CCP wrote:Scout Suit Bonus: +10% bonus to PG/CPU of cloak field per level.
Gallente Scout Bonus: 5% to dropsuit scan radius and 5% reduction to scan profile per level.
TL;DR: CCP please increase the scout base scan radius from 16m to 20m (reason and maths below).
So, the old bonus used to give 10%/Lv. Now you may be thinking,
ah come on, that's not that big a deal, and that's why I'm going to show you just how big a deal it really is.
Currently, I run two complex range amps on my Gal scout. This puts my passive scan at 73m or a scan area of-á16,556.03 square meters. With the reduced bonus given by the new Gal scout suit my new passive scan will be 60m or a scan area of 11,304 square meters. This results in a reduction to my current scan area by-á31.52%. And that is a serious chunk of change. The original bonus was the entire reason why I skilled into the Gal scout in the first place, because with three range amps (roughly 91m) you can fill out the entire possible range of the radar bubble at the top left of the screen while in battle (I believe the range is either 85m or 90m). but now, with three range amps, that range will be reduced to-á76m and a scan area reduction down from 26,002.34-ásquare meters to 18,136.64-ásquare meters, or a reduction of-á33.05% to my current practical/possible scan area.
My solution to this problem, as was stated in the beginning of this post is to increase the base scan radius of all scouts from 16m to 20m (I would even settle for 19m).
The current scan radius, only modified by base skills and modules, is pretty pathetic as it stand now:
Base skills Lv 5: 24m or scan area of-á1,808.64 square meters(have you ever tried this out? it is terrible.)
Plus one complex range amplifier:-á35m or a scan are of-á3,846.5 square meters (I have played with this range as well while leveling up my scout. It is not good)
Plus two-ácomplex range amplifier:-á48m or a scan area of 7,234.56 square meters (it is only when you start to get upward of 50m that this type of role - low health but high visibility - begins to become viable)
If the scout base scan radius were to be changed to 20m the following would be the results:
Base skills Lv 5: 30m or a scan are of-á2,826 square meters.
Plus one complex range amplifier:-á43m or a scan area of-á5,805.86 square meters
Plus two complex range amplifier:-á60m or a scan are of-á11,304 square meters.
With 20m and the Gal scout bonus the scan radius works out to be the following (I will not list the square meters because similar numbers have already been listed:
No mod:-á37m
One mod:-á54m
Two mods:-á76m-á
Three mods:-á95m
As you can see these numbers are slightly higher than the current numbers (52, 73 an 91) which is why I said I would be willing to settle for 19m as a base stat, but this works out to be a little lower than our current numbers.
CCP, I hope that this post finds you well and that you give it some serious thought, and I hope that you can understand how hard of a hit this is to anyone who went into Gal scout because they enjoy this kind of roll (stealth).