DUST Search - Scouts don't need 6 module slots or 2 equipment slots.

LT Shanx wrote:

They really don't.

I play a Galscout and having 6 module slots seems a bit too much. With 5 Slots, I'll still be able to equip 2 complex precision enhancers, 1 complex range amplifier, 1 complex profile dampener, and a complex KinCat. Any extra modules are really not necessary.

The same applies to the extra equipment slot. If I want to use a cloak, then I should be able to equip only that. However, if I feel I can do my duty as a Scout and be just as effective without a cloak, then perhaps REs would be more beneficial to me. Being able to cloak and use other equipment seems a bit greedy, especially when the game already has a class dedicated to equipment use.

From what I have seen, the addition of these slots has encouraged many players to opt for brick tanked builds as it is now easier to obtain 700+ eHP on a Scout suit. They indeed have become the more effective Assaults, now with the added bonuses of higher speed, more CPU/PG, lower profiles, smaller hit boxes, better suit passives, two equipment slots that allow them to cloak and self-rep through hives, etc.

Alone, brick tanked Scouts are easy enough targets for any eWar built Scout to handle. However, 6 of them with cloaks and proper comms have the ability to zerg rush an entire team and keep their opposition at bay.

Remove their extra module slot and their HP will drop by 100 or so. Remove their second equipment slot so that Logis become more relevant in matches.


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m twiggz Pradox One Proficiency V. 501	Posted - 2014.04.12 15:51:00 - [1] - Quote LT Shanx wrote: They really don't. I play a Galscout and having 6 module slots seems a bit too much. With 5 Slots, I'll still be able to equip 2 complex precision enhancers, 1 complex range amplifier, 1 complex profile dampener, and a complex KinCat. Any extra modules are really not necessary. The same applies to the extra equipment slot. If I want to use a cloak, then I should be able to equip only that. However, if I feel I can do my duty as a Scout and be just as effective without a cloak, then perhaps REs would be more beneficial to me. Being able to cloak and use other equipment seems a bit greedy, especially when the game already has a class dedicated to equipment use. From what I have seen, the addition of these slots has encouraged many players to opt for brick tanked builds as it is now easier to obtain 700+ eHP on a Scout suit. They indeed have become the more effective Assaults, now with the added bonuses of higher speed, more CPU/PG, lower profiles, smaller hit boxes, better suit passives, two equipment slots that allow them to cloak and self-rep through hives, etc. Alone, brick tanked Scouts are easy enough targets for any eWar built Scout to handle. However, 6 of them with cloaks and proper comms have the ability to zerg rush an entire team and keep their opposition at bay. Remove their extra module slot and their HP will drop by 100 or so. Remove their second equipment slot so that Logis become more relevant in matches. I completely see your point. The fact is some people use those slots for other things than brick-tanking. Very effective and helpful things. You know, things that scouts are suppose to do. Like being sneaky, or passively scanning enemies for your squad, the thing called eWar, the things scouts should do. Just because a handful of players brick-tank scout suits and use them as slayer suits doesn't mean the community as a whole needs to be "nerfed". Kinda figured people would label scouts as the new FOTM slayer suit. Not surprised in the least. People decide to do that with their suit, its a sandbox game. You should be able to fit your suit however you want. If you want max EHP, so be it. If you want to fit your suit to scan enemies, so be it. If you want to use absolutely no modules, so be it. For every suit build in this game there is a suit/tactic thats great at killing it. Its whats so wonderful about Dust, versatility.