The question is do you think that the Minmatar scout losing the profile reduction bonus will be the killer of the minmatar scout speed tanking, and thus Stealth > Speed, except you do gain a low slot in 1.8. But still the fact that you can't speed tank without stealth says something.

I never wanted to nerf the gal scout nononono. The problem is, the minmitar is made for hit and run and speed tanking, but doesn't have the fittings to do so, in other words, shields are not good enough, and their minuscule speed bonus over other suits isGǪ wellGǪ.a paltry way to make up for their suits being gimped in every other way. I seriously encourage you to read my sig link btw, its a long read, but if you stick it out, you'll like it

Finally someone who sees the light :)

its very true, and also very unfortunate, and i agree 10000% with you on this

Hell I get charge sniper OHK'd right now anyways and I have run 4 enhanced plates on a scout before and really was nothing very FOTM appealing. Really it goes toe to toe but coming across any CR, HMG, railgun in the open pretty much negates it.

That's a point where speed does come in handy, like previously mentioned, escape. But stealth will do in a snap if you are in the cities.

I'm trying to look out for the sake of speed tanking in 1.8 Lightning and in your honest opinion, simple yes/no, do you think it will be viable in 1.8 without much mixing into HP or Stealth.

Says the guy that quit the game when Aim Assist was at its strongest

Im not saying its useless, i regularly go 15-3, 15-5, 25-4, etc with my basic minmitar scout suit speed tanking, however, its not as effective as it should be. By dead, i mean that no one will use it because of how much skill and practice it takes

The point was not that you took a hiatus, but when you took it. I'd like to see how your speed tank fared then. But you're also confusing personal skill with viability. I can regularly get a 3.50+KDR with a plasma cannon and flaylock pistol on a C-1 Assault. Does that make it viable? No, it means that either I am a good play or that the other people are bad players.I'm telling you, 40 cpu and 9 pg is a cheap price to pay for 30 seconds of electronic invisibility to proto scanners. the cloak is going to be a great active dampener.

How is the right way to use kin cats ?

You cant run away from people if they are even half decent at shooting.

Any other instance you are already using stealth even though it isnt a module. Many have determined that they already can do that with much more tank and even more firepower. You claiming some knowledge that so many others dont possess is...

Please just tell us so veteran players can agree or shoot it down.

My take is you are just a good FPS player who uses their smarts and gun game to excel. The same thing other good players have done with the scout suit through different methods.