Dear players,

after thoroughly discussing with the scout community, these are our proposed changes.

EWAR Calculations

So...

You're basically making it so that all scouts can have similar maximum values provided they use the majority of the specific type of slots to do so.

I could be wrong, but I still see caldari scouts stacking 450 shields on their suit and using the dampening/range passives to be able to use other low slot mods

Maybe this is good balancing for competitive play, but this game isn't Scout 514 (or is it? Correct me if I'm wrong here). Caldari scouts have such a low shield delay that the penalty for stacking extenders doesn't affect them, meaning that unlike Assaults they never have to run shield regulators for a tanked shield fit to be viable. They also have a base shield recharge rate of 50, meaning that shield energizers or rechargers are also never needed.

On top of everything, scouts don't need to actually use the modules to get these bonuses. They don't need to equip a damp to get the damp bonus, whereas an assault has to use that specific weapon to get the weapon bonus, or a logi using the specific equipment to get the equipment bonus.
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While yes I understand that Assaults are getting a buff here soon as well, there's more of a reason why the Caldari scout is used more than others besides the bonuses it has compared to other scouts.

It has way too many advantages towards slaying for a scout. Scouts already have a small hitbox, lower profile, and faster movement speed. Allowing the Caldari one to also have the best regeneration of any suit, a huge amount of fitting space, and high HP values with barely any penalty is just silly.

It's called balance.

Don't worry though, you can still be a Sentinel with a laser rifle.