Be more specific as to what "issues" are fixed. We can't debate on vague implications.

I see far more problems being created then fixed: Amarr gets a useless bonus because it can't scan other scouts. Caldari gets an almost useless bonus because it can scan a bit farther but it's still lame since it can't scan scouts, not to mention can't use its bonused mods because it needs dampeners to hid from scouts (that it can't scan).

And a Cal scout lvl5 only with a 10% bonus would get a 30m scan range (40m w/ scan range lvl5). Please learn math before I take you seriously.

I apologize for my comment about math. I thought the bonuses were additive, not multiplicative (As in it's Base*Bonus1*Bonus2 not Base+Base*Bonus1+Base*Bonus2). I looked at ProtoFits and saw that you're right. Again, I apologize for insulting you.

Your point supporting Amarr scan bonus doesn't hold up though. All scouts can already scan med suits and above easily, and I showed that every scout can evade it rather easily (especially the Gal scout). The only use for a scan precision bonus on a scout suit is to scan heavily dampened scouts, which even at its fullest the Amarr simply cannot do. It makes Gal scouts unmatched in EWar and encourages scout usage with almost nothing to counter them. It's a worthless bonus.

As I've said, most Cal scout only have 1-2 Precision enhancers, which can be beaten by any scout that wants to try (which is more balanced than the Amarr having the bonus because it must sacrifice its tank or dampening). However, if a Cal scout wants to forgo all tank and be a walking scanner, he has that ability as a hard counter to most scouts. This seems OP, but so is a proto tank with no AV on the field. It's not like Cal scouts don't have a weakness. Cal scouts still cannot scan Gal scouts and once the Cal scout is dead he's worthless to the team. Gal logies can also easily scan the Cal scout.

The point now is there there's really no point not to run scouts if nothing can scan them. All they have to do is always be under the Amarr and be sneaky and they're home free with no counters. Cal scouts currently can curb the abuse of scouts by either illuminating them to their teammates (by sacrificing their combat effectiveness) and encouraging heavier suits to be used instead, or forcing Gal scouts to ++ber dampen and reduce their tank all together (since they'll need equal complex damps to the Cals precisions). That will not happen with Amarr scouts.

TL;DR Cal scouts are a hard counter to scout abuse. They encourage heavier suit usage and serve as a competitor for Gal scouts. Amarr scouts cannot compete with this and I believe this will lead to more scout abuse.

I resent that the shared sight feature is a problem. It makes scout's jobs of "scouting" much easier and it even gives snipers a somewhat useful role since they can scan through walls and landmasses, pinpointing specific targets. Removing it would also discourage teamwork to a degree and reduce the value of scouts as a whole.

Not to pull out anecdotes, but there have been multiple times that a team I've been on was getting wrecked in a city by cloaked scouts, and all I did was pull out a "superscan" Cal and we turned the tables.

I have to ask, and not to be rude, but what will keep all scouts balanced without a useable "scout-hunter?" Even with maxed precision, a Cal scout without the scan bonus is still worse than the proposed Amarr scout (Amarr w/ 2 is about 17.8, Cal w/ 5 and no skill is 19.89). Every scout can dodge the Amarr.

Then let's petition for all bonuses to go towards efficiacies to the respective modules and not passive.

yes a cal in squad format is op, try running solo, you can still pick your fights(and win),but at the time your fighting add a tank that rolls by ,some ass a rail rifle that has enough distance you don't see him on tacnet, a fully damp'd gal scout or recieving sniper fire and your good as dead not to mention with the fit you mentioned above you can be seen by any other scout

if they removed shared scans with squad problem SOLVED