DUST Search - CCP Remnant confirms scouts will lose a sidearm but gain an equipment

Aero Yassavi wrote:

Roy Ventus wrote:

Aero Yassavi wrote:

At this rate, I wonder if it will be better to just wait until CCP Remnant's posting rampage is over and compile a nice list of all major announcements.

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1714603#post1714603

CCP Remnant wrote:

hgghyujh wrote:

im okay with it, how ever I would like to see other light frame variants for hacking, assassination and battlefield intel.

that said current iterations need two equipment slots more then ever and the pg/cpu buff to go with it.

Done and done. Though, you're gonna be losing a sidearm slot. (Also, I think people are gonna faint when they see the PG/CPU costs of cloak fields; Scouts'll be alright though)

Wait wat?

They want Scouts to lose sidearms when their best weapon is a shotgun? Shotgun only has so much ammo o,o. You put a nanohive down and that makes you an easy target. Every time you run out of ammo you go back to the nano-hive and someone could be waiting in the shadows.

Honestly I sort of like it. Stop thinking of scouts as speedy assault players and start thinking of them as infiltrators and saboteurs. Sneak into enemy territory and hack their stuff and in general become a nuisance. The second equipment will help tremendously. You have low HP, so avoid combat and use your light weapon as a last resort.

I know some of you like using your scout as more of a hunter, but there will be more light frame specializations in the future and perhaps one of those will be something more up your alley. Still, I'm not entirely convinced the scout sidearm needs to go.


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Admonishment The Enclave Syndicate Dark Taboo 71	Posted - 2014.01.14 09:40:00 - [1] - Quote Aero Yassavi wrote: Roy Ventus wrote: Aero Yassavi wrote: At this rate, I wonder if it will be better to just wait until CCP Remnant's posting rampage is over and compile a nice list of all major announcements. https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1714603#post1714603 CCP Remnant wrote: hgghyujh wrote: im okay with it, how ever I would like to see other light frame variants for hacking, assassination and battlefield intel. that said current iterations need two equipment slots more then ever and the pg/cpu buff to go with it. Done and done. Though, you're gonna be losing a sidearm slot. (Also, I think people are gonna faint when they see the PG/CPU costs of cloak fields; Scouts'll be alright though) Wait wat? They want Scouts to lose sidearms when their best weapon is a shotgun? Shotgun only has so much ammo o,o. You put a nanohive down and that makes you an easy target. Every time you run out of ammo you go back to the nano-hive and someone could be waiting in the shadows. Honestly I sort of like it. Stop thinking of scouts as speedy assault players and start thinking of them as infiltrators and saboteurs. Sneak into enemy territory and hack their stuff and in general become a nuisance. The second equipment will help tremendously. You have low HP, so avoid combat and use your light weapon as a last resort. I know some of you like using your scout as more of a hunter, but there will be more light frame specializations in the future and perhaps one of those will be something more up your alley. Still, I'm not entirely convinced the scout sidearm needs to go. I much prefer using my weapon as a first resort and causing confusion and chaos while flanking and picking off people along the way like I have always done. Not every scout wants to be just hackers/infiltrators. I prefer running behind a group and show them a business end of a shotgun. Having low hp shouldn't dictate what you are able to do in combat if you are smart about it. Right now is the concern not the future, right now my scout is used for what I mentioned. If those suits aren't implemented what good does that do me and the rest of the scouts that play the same way? If you don't want to use your suit the same way that's fine, but the rest of the scouts that chose a different path should not be forced into it. Pretty sure if one day the roles were reversed and this was affecting medium suits the whole community would be raging. I have run around with just 84 shield and 200 armor while picking off reds as they approach objectives. Pretty sure if I can run around with that little health and still get a noticeable amount of kills they can be used for combat. Level 5 proficiency in throat punching