I want to know whats what SCOUTS used in UPRISING pre 1.8.
Scouts are changing.
We are getting Buffs and Cloaks.
We will get a lot of new people playing as scouts, but the original scouts will probably always be stronger.

Now to the Thread.
I want to know 2 things:
GÖª Best / Prefered Scout fit Pre 1.8 and a small explanation on it
GÖª Scout suit you will use in 1.8 And why

I'll start:

DISCLAIMER: Please DO NOT LAUGH to hard at me, i know this is not a ''Meta'' Fitting designed for combat , but it works and its my best scout suit u.u
I have NEVER, told anyone about this suit until now.Specially because soon the World of scouts will change forever....

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Minmatar M/1 Series Scout
GÖª 2 ADV Precision Enhancers
GÖª 1 Complex Profile Dampener
GÖª 1 Range Amplifier (think its ENH too)
GÖª ''MAIN WEAPON'' Sidearm Advanced Assault Scrambler Pistol
GÖª ''BACKUP WEAPON'' Light weapon EXO-5 MD or Assault Combat Rifle
GÖª Locus grenades or Flux
GÖª Compact nanohives

Its no secret to my friends i just LOVE E-War. Sadly i was convinced speed tanking combat scout was the way to go when the first SP reset came,and i chose Minmatar Scout over Gallente. Never the less this did not stop me.
At first i was happy using Active scanners on all my Med frames , specially logis and my Amarr + SCR combination. But then i noticed something while I was being scanned. There IS , something no Med frame can EVER take away from a scout.Doesnt matter the slots. The Combination of Speed and E-War. a Med frame can only imitate one of these at the time but not BOTH at the time. With the MOST Passive Scan Range, Best Scan Precision and best profile dampening skills the scouts ARE unparalleled in both passive scanning and avoiding scans.

'' why bother if A.Scanners are accessible, affordable and have overall better preformance than passive scanning?''
The answer is simple. When you Activley scan someone, they get a message that says:
''YOU HAVE BEEN SCANNED'' and a non readable part: '' REDS INCOMING''
Passive scanning DOES NOT ALERT your enemies. This in combination to Profile dampening are what scouts are ABOUT!
I cannot even begin to count all the ''tanked scouts'' ive seen.Running aroudn with numbers as high as 700HP! WTH! And still,when i passive scan them feel sorry for them,because their HP,Shotgun and Speed wont help them if they cant find me and i know where they are all the time....
Overall, even with 190HP.... My Best games have been with this suits, my highest score , was with this suit in the Labs.
75-6

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CALDARI SCOUT in 1.8:

AND ...this is why my first suit in 1.8 will be the Caldari Scout.
I can use 2 ENH/CX Precision enhancers at proto level, plus 2 complex shield extenders. Profile Dampener (Cx if possible) and Complex Range amplifier. The weapons can be STD level for all i care. All these modules PLUS the inherent bonus of the caldari scout (+25% Scan precision and 25% Profile dampening) will make my caldari scout one of the most powerful E-war units in Dust. Finally ,to put the cherry on top, i would still have around 380 shields and 87 armor....AND a Cloaking device plus (if possible) R/E.....

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Why do i share the loadout i have been thinking for since i read the patch notes?
I want to encourage scouts, to BE scouts in 1.8.
100-200 more HP wont make a difference when you total EHP is below 400. we all know this.Then why keep pushing towards HP when thats is NOT our role, plus not the role we want?
Give E-War a try.
Give Speed tanking another try.
Give Melee another try.
Those modules are not as useless as they look like....

Believe me .
MOST people say Active scanners are a CRUTCH. Hell, i said this for a long time...

But after you see your enemies in your radar ALL the time, see then through the walls (the red triangle thingieh) and they dont even KNOW you are seeing them...well...there is just NO turning back....
Passive scanning is MY Crutch....

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And you?
What do you scout with?
What will you scout with...?