>implying that the assault suit is most versatile when the scout can do the exact same things an assault and logi does

More slots, and they're the middle ground so yes. They're more versatile than a scout

More slots, and they're the middle ground so yes. They're more versatile than a scout

A scout can't hp stack as much as an assault. An assault get up to scout speeds, regen as quick, and all the rest of its a dedicated build.

A scout BY DEFAULT is supposed to be faster and have stronger ewar. If it plays by its strength, of course a mimic won't be able to compete in its ground. It's not supposed to. However, when a scout tries to hp stack, an assault can do it better and fit a better gun while they're at it.

As for a scout being a better logi, i don't know. It's like a jack of all trades in that sense. Each race can use their racial equipment better than any scout, so there's that.

Modules can help frames mimic one another, but ultimately, if one frame is supposed to be used in one way and the other on another, fact is: A will never beat B in A's territory.

Scouts can be pretty lethal and versatile in terms of combat potential, but with the amount of an Assault's slots, the decrease in fitting requirements for weapons, I'd say it's the most versatile suit in the game (also, it's the middleman, so yeah).

Scouts have strong EWAR!

Heavies have too much health and DPS!

Assaults are too versatile!

Logistics get too many wp for doing nothing but support their team!

AV can actually kill things!

NNNNEEEERRRFFFF

IKR?

I know what versatile means, and you CAN run an ewar fit if you choose to. You just won't be as good as a scout, since that's their role. While scouts can have two equipments, logis can have up to 4, and use them better than a scout can, so they won't be a better logi because that's not their intended role.

Get it through your thick head. Assaults can run any fit they choose (speed, health, ewar), but they won't be better at it then the suit that's actually meant to, and they shouldn't be. That's the whole point. Only role the assaults can't take up is the logistics since they only have 1 equipment. If you stopped looking at scouts to throw all the blame, perhaps you'd see the bigger picture. Scouts got their needed buffs after 1.8. Why do you think nobody used them before that (except a few handful including myself)?

Also, if you can't be versatile as an Assault, you're just bad. I can run them just fine in any shape, way, or form I choose.

Good question. Since the very core mechanic of any FPS is to shoot and ultimately kill the enemy, it would seem the point of having a class that does only that, pretty pointless. However, the assault is meant to "kill dudes" more effectively than any other role with the advantage of higher health, regeneration, and speed than their light or heavy counterparts. In fact, they have the fitting reduction skill to weapons so they can have an even easier time doing so.

That's why you can fit a prototype weapon relatively easy on a STD suit without gimping the fit much.

Also, versatility and all that jazz thanks to the number of slots they possess.

You're missing the point. They don't have to choose between any of those three qualities.

They have more health than a scout.

They have more fire power at earlier tiers (except heavy burst). You may say how a heavy can use any hmg, but assaults can and will melt heavies from a further distance.

Assaults are faster than a heavy. Also, extra slots DO matter. Ever tried playing as a commando before 1.8? Why do you think only 5 people did? They had no slots. Now, more people ate open to using the Commando as a viable suit.

The assault can kill a dude at objective A, and then move on to B without the need for an LAV or sprint at 3m/s. They are the most effective at killing in a large area, but the heavy is used to focus all that fire power in a tight closed space to defend a point.