Brokerib
Lone Wolves Club
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Posted - 2014.03.21 11:07:00 -
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KingBabar wrote:Like many others I decided to put the events 3 M SP into another suit to get a new experience knowing that the SPs will be refunded shortly. So I got the Galente scout and I've been running it for 2 days.
I have various fits off course but lets focus on a more "assault fitted suit". So I get 160 shields 470 armor with a 6.25 passive rep, and an Allotek hive to get that armor back when I'm in a tight spot. Its fast, semi stealthy and wields proto weapons.
Yes its obviously not a dual tanked logi fit with 1000 HP but it works very well, I've had many solid games with it, several with 30+ kills and 1-3 deaths. I also suppose the dampened speed tanked shotty fit I have is a great one with a little skillpoints invested in the shotty and a little time invested in playing that particular role.
Even though the shields are only 160, they still come back extremely fast. I often take 500 points of damage, go to cover, toss down an allotek hive and I'm ready to go. I've also noticed that people hit me way less in this suit. I've gone up against several tanky protosuits front to front and won cause they simply can't track my strafeing.
So I ask you, (mostly too) proud scouts of this community, Whats with all the QQ?
I've seen thread after thread from scouts claiming their suits, indeed their entire role is UP. I've held my tongue cause I haven't had a scout suit properly specced yet. But after running it for 2 days I just can't see what the big deal is about. Take away the 2 damage mods and the HP and rep speed is almost identical to my Amarr assault. Yes 2 damage mods or 2 shield extenders is more but the Amarr assault would be a much worse suit if I tried to match the scout suits speed and stealth....
What exactly is or soon to be "was" the big deal about scout suits being UP? I don't get it..... Late to the party, but here's another 2c.
In my experience, it isn't that well fitted proto scouts with supporting core skills and gun game are UP. Full proto scouts can be very competitive and have a number of advantages over medium and heavy suits, regardless of how you fit them.
At the basic and advanced tiers, scouts suffer. More so if you don't have the core skills to support them. They're hard to fit, easy to kill, and the scout specific advantages are minimized.
If you really want to give it a try and see what it's like, instead of being a tourist looking down from a passing proto train, try an alt without all the core skills. Or even just limited to the advanced level. The difference is substantial.
Knowledge is power
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