Gal assault is what i use.

No sh-ít hombre
Plz tell me more about the fitting mechanics of the game!

I can fit ANYTHING on my scout. I just don't believe it's working at the moment since the light suits are better at assaulting than the medium suits.

You sir may disagree on that this is flawed but I stay with my saying that's it's OP and not intended to be that way in the game.
That's why we have different suits and maybe just maybe the cloak bonus that scouts gets is a indication on what CCP wants with the game?

But it's okey to have a different opinion my good sir

Regards

Truth is, Assault is not bad either.

I run basic cloak with an exile + a couple mods (Complex PG Upgrade and Complex CPU upgrade)

on a BASIC/STD Gallente/Caldari Assault Suit

I've been getting a good number of kills, especially on cloaked people who don't have a clue how to use them.

In fact, running cloaks on assaults is slightly more cost-effective imho than running it on scouts, except that scouts can equip two cloak fields -- meaning unlimited cloaking time.

I just think its fun, though, with CPU fitting customization for Plasma Cannons, you can sit in a corner in the city (in some maps) and wait for someone to pass by, then melt their face off with a plasma cannon. Best part? They have no idea you're there. That is, until you fire...

But thats why you have a cloak ))

It is difficult to brick tank and still be effective as an assault now. You can have similar hp in a scout and be faster and more effective.

Assault suits are broken.
This has been know for a few months.

Guys I am a scout and have been for some time now.

I fitted 1000hp (989hp) proto guns proto sidearm, cloaks, RE, nades

On top I have passive scaners/passive rep/dampening/high shield recharge

This is OP in every way there is. Saying anything else is just trolling.

It's not the way the scout is supposed to work in my mind, it should be fast,agile,stealthy but squishy as a balance.

Suggestion:

Make the speed penalty if staking armor ( more 4 scouts )
Make dampening penalty if staking shield and a massive shield recharge rate nerf if staking on a scout
Make one of the equipment slots dedicated to cloak

You knew this before the patch, and you still chose an assault suit? Meh, come on.

So does an Amarr Scout get a pass because we're slower than assault suits.

Really? Where were you when the logis where the gods among assaults? STFU.

Called it
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=149208

Scouts with a lot of hp die quick, also i agree with a bit added speed penalty for those stacking them armors

Might I ask what suit the OP runs (and the fitting specs if they wish to disclose such info)

Scouts with a lot of hp die quick, also i agree with a bit added speed penalty for those stacking them armors

Lets look at this problem by comparing proto suits of the same race. Look at these two fits for the gallente assault and the gallente scout. Both assume that the user has maxed out their skill trees.

Maxed Assault gk.0
Assault gk.0
Complex Shield Extender
Complex Shield Extender
Enhanced Shield Extender
Complex Armor Plates
Complex Armor Plates
Complex Armor Plates
Complex Armor Plates
Federation Duvolle Specialist Assault Rifle

base movement speed of 4.07 m/s
total HP: 1188

Maxed Scout gk.0
Scout gk.0
Complex Shield Extender
Complex Shield Extender
Complex Armor Plates
Complex Armor Plates
Complex Armor Plates
Complex Armor Plates
Federation Duvolle Specialist Assault Rifle
Kaalakiota Magsec SMG
Flux Grenade
Cloak Field
Compact Nanohive

base movement speed of 4.44 m/s
total HP: 989

Now, clearly the assault has almost a 200 hp edge but it is slower than the scout, can't hold a side arm, can't hold a grenade, are easier to spot on radar, and can't turn invisible at will. At this point there is no point in running an assault when a scout will clearly make the more effective and versatile killing suit.

Assaults need to have something that makes them preferable to scouts. Currently CCP is trying to provide that incentive through the assault bonuses but those bonuses are too limited in their scope to have much of an impact on game play. A simple way to buff the assault would be to increase either the base HP or the damage but that would make the suit compete with the heavy frames for max HP which is not the point of the suit and might invalidate another class.

Nerfing the scouts ability to stack plates would be another way to make assaults have more of a place on the battle field, doing so by reducing base hp would lead to more people brick tanking (as shown above) which is not desireable. Reducing the CPU and PG of the scout would also necessitate buffing the scout bonus to using cloaks (or they would become unusable).

Honestly I don't know what changes could be made to deal with the lack of a place for assaults on the battle field. I think that changing the assault bonuses would be a start but the changes would need to be pretty radical to make an actual difference. What do you all think. Come on DUST community, there are plenty of smart people out there. How can we make a place for assaults on the battlefiled that isn't simply one of being meat for the meat grinder.

Without cloaks scouts get smoked. Before 1.8 I ran my gal assault like a scout and rained hell. The real issue is that the big corp guys are all about ftom right now. Good players play well regardless the suit.

Plus scanner nerf didnt help. But in time we will all adapt.

My gal assault is a beast sir. Ill always take gal assault over any scout.