'll just have to try it out with a scout build...

Thank you for this Zalinto - as my previous, hlariously named 'TANK KILLER' fit is now utterly redundant and I have recently into scouts - without having had much cause to use them - I will look forward to trying this tonight with more eagerness than a rescue puppy waiting for Christmas day.

Sticky bombs have to be the finest thing about 1.7. I still haven't done a Al Qieda LAV, demo-truck, kamikaze!
"Durka durka, Islama Jihad!"


+1 for you sir, Merry Christmas.

I've really been thinking about getting into the scout, always thought it would be fun. Killing these tanks with Boundless RE's on my dragonfly... Really want a proto suit to do it better.

Dang it, now I'm gonna get a proto scout suit. I'm feeling Gal, any suggestions almighty scout gods?

I've been seeing several encouraging Scout posts lately. Between this and the surprisingly effective Scout/Combat Rifle combo, I'll have to get my Dragonfly out and give it another go.

Looks like 1.7 is turning out to be a bit kinder to the fatties and skinnies than I thought it'd be.

Ive noticed lately that tankers often fit active scanners now, and my squadmate whom I was using as a test subject was constantly getting scanned was easy proof of this. Not to mention the big flashy scanner animation on the tanks now. Just about any armor tank runs these things. Now for my gatherings about this.

If you can get a tank eager for a kill with a decoy that can actually stay alive, like a long swarm user of the lower variety so it just seems like a given. This has worked the best for results so far; you can actually get a tank to hold still sometimes. Thats when I should see people strike. No more of this shooting at them with your assault rifles and things that just dont do damage to tanks. Sneak up on them and plant 3 of any remote charge on their tank and watch for their hardener to go down.

Last night I successfully killed 5-6 tanks using this tactic within 3 matches. The scout suit with a single enhanced dampener at my level avoids all but prototype scanners so Im never on a tanks radar. It just seems to be a role that has surfaced from the massive increase in vehicle use.

It is also very fun to plant explosives on a hacking targets lav and wait for them to finish and start driving away before blowing them up. I can counterhack from 60% of the upload completion without problem solo anyway. Just saying, quite fun to watch them drive off, hit a jump and press a button mid air to kill a proto in their car. Bonus points for their teammates being in the car with them. Quite literally in fact.

Scouts are turning into the recons of dust. C4ing tanks left and right. :D

Ive noticed lately that tankers often fit active scanners now, and my squadmate whom I was using as a test subject was constantly getting scanned was easy proof of this. Not to mention the big flashy scanner animation on the tanks now. Just about any armor tank runs these things. Now for my gatherings about this.

If you can get a tank eager for a kill with a decoy that can actually stay alive, like a swarm user of the lower variety so it just seems like a given. This has worked the best for results so far; you can actually get a tank to hold still sometimes. Thats when I should see people strike. No more of this shooting at them with your assault rifles and things that just dont do damage to tanks. Sneak up on them and plant 3 of any remote charge on their tank and watch for their hardener to go down.

Last night I successfully killed 5-6 tanks using this tactic within 3 matches. The scout suit with a single enhanced dampener at my level avoids all but prototype scanners so Im never on a tanks radar. It just seems to be a role that has surfaced from the massive increase in vehicle use.

It is also very fun to plant explosives on a hacking targets lav and wait for them to finish and start driving away before blowing them up. I can counterhack from 60% of the upload completion without problem solo anyway. Just saying, quite fun to watch them drive off, hit a jump and press a button mid air to kill a proto in their car. Bonus points for their teammates being in the car with them. Quite literally in fact.

Just made my Scout Tank Hunter after seeing this thread. Everyone post their load outs!

Federation Scout gk.0

Enhanced Shield

M209 Assault SubMachine Gun
Toxin Sub Machine Gun

Lai Dai Packed AV Grenades

F/45 Remote Explosives

2 Complex Kin Cats ( To keep up with tank speed )
1 Complex Cardio Regulator
1 Enhanced Profile Dampner

I've been seeing several encouraging Scout posts lately. Between this and the surprisingly effective Scout/Combat Rifle combo, I'll have to get my Dragonfly out and give it another go.

Looks like 1.7 is turning out to be a bit kinder to the fatties and skinnies than I thought it'd be.

Ive noticed lately that tankers often fit active scanners now, and my squadmate whom I was using as a test subject was constantly getting scanned was easy proof of this. Not to mention the big flashy scanner animation on the tanks now. Just about any armor tank runs these things. Now for my gatherings about this.

If you can get a tank eager for a kill with a decoy that can actually stay alive, like a swarm user of the lower variety so it just seems like a given. This has worked the best for results so far; you can actually get a tank to hold still sometimes. Thats when I should see people strike. No more of this shooting at them with your assault rifles and things that just dont do damage to tanks. Sneak up on them and plant 3 of any remote charge on their tank and watch for their hardener to go down.

Last night I successfully killed 5-6 tanks using this tactic within 3 matches. The scout suit with a single enhanced dampener at my level avoids all but prototype scanners so Im never on a tanks radar. It just seems to be a role that has surfaced from the massive increase in vehicle use.

It is also very fun to plant explosives on a hacking targets lav and wait for them to finish and start driving away before blowing them up. I can counterhack from 60% of the upload completion without problem solo anyway. Just saying, quite fun to watch them drive off, hit a jump and press a button mid air to kill a proto in their car. Bonus points for their teammates being in the car with them. Quite literally in fact.

Please spread the good word my friend.

I keep telling people that my tanks do in fact get killed quite often yet people dont seem to believe me.

Right now:

Railguns + Railgun installations = good against tanks

RE`s in any form = good against tanks

Forgeguns = good against tanks if you have the proto forges

Right now it is only the Swarms that are sub standard against tanks but any class suit can fit these so I deem it ok-ish.
(Unlike the forge gun that has to be fitted to a slow moving large hitbox heavy suit)