Gavr1lo Pr1nc1p wrote:My thoughts-Dampening for scouts needs to be buffed so that we can't have our sub 400 HP suits ping on everyones radar like a 2k HP heavy with resistances.
The counter for a dampened scout is plain and simple eyes and gun game.....if you keep getting killed by one, than he is simply a better player than you, and your gun game needs to be buffed and/or your situational awareness needs improvement.
Dampening should always be much more powerful than precision. With precision you gain the ability to see the enemy without him seeing you, which is ridiculous, nullifies sneak attacks and any weapons other than fine rifles. With dampening, you play the game just how its supposed to be played--with your eyes.
The dampened scout shouldn't ping on your radar, and you shouldn't ping on his, if you are a scout.
TL;DR--Stop trying to reinstate your perma-scan crutches--it breaks the real scouts in the game by a lot.
Eyes don't work much of the time on cloaked scouts in any non-dark area especially when those scouts have kincats. I stare intently where I know they are and don't even see them move sometimes because the lighting and particle effects distort the would be tell tale sign of a moving cloak. Dampened scouts sure no problem, but dampened and cloaked scouts with OHKO CQC weapons that has been the problem. First strike for the only strike is what people hate about cloaked scouts at the moment.
Judge's video pretty much sums it up here:
Judge's VideoPersonally I think if there is a delay on when one can fire a weapon when deactivating a cloak the cheap tactics with the cloak will be dealt with. This will make the cloak a flanking tactic instead of a sprinting bunny hop OHKO shotgun blast before someone can even see you decloak situation. Scouts have low e/hp however they also have faster movement speed, wallhacks, and frames that are **** in the game's current hit detection with many false positives that occur when firing on them.
I do love it when scouts are hypocritical though and I just run a shotgun cloak and sneak up on their shotgun cloak and ohko them. "I'm sorry didn't you see me? Wasn't I obvious?!"