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gustavo acosta
Opus Arcana
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2014.09.21 05:57:00 -
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The issue with running a scout as an assault suit is that there's no drawbacks to it. If I run my gal scout with pure armor tank I still get almost 40% dampened off of my profile, and a built in advanced precision enhancer.
If a logi tries to run as an assault, they're limited to only one weapon the assault suit is better in that respect.
If a heavy tries to run as an assault, they're limited in movement speed and do not have sufficient damage output to facilitate the amount of hp and low movement speed they have.
If a scout tries to run an assault they're are hindered by their lower hp, however when you consider the amount of speed, regen, and built-in E-war said hindrance can be overlooked, among other things a scout can tank said hindrance away, and beyond that they get the benefit of having an extra equipment slot.
Though scouts SHOULD be ABLE to perform the role of an assault suit, however hindrances should be put in place that stop the scout suit's ability to passively outperform the assault suit in terms of frontal assault. That doesn't mean a scout should NEVER beat an assault at frontal assault, but that the individual player should be relatively skilled at combat to do so...
Gallente scout, heavy, logi, and assault
Eternal Can I haz ur isk?
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gustavo acosta
Opus Arcana
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2014.09.21 19:19:00 -
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Michael Arck wrote:Himiko Kuronaga wrote:I wouldn't go that far... it's not a exploit to simply abuse what is obvious. Usually there is something more sinister and unintentional behind an exploit.
Scouts are simply on steroids because CCP gave them a bottle of steroids. It's an open and shut case of having too much power at their finger tips.
And before anyone goes into heavies again, yes, I do support the notion of the burst being reverted back to its previous stats. A exploit is defined as taking what has been given and using it to your advantage. Though we humans associate the term exploit as something negative in tone, that does not mean it has no place in the statment that scouts being used as assaults are exploits.
Listen man, I hate assault scouts as much as the next guy, but you shouldn't be so quick to brush them off as just "exploits." Though you are right that assault scouts are the product of people knowing that a scout can do the same things an assault can with no drawback, however they are more a product of the game's amazing concept.
That concept being that you can run your suit and you character as you wish, no matter how strange or viable/not viable. This game was built on that concept, however that does not necessarily mean that a suit outside of their intended role will be viable or not. The viability of a suit to perform roles outside, and even inside, what is intended should be entirely based on the individual players' skill.
That is not the case with assault scouts. Scouts simply have to act/fit as assaults for viability outside their role, this is where the imbalance is found. No drawbacks=No problem assaulting. Scouts need to become on the same level as heavies, in terms of acting as an assault suit(i.e. if a heavy runs around with light weapons they are not much of a threat when it comes to relatively skilled players, unless said heavy is very skilled in acting as an assault).
Gallente scout, heavy, logi, and assault
Eternal Can I haz ur isk?
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gustavo acosta
Opus Arcana
Covert Intervention
277
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Posted - 2014.09.21 21:18:00 -
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The scout role is that of stealth and intel(not passive intel, but intel). I didn't I'd have to explain that, but this thread has devolved greatly since the beginning and frankly it's making me sick.
Gallente scout, heavy, logi, and assault
Eternal Can I haz ur isk?
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