But now it's not, clearly the cloaked scout + shotgun is dominating the field and Dust is a horrific game to play for those that aren't specced right.

Thanks for the first week of 1.8 though, it was truly special.

Well, there are an awful lot of scouts out there now.

Seems like many more than before. It seems like a fairly easy class to play now.

Just sayin'.


Munch

Wow, I didn't realise what a negative reaction this would get.

All I seem to ever see is proto gallente/caldari scout with proto/advanced shotguns.

I love this idea that you are supposed to see a scout coming, I get that. However, seeing four or five at the same time is not only a ludicrous suggestion, but putting them down is impossible.

Scout + Cloak = Great!
Scout + Shotgun = Great!
Shotgun + Cloak = Great!
Scout + Cloak + Shotgun = Overpowered.

It is the combination of all three items and the fact that more players than ever are running scout that makes the playstyle ridiculously OP. The scout's speed just adds to how easy it is to get in close and not suffer the poor playstyle that the cloak is offering. It's just like when the TAR was amazing, everybody picked up on it and that's pretty much all you ever saw because it's downright better than everything else.

I play on european servers so if you're thinking GÇ£nah that never happensGÇ¥ then sorry but it does over here.

Maybe the cloak should operate with a long fire delay so it's used more for espionage and sabotage than as an assault suit.