Duran Lex
Fraternity of St. Venefice
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.03.02 13:21:00 -
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Regardless of the way this guy is voicing his opinion, he has a valid point. Scouts are missing a large portion of their intended role ; scouting.
There's really no purpose for anyone using a scout suit to actually go deep into enemy territory and inform the squad of key points of enemy opposition. Afterall, anyone with a 100meter scanner can tell you anything you need to know, without putting himself in harms way.
Currently that gives a scouts best advantage very few uses IMO, their low scan profile provides them the ability to sneak up on someone for a kill, or place uplinks in strategic locations, or the ability to sneak a hack with the right setup. That might be fine to you, and thats okay. But others, like i assume our OP here, feels there could be so much more someone in a scout suit can do with their advantages if CCP provided it to the scouts.
A laser designator isn't a bad idea actually, and it would add a lot of fun to the suit.
Is there a particular HAV causing destruction more so then others? Laser designate it and your team can track that specific baby on the map and set up an ambush that will guarantee popping it. Is there a sniper somewhere that can't be found due to the new cloaking mechanic? Laser designate him and give your team a shiny beacon to go take him down/avoid him. (And yes, i'm giving a general example that isn't taking into account scan profiles and possible strength of the laser designator, those can be ironed out by the community in a different discussion).
It could also add fun layers in future gameplay. If CCP is continuing to pursue their idea of a Flaylock Pistol variant being weaker missiles that slightly home in on their target, imagine the gameplay additions of laser designating, say a Heavy Sentinel being repped by 4 logi's, and having your Flaylock missiles track onto that specific target with much more precision. Or even cooler, a logi is repping a heavy behind cover and a friendly scout who is behind enemy lines, laser designates the Logi. Then you shoot your missiles over the cover, and they home in on that logi for the "Boom". It can open up a plethora of new team styled gameplay tactics.
Take a look at the Recon class in BF4 and the use of the laser designated devices. It's some pretty fun stuff. Dust could as many fun additions to it as possible to keep the grind less monotonous.
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