Give up a low or high slot OR your sidearm for a buff to drop uplink and scanner usage?

In another thread, someone was stating that the issue with brick tanking scouts is that they have such an undefined role aside from slaying as they have no inherent bonuses other than to track down enemy targets.

So, if there was another variation on the light frame that took away a H/L slot or a sidearm for a bonus to uplinks and scanners (possibly about half of what the gal and amarr logis get), would you use it?

I feel that the scout's speed lends itself to the use of these two pieces of equipment. It allows them to flank the enemy with uplinks and track the enemy down with the scanner.

Another piece of equipment that could be introduced for scouts would be a Tag/Painter for enemies. It allows a scout to mark an enemy player for a set period of time so that they would be visible to the scout's squad. Number of active tags and length of time tagged would be dependent upon the meta of the equipment.

So you are saying that scouts should not help the team other than as slayers?

The reason that CCP has had so many issues with balancing suits is that there is not enough difference in the rolls of each frame/class. How exactly are you going to balance them when there is very little diversity in their usage?