1st off this change is completely justified. It has been explained so thoroughly that anyone against the changes are either mad b/c they can't have as easy time doing well or trolling.

Ok, to summarize, They are nerfing both Cal and Gal scouts to make medium suits more competitive.

1) There are no medium suits that can compete with the current scout suits except if the are competing against min or amarr scout

2) Gal scouts can be as fast as fast or faster than a 2x complex Kinkat min scout BUT have more dampening, more HP, and more scan range. The min scout is even better than the Amarr Scout so imagine that.

3) CCP recognizes that there are a lot of scouts being used to do things that are reserved for medium suits. They want them to be more specialized. Scouts shouldn't be over 9m/s sprint speed with 600 hp and not scanable. It doesn't make sense. medium suits can't do 600 hp with a 9m/s sprint speed let alone also be unscannable.

4) There is another hidden nerf to the Gal scout. The basic/Mlt armor plates will cost more PG and Basic and Enhanced will have a larger penalty to sprint speed. So now, if a Gal scout wants to be bricked out, it will be as slow or slower than a medium. it won't be completely stealth. And basically operate as a medium with a cloak, which I think is still fairly damn good. They are encouraging scouts to use reactive or ferroscale.

5) Lastly you forgot that they are nerfing scout armor rep from 3hp/s to 1hp/s. Again, to help eliminate gal scouts that are bricked out, stealth, fast, and rep armor so fast. Again, no medium or other scout can do this as well as the gal no matter what module combinations are used

That is the summary. If you cannot comprehend these small facts then you are just a whiner who is, likely, a terrible player who needs everything they can to be successful. Besides that, wearing 2x complex dampeners on your gal scout instead of 1x is not that big of a deal. If it is then re-read the second sentence of this paragraph.

Like so many people state in the forums:

Adapt or Die

Ok, to summarize, They are nerfing both Cal and Gal scouts to make medium suits more competitive.

1) There are no medium suits that can compete with the current scout suits except if the are competing against min or amarr scout

2) Gal scouts can be as fast as fast or faster than a 2x complex Kinkat min scout BUT have more dampening, more HP, and more scan range. The min scout is even better than the Amarr Scout so imagine that.

3) CCP recognizes that there are a lot of scouts being used to do things that are reserved for medium suits. They want them to be more specialized. Scouts shouldn't be over 9m/s sprint speed with 600 hp and not scanable. It doesn't make sense. medium suits can't do 600 hp with a 9m/s sprint speed let alone also be unscannable.

4) There is another hidden nerf to the Gal scout. The basic/Mlt armor plates will cost more PG and Basic and Enhanced will have a larger penalty to sprint speed. So now, if a Gal scout wants to be bricked out, it will be as slow or slower than a medium. it won't be completely stealth. And basically operate as a medium with a cloak, which I think is still fairly damn good. They are encouraging scouts to use reactive or ferroscale.

5) Lastly you forgot that they are nerfing scout armor rep from 3hp/s to 1hp/s. Again, to help eliminate gal scouts that are bricked out, stealth, fast, and rep armor so fast. Again, no medium or other scout can do this as well as the gal no matter what module combinations are used

That is the summary. If you cannot comprehend these small facts then you are just a whiner who is, likely, a terrible player who needs everything they can to be successful. Besides that, wearing 2x complex dampeners on your gal scout instead of 1x is not that big of a deal. If it is then re-read the second sentence of this paragraph.

Like so many people state in the forums:

Adapt or Die

You want to keep things the way they are because you are afraid that if they are not you won't perform as well. That's all it is. Should have said that at the beginning.

The OP must run GalScout and is sad that he is no longer an invisible force of destruction. The majority of the community is happy about this, even many players, good players, that run GalScout.

Plain and simple, a GalScout can still be completely invisible even after the hotfix hits. Run the numbers properly. The only big change is that it will no longer be able to stack copious amounts of armor, be completely invisible and be super fast. Just like others have stated.

As for your argument of "heavies and logis are the real issue" is a complete misunderstanding. The heavy and logi combo in Dust has always been subpar at best. Now that it's finally working as intended people are QQ'ing over it. It's really simple. Kill the logi, then kill the heavy. Or you could even ask your squad mates for help if you cannot do it yourself. Scouts and medium frames aren't meant to take heavies on 1v1 and win, let alone one heavy with a logi versus one light or medium frame. Heavies are in a good place. They're difficult to kill, yet not indestructible.

IMO you just need to play smarter. If you have difficulty taking out heavy/logi combos then maybe the light frame suits aren't for you.

As for tanks? Yeah it's still an issue if you don't have vehicle users on your team. Light AV still needs some work IMO. If you're really having that much trouble with them do what the rest of us do. Sica + Railgun + 2x DMG mods. The tank QQ tears will start flowing.

Go into tanks
CCP loves tankes
They just keep on going and going and going

Oh and they are race car fast also