Very true. Instead of just spitballing random bonuses that sound good, perhaps a defined role would help focus the discussion. So is this suit:

A light assault suit?
A flanker/infiltrator suit?
Something else?

Personally I plan to use it as a flanker/infiltrator suit, a better version of the fossil BPO (which is the old type 2) I currently use. With that bias in mind, I like the idea of a bonus to uplinks of some kind, or improving the speed bonus somehow, like instead of a basic cardiac reg you get a complex or better at proto, or maybe an enhanced cardiac and an enhanced kin cat, perhaps.

On the other hand, if you picture it as a light assault, which might not be totally out of line with Dust Amarr battle philosophy if you think about it, then perhaps a bonus to the ScP or, using your example of a "long range weapon" bonus, perhaps this should be a suit designed for the "new and improved" LR. Give it some type of bonus to LR heat buildup or even range.

The scouts become the flanking escort (aka outriders) for the for the assaults and heavies picking off those that attempt to flee using their range optimization subsystems? When they encounter resistance then the main force moves into deal with it.

"I'm not running you down, slave. I'll just burn you from here."

Escort role. Interesting idea.

Increase range so they don't have to run them down? I'm not sure that is in the current game code and we don't want it delayed.

I also like the suggestions from earlier for either increasing the efficacy of the ferroscale plates or removing the speed penalty of normal plates. The Amarr are all about armor buffer. The benefit of their scout is retaining movement speed without losing that ability. Since the scout should be well ahead or to the flank of logistics you don't want them to have to return for repairs or waiting in cover for slow armor repair to do its thing.

Fitting should naturally limit that but maybe limit the bonus to Ferroscale and Reactive. Instead, it could be a fitting bonus so penalties are still present but they are easier to squeeze on to the scout frame, especially with the high fitting requirements of the Ferroscale and Reactive.

The assassin role is my personal favorite and one I think matches the Amarr the best. It currently takes about two pistol head shots to do a comparable amount of damage to a single fully charge nova knife attack. The issue I now have with increasing that damage is that the pistol has some really nice range to it with makes it significantly more powerful than the nova knives. The reason I support giving the Amarr a defensive bonus and allowing them to wear armor without drawbacks is to allow them to make one covert attack and then be able to survive long enough to lengthen that attack and cause further disruption or to retreat.

If we are to go the gentleman assassin route with a scrambler pistol as their weapon of choice you want them to operate independently behind enemy lines for as long as possible. Carrying as much ammo as possible without dropping supply hives that reveal your position is a good idea. There will be enough slots for armor repair but some innate armor repair would not be overpowered.

Give them +20% stamina regeneration and +10 scrambler pistol rounds of maximum ammo per level. They can then have the equivalent of a complex green bottle, which I think most agree is fair, and 50 extra shots per pistol that is carried for long term operations. Add in 1 HP/s of armor repair to give them the only self-repairing Amarr suit on the field. They'll have two slots for equipment so they can still bring uplinks along with their cloak or whatever else suits their fancy.

Write up some lore about them being the immortal clone version of some slave hunter government organization. They are the relentless hunters that appear from the shadows and shoot you in the head with their holy handguns. Sort of like the Black Eagles but backed by the church.

Actually, LESS than one. Since a MLT CArdiac regulator surpasses amarr bonus.

Again, i want this CCP:
AMARR SCOUT
GÖª 5% to max stamina & Stamina regen + 5% Reduction to heat buildup on laser weaponry per level.