Do you play for WP, KDR, or fun (or some other measure)?
Follow whatever that is.

mhmm, if you are a low sp player it's good for you to create a second and third account with passive sp, use these characters to test stuff before you try them on your main, in my case I just have so much sp I don't care, but that is the best method to start out with.

There are plenty of different reason to select a style/frame/fit, but what other people consider OP/UP shouldn't be one of the criteria. Run what you enjoy. If you have a munchkin streak in you, go ahead run the FOTM. If you're the FPS version of a hipster, run something obscure and tell me that I wouldn't understand. Depending on what end of the assault spectrum you fall on, I would suggest either a tanked scout or commando. If you like to have speed, versatility and good flanking ability, run a tanked scout. If you prefer firepower and the ability to absorb punishment, go commando. Overcoming obstacles that you place in your own path (like selecting sub-optimal frames/fittings) can be fun, but it doesn't provide a legitimate platform to criticize others who want to be as effective as possible and make choices accordingly.

Cheers,

Aramis

First of all please define FOTM... How is a 400-500 HP scout be a FOTM ?! Just cause someone doesn't have it ?! These scouts drop as soon as they make the slightest mistake...ie: Running too fast other than sneaking in, charging someone with a rifle instead of a SG and so many other things. As soon as CCP fixes the Bugs with the cloak it'll be all fine. People here always cry about things that they didn't spec into. not saying that you are crying... But adding one more Scout Thread on top of all the existing threads would only make you look like a crybaby

Honor ?! What does honor have to do with using an Item that's there to use and people actually spec into it... Not like scouts get a free proto CLOAK!!!

People in this forum !!!!

I'll tell you this, I have started this game as a scout and to be an effective scout, I hope your 10 mil is in exactly what you need to be able to play as a scout. Armor and shield to 5 in core skills is not as important as dampening, precision, range, kin kats, cardio, and hacking.

Even if you plan on playing as an assault scout; if you don't have those skills at least to 3, I wouldn't go into scout cause you are going to get slaughtered by people who had to learn the hard way to scout and we have a much better sense of how to play them than most of the FoTM peeps.

The only thing the cloak brings to the table is to take time away from hunting targets and getting unexpectedly killed because you 'thought' someone couldn't see you. Most of the vet players can see right through it, even when you standing still. That's not to say the cloak doesn't have its merits. You can hide from tanks and do a couple other things. But scouts life is a hard life sometimes; you have the HP to make many mistakes, especially if you are going to run militia gear to stay ISK positive, also the cloak is like 3.5K alone so it will be the most expensive suit you could run.

there is no exploit outside of some dumb perceptions, except i guess some ppl figure out a way to shoot while stealthed. that will probably be fixed. i've never tried it or saw a reason to.

it's not the players fault for CCP failing the assault suit, CCP creates the FOTMs the players naturally want to be effective so they skill into them. i personally was tired of being sluggish and radar blind and detectable outside my LAV. but how can there be a FOTM when tanks, ADS, heavies and scouts are supposedly FOTM- there cant be more than one so what that means is it's almost balanced except for assault. assault needs a gadget to make it appealing like a jetpack or something unique.