DUST Search - Prediction: Scouts are going to become FOTM (It feels weird as **** to type it)

Ghost Kaisar wrote:

Scouts will be powerful in their prospective role.

Not OP.

We still won't be able to take on groups of Assaults or Heavies head on. You will see a lot of hit and run or assassination tactics instead. The "Light Assault" scout will be a definite move for some Med frame players, but they will have to get used to the insanely low eHP that comes with this.

Take the Cal scout for instance. You wanna run 4 complex shields? That 44 PG right off the bat. HALF of your PG is gone. You also kill your shield depleted, so you will need to run a regulator in your low. You know have one low slot to build your suit. So if you run a PG mod (So you can fit everything else) you have no speed. Or dampening. A Gal logi will scan you with no problems, and other suits Proto scans will scan you. Stealth is now gone, and your speed is "decent" at best (My min assault can sprint faster than you). You are now running a watered down assault. You would be better off sticking with the Cal assault, running 502 shields with 60hp/s recharge and regulators and Armor in your lows.


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Aero Yassavi Praetoriani Classiarii Templares Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 5436	Posted - 2014.01.19 16:52:00 - [1] - Quote Prediction: A ton of people are going to skill into scouts because they think they are super ninjas. They are either not as good as expected or CCP makes some tweaks to rebalance them. People rage when they realize it is not easy mode. They then rage even more when they realize that that was the last respec we'll likely ever get. Someone needs to do a PSA warning people about how to spend their refunded SP, especially if they are looking at going into scout or some role they haven't used actively before. ARC Commander CPM Info and Q&A - Status: Open
Aero Yassavi Praetoriani Classiarii Templares Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 5453	Posted - 2014.01.19 19:53:00 - [2] - Quote Ghost Kaisar wrote: Scouts will be powerful in their prospective role. Not OP. We still won't be able to take on groups of Assaults or Heavies head on. You will see a lot of hit and run or assassination tactics instead. The "Light Assault" scout will be a definite move for some Med frame players, but they will have to get used to the insanely low eHP that comes with this. Take the Cal scout for instance. You wanna run 4 complex shields? That 44 PG right off the bat. HALF of your PG is gone. You also kill your shield depleted, so you will need to run a regulator in your low. You know have one low slot to build your suit. So if you run a PG mod (So you can fit everything else) you have no speed. Or dampening. A Gal logi will scan you with no problems, and other suits Proto scans will scan you. Stealth is now gone, and your speed is "decent" at best (My min assault can sprint faster than you). You are now running a watered down assault. You would be better off sticking with the Cal assault, running 502 shields with 60hp/s recharge and regulators and Armor in your lows. Cat Merc specifically stated he in the first post that he's not saying scouts will be OP. The thread title doesn't suggest that either. He's simply suggesting it will be a FOTM. It is possible to be the FOTM without being OP. ARC Commander CPM Info and Q&A - Status: Open
Aero Yassavi Praetoriani Classiarii Templares Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 5515	Posted - 2014.01.20 03:48:00 - [3] - Quote KING CHECKMATE wrote: After re-reading the stats: I actually think Commandos are going to be the New FOTM next to heavies..... The Gallente Commando is particularly going to be quite frightening. I've worked with proto fits of all them, but this is the one that scares me the most. ARC Commander CPM Info and Q&A - Status: Open
Aero Yassavi Praetoriani Classiarii Templares Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 5515	Posted - 2014.01.20 03:55:00 - [4] - Quote KING CHECKMATE wrote: Aero Yassavi wrote: KING CHECKMATE wrote: After re-reading the stats: I actually think Commandos are going to be the New FOTM next to heavies..... The Gallente Commando is particularly going to be quite frightening. I've worked with proto fits of all them, but this is the one that scares me the most. Im mostly scared of the Minmatar with MAss driver / Combat rifle combo... Minmatar Commando doesn't get nearly the same total HP and has some issues with PG/CPU. The Gallente Commando is the only Commando that can easily fit all proto mods and proto weapons. At least, from what I've tested in fittings. ARC Commander CPM Info and Q&A - Status: Open
Aero Yassavi Praetoriani Classiarii Templares Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 5541	Posted - 2014.01.20 07:34:00 - [5] - Quote True Adamance wrote: Initially they might be, but I don't suspect they will for long. The playstyle I find with my scouting is a lot slower paced, its more about position than fire power, its all about being unseen and undectected. I don't think many players will have the patience for it. They will gravitate to higher EHP fits which fill more generic roles post initial interest. I don't think PC will every truly be a player for cloaked scouts when a pair of logis could clear the point much faster. What are you trying to say? That I'm more generic than you? More boring? ARC Commander CPM Info and Q&A - Status: Open