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Bayeth Mal
OSG Planetary Operations
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2014.02.22 13:19:00 -
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It's pretty well established that speed tanking is not as viable as just HP/Damage tanking and we've ended up with a field of Min/Max builds along those two parameters.
Setting aside cloaks for the moment.
Is anybody thinking that the scout buff may give rise to scout spam?
I hate to say it but a big chunk of the playerbase is pretty uncreative and unwilling to think outside of the box.
While some things are objectively OP, other trends I see seem to come from nowhere. RE spam for one, Core Locus is still a damn good way to kill mercs, and I remember not long ago it was "Nade spam = Scrub" posts and sigs on the forums, but it seems to have been forgotten. Remotes are still the same aren't they? So what changed? I think many players got killed by them so they started using them in a vain attempt at FotM chasing. I don't think I've been killed by a single core locus since 1.7 dropped.
A buff to scouts could see some of our great and half decent scouts who learnt to play with nerfed suits, really tearing things up, and I'm thinking that may bring over all the FotM chasers. Though maybe it'll still be the sentinel+light we're currently seeing.
This is just a thought that occurred to me though, I'm interested in hearing from some experienced scouts on their thoughts. |
Bayeth Mal
OSG Planetary Operations
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2014.02.22 13:47:00 -
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Disturbingly Bored wrote:Scout may be FOTM in1.8, but heavies will also be FOTM, and Some Logis will stay FOTM.
So... Mostly balanced? We'll have to see what CCP does with assaults.
+1 for your sig, GG Logibro |
Bayeth Mal
OSG Planetary Operations
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2014.02.22 14:44:00 -
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Yeah well since running HMG heavy since I began at the start of uprising, I finally decided it was time for a change.
Looked at the other suits and thought... Bollocks to medium suits, might as well play CoD.
So now I've been running Gal scout, it's great.
Been getting a lot of use out of my Dren shotgun and scout suit.
Switching between the two on the fly can be disorientating to say the least, but it's really forced me to work on my gungame. |
Bayeth Mal
OSG Planetary Operations
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2014.02.22 15:55:00 -
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love the second comment in that thread.
"Scouts are getting love soon, maybe 1.5 but if not then almost definitely 1.6. " |
Bayeth Mal
OSG Planetary Operations
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2014.02.22 16:12:00 -
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knight of 6 wrote:
if honestly want to be a scout, nothing I've said will stop you, welcome to hardmode.
I've been scouting for about 2 months. Gal Shotty/ScP or SMG running uplinks, hacking etc.
It's a Dren build so total cost is 2.5k ISK, it makes dying a lot easier to accept when ISK is no longer part of the equation.
I'm certainly not a good scout, but it's a high risk high reward play-style and have managed to pull of/fluke some epic manoeuvres that if montaged together out of context would make me look like the greatest player ever, manoeuvres that I could never do on any other suit.
But yes, it certainly is hard mode, and has really forced me to up my gun-game. Now when I hear squad-mates complain about scouts it's all I can do not to scream at them over comms.
I just wish I'd gotten into it sooner, it's making me a better player. |
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