Scout passives scans have always been this way. It just so happens that everyone is scout now.

Scout passive scanning does share actually.
I tested it with a squad.

For clarification I already knew this, but what has changed in 1.8 is that the "scrubs" now have to use scouts in order to have the HUGE advantage of seeing the whole battlefield instead of just sticking a scanner on a stacked logi suit.

This is why we're seeing a ton of stacked scout suits too, because these "scrubs" can't use their scanners anymore and have resorted to scouts, therefore REINSTATING THE PROBLEM that these passive scans present.
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http://youtu.be/YLA2friU70M

Tell me what the difference is. Seriously.
...besides the fact that active scanners broadcast to your squad...if you're running solo it really is the same thing.

If you complained about 24/7 360 ACTIVE scans in 1.7
Then why are you not complaining about 24/7 360 PASSIVE scans in 1.8?
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The main argument against me so far is this:

"Scouts are supposed to SCOUT, duh"

Recon, gathering intel...makes sense. But when were these things only for personal gain? If a scout is supposed to scout, then shouldn't they at least be able to share that info with the squad?

But wait we can't have that because then we have the same problem we had with active scanners.
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What I'm more annoyed about than anything is how I constantly die now from shotguns without a chance to react. TTK was increased so now we've reverted to weapons that kill you almost instantly.

The rare chances I can actually turn around to shoot back the scout has so much health that I either survive with a sliver of armor or die because of the increased TTK of my weapon against these light assaults.

I can't even run my support logi because scouts can sneak behind the group of heavies I'm with and take me out before I can even communicate this over comms. Not even my proto scanner can detect them with a cloak, which makes me wonder how I'm supposed to counter scouts in the first place.

Oh wait that's right, I should just skill into a scout myself if I even want a chance at surviving more than 10 seconds after I spawn now from yet another scout.

Doesn't matter if you're a sentinel or a logi, you die by shotguns all the same.

Scout passive scanning does share actually.
I tested it with a squad.


Anyway, the difference is that a passive scanning suit gives up module slots to do so, unlike a brick Gal Logi that gets both 360 visibility and over 1000 eHP.