Their crazy range before ...

Tell me more of this "crazy range" in terms of meters.

It's really only a 10% reduction to skilled gal scout, but a little more significant to cal scout (20% reduction). The base suit ranges with no ramps was only about 31 m vs the normal 25m range for regular scouts or 12m-18m for most other suits. This multiplies the effectiveness of HMGs and other close range weapons on maps with a majority of points with chokepoints near objectives.

Don't forget about lag. By the time an enemy shows up in TACNET, he could be well within the boundaries of the scan, so there is a lag margin around the edge of TACNET which significantly reduces the actual scan range depending on how fast they're travelling. So, when you say 31m, it could be reduced to 25m if you're scanning a scout moving at 7m/s and lag is ~ 1s.

Yes, a scout and a heavy working in the same squad would be effective at 31m.

I will do some more math. Stacked Complex Range Amplifiers yield +45%, +39.1%, +25.67%, +12.7%. Sum that to a whopping 122.5% bonus of range. Light dropsuit default scan range 20m X Bonus 122.5% is 24.5m additional range. That's right, I just traded 4 high slots for 24.5m of additional scan range. Now add in the now 15% max bonus for cal scout, bumping the total bonus to a massive 27.5m additional scan range for a grand total of 47.5m scan range (maximum possible). Also, don't forget to subtract the lag margin, which reduces the practical range to somewhere around 40m.

Those are just numbers, but when I reflect on in game play, aside from shotguns, my scout deaths occur from weapons at distances greater than 40m, or from roadkill because the vehicle didn't even show up on TACNET.

From the standpoint of a lonewolf, 47.5m is ridiculously ineffective. I want to push my scans out to the edge of the minimap at 100m radius. I see no reason why I shouldn't be able to, if I am willing to trade off those slots to dedicate to ewar.

I will say that range amplifiers need a huge boost and scout dropsuit scan range didn't need to be nerfed as all scan range is weak, weak, weak.

I think your math is off, i'm pretty sure you can easily get gal scout scans out to 83m. Cal scout is 53m. Amarr scout is 71m. Minmatar is 63m.

20m base range
*25% skill bonus = 25m
*1.15 gal scout bonus = 28.75m
*1.45 first mod = 41.69 m
*1.39 2nd mod = 57.9 m
*1.26 3rd mod = 73 m
*1.12 4th mod = 81.2 m

Also, you had said that your range boost is a highslot module, but it is a lowslot module. So you can only put 2 on a calscout. Are you equipping precision mods thinking that they should give you range?

So you don't add up all of the percentages and then multiply by the base amount?

Can we get a dev in here to comment on how scan range is calculated and the maximum scan range possible?

With your math how do you solve for a single module?

Wow are you honestly saying that a 40m wall-hack 24/7 isn't good enough?

That is what I'm saying. With vehicles driving 20+m/s TACNET lag, they may not even show up on radar, or show up under 1 second before impact, if they are trying to run you down. 40m is nothing when you have to cross open terrain (not all battles occur in the confines of a building). 40m, 50m, 60m is not enough when you're running a tissue paper dropsuit. Anything under the range of a SCR, RR or CR is not enough.

I think your math is off, i'm pretty sure you can easily get gal scout scans out to 83m. Cal scout is 53m. Amarr scout is 71m. Minmatar is 63m.

Nerfing the EWAR on scouts seems odd to me. It's kind of their role.
IMO, it would have made more sense to reduce their ability to brick tank or something similar instead.

Sounds like you want a super lone-wolf suit that can take out anything solo.