Minmatar Scout is my primary role.. the only complaint I have is the Codebreakers not being High-Slots..
Damn you CCP.. getting my hopes up for 3 Codebreakers/3Profile Damps .. QQ

The Minmatar Scout is potentially a bad suit, low HP nad it gets worse if you enhance your speed as
that can use up a lot of fitting space, also it's a shame that Gal Scouts 3 Kincatz/1Reg are faster runners
But the Minmatar can win games with that hack bonus and with the Knives you can take down anything you see in battle
so I accept the suit being squishy due to it's offensive bonuses.. it keeps it in line with the other slaves

If you want E-War advantages, dedicate your suit to them... 3 dampeners and 1 Precision Enh make a decent
Knifing fit and if someone could confirm I think at that stage I am blocking all but Gallogi Scanners, not too shabby

If you want more Ewar advantages, then you need to stockpile your SP and get a new Scout suit...
All 3 of the other scouts have better HP values than Matari and thats comparing basic C-I/G-I/A-I with Mk.0 lol
The reason being they can afford HP modules, Matari Scouts with armour are an abonination and should be killed
HP tanking the Min. Scout completely ruins the advantages of the suit, so try to avoid it...

And to leave a note, Minja's are frequently going 20-0 and other crazy scores at the moment.. but How ??

It's pretty simple, Kincatz .. not many in pubs make use of scanning giving slayers the chance to dash in with the Minja
and wreak havoc, usually escaping before anyone is aware what just happened to the 5 guys beside him...
The issue with this is headache, CCP have made it a better pub-slayer option but in PC it does not perform to
the crazy standard that we are seeing in pub battles.. which are not in any way competetive in the first place :/

I don't know if you know this but no other scout makes as many sacrifices as the minmatar scout. Amarr scout can use two precision mods without making a single sacrifice (Who the F shield tanks a Amarr scout?). What Amarr scout doesn't have in dampening it makes up in good precision. Caldari scout can dampen with only one dampener and have it's scan range over 60m with a range mod. The tank slots are left so you can tank 453 shields and be a badass. Gallante scout uses 1 dampener to be unscanable, and use two precision to compliment its 10% bonus and now the gallante scout is unscanable and has good precision. These scouts don't even have and fitting issues.

The minmatar scout MUST use two dampeners to stay unscanable thus making it so you cannot fit your two most valuable modules (kincats and hacking mods). The PG usage of kincats forces you to use a complex precision enhancers which can't even detect a scout using an enhanced dampener.

Just give it a cloak bonus to dampening.

P.S. even if caldari scout did use it's two high slots for complex precision mods, It can still tank over 300 shields easy.

you are dumb

you have 3 lows and 3 highs

try some comp damps with ishukone cloak and try some damn precision enhancers

No you dumb, my proto has 2 complex damp and 1 complex percision enhancer with proto cloak and I still get you have been scanned, scans and dampening mechanics are broke, And with ishy knives proto 5 no scout bonus you do 920 damage with charge stab if both knives connect, follow that up with a non charge and assuming both blades connect thats another 460= bye bye heavy. I am an original minja and im telling you the knife damage is not needed more ewar is. Let me know when you go 46 and 3 using only knives.

No you dumb, my proto has 2 complex damp and 1 complex percision enhancer with proto cloak and I still get you have been scanned, scans and dampening mechanics are broke, And with ishy knives proto 5 no scout bonus you do 920 damage with charge stab if both knives connect, follow that up with a non charge and assuming both blades connect thats another 460= bye bye heavy. I am an original minja and im telling you the knife damage is not needed more ewar is. Let me know when you go 46 and 3 using only knives.

How stupid are you? Do you even have max eWAR skills? With a max eWar skills and 1 proto dampner and a proto cloak, you get over all scans except a proto scanner. and who uses scanners since the 360 scans were removed.

As a minja i run proto cloak and 1 proto dampener and i never get scanned. If anything the Min Scout is the most versitile with 3 highs and 3 lows.

@ 843-Vika

I described how the suit can be used and is used by mercs quite often...
My fits are all Scout fittings either Ewar/Biotics maybe some Regen or DMG, I vary them when bored

As for slayer crap spewing out your mouth.. my AV Plasma Cannon or CR Nova Knives are both valid fits
Keeping under the radar and capable of dealing a lot of damage fast, I use the speed to support where I'm needed

HP tank?? If I have 300 ehp thats what I call a 'Tanked fitting' my beast Slayer fits max at 306Shield 87Armour..
I have ran Speed tanked Matari fits since the beta, Scouting since I had to hold charges with Nova Knives..
So I've been abusing the FoTm for about a year now.. I'm a super scrub

Bias? min scout is only 1 without ewar bonus. How is that bias? Its stating a fact.

Its that way because its always gonna keep the knife bonus, hacking however could be traded for something better since you can't really be fast and knife and be dampened or hack and be dampened because the way the suits set up I personally would rather a % to speed per level so my base suit would be 9.36 so it has a built in kinetic then I could make all kinds of dope fits.
At least its more useable than 1. 3-1.8

No you dumb, my proto has 2 complex damp and 1 complex percision enhancer with proto cloak and I still get you have been scanned, scans and dampening mechanics are broke, And with ishy knives proto 5 no scout bonus you do 920 damage with charge stab if both knives connect, follow that up with a non charge and assuming both blades connect thats another 460= bye bye heavy. I am an original minja and im telling you the knife damage is not needed more ewar is. Let me know when you go 46 and 3 using only knives.

I have been a minja scout since they were introduced in uprising and they were always the most fun to use. I can use extreme speed and run around hacking while shanking people or i can use ewar top hide from everything and still shank and hack, or i can hp tank while shank and hack.

The fact that i can run up to a person guarding an objective unseen and stab them to death then turbo hack something is the greatest thing in dust. Yes i say turbo hack since i have proto minja with level 5 hacking.

My point is that min scouts are perfect the way they are, they stand out among the scouts by saying WE DON'T NEED EWAR BONUS BECAUSE WE ARE THE MOST VERSITILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know if you know this but no other scout makes as many sacrifices as the minmatar scout. Amarr scout can use two precision mods without making a single sacrifice (Who the F shield tanks a Amarr scout?). What Amarr scout doesn't have in dampening it makes up in good precision. Caldari scout can dampen with only one dampener and have it's scan range over 60m with a range mod. The tank slots are left so you can tank 453 shields and be a badass. Gallante scout uses 1 dampener to be unscanable, and use two precision to compliment its 10% bonus and now the gallante scout is unscanable and has good precision. These scouts don't even have and fitting issues.

The minmatar scout MUST use two dampeners to stay unscanable thus making it so you cannot fit your two most valuable modules (kincats and hacking mods). The PG usage of kincats forces you to use a complex precision enhancers which can't even detect a scout using an enhanced dampener.

Just give it a cloak bonus to dampening.

P.S. even if caldari scout did use it's two high slots for complex precision mods, It can still tank over 300 shields easy.

No you dumb, my proto has 2 complex damp and 1 complex percision enhancer with proto cloak and I still get you have been scanned, scans and dampening mechanics are broke, And with ishy knives proto 5 no scout bonus you do 920 damage with charge stab if both knives connect, follow that up with a non charge and assuming both blades connect thats another 460= bye bye heavy. I am an original minja and im telling you the knife damage is not needed more ewar is. Let me know when you go 46 and 3 using only knives.

Were you not around between 1.8 and Charlie?

Minmatar and Amarr were completely negated by Caldari and Gallente bonuses.

As things stand, Amarr have a role, but aren't OP, Caldari are no longer OP, Gallente still have an advantage, but it is not so great that the other scouts are useless.

Scouts are more balanced than they have ever been as a group.

Besides, Minmatar can beat scans with 2 damps and a proto cloak, so we don't need a dampening bonus.

I think you are just sneakily against Minjas and have been knifed too many times...

Lol maluble isn't getting knifed. He is the one knifing people. Imo probably on of the best nova knifers in the game. Don't engage him like a noob cos you'll get shited on. I played with and against him.

How stupid are you? Do you even have max eWAR skills? With a max eWar skills and 1 proto dampner and a proto cloak, you get over all scans except a proto scanner. and who uses scanners since the 360 scans were removed.

As a minja i run proto cloak and 1 proto dampener and i never get scanned. If anything the Min Scout is the most versitile with 3 highs and 3 lows.

Lol maluble isn't getting knifed. He is the one knifing people. Imo probably on of the best nova knifers in the game. Don't engage him like a noob cos you'll get shited on. I played with and against him.

No you dumb, my proto has 2 complex damp and 1 complex percision enhancer with proto cloak and I still get you have been scanned, scans and dampening mechanics are broke, And with ishy knives proto 5 no scout bonus you do 920 damage with charge stab if both knives connect, follow that up with a non charge and assuming both blades connect thats another 460= bye bye heavy. I am an original minja and im telling you the knife damage is not needed more ewar is. Let me know when you go 46 and 3 using only knives.

I don't use damps most of the time. But if our knife bonus was to be dropped I'd be furious.
Most of the time I run just kincats or a kin/code breaker or maybe a com. damp.

I still do just fine against other scouts with a cloak or damps. If you're fast enough being damped shouldn't matter. As well as listning to your surroundings. If I hear a cloak drop or someone running, I look around quickly or attempt to run off.
Maybe you should change your playstyle or pick a different scout. Min isn't about dampening. It's about running around like a fool, swinging knives and taking off just as fast.

At 10m/s, you're already sprinting a whole football field in 10 seconds flat.

Lol I recently skilled into minmatar assault, and I've been running 2 or 3 kinetic and knives going 10.3+ with 700 hp with rep hives and damage mods or shield energizers just four laughs because thats minmatar and thats the beauty of the slot layout and stamina re-úen DAMAGE AND SPEED!

THAT'S MINMATAR!