Vesta Opalus
Bloodline Rebellion
Capital Punishment.
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Posted - 2014.10.22 14:31:00 -
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CommanderBolt wrote:I've been running the Gallente scout since the chromosome build so don't think that I am some ignorant heavy or something here.
Lets be honest, it looks as if around 50% of the suits bought on a daily basis are scouts - this correlates to what most people see and complain about in game.
I tell you with little doubt in my mind, passive scans are the main factor in this equation. Maybe we should totally remove passive scans.
I do realise this would mean scout bonuses would have to be looked at but as it stands having the ability to see everything through permanent scans and the ability to use the cloak (an assault cloak as the Judge would say) must be why everyone is choosing the scout for what ever role they desire.
So what are your thoughts on totally removing the passive scans from the game? (Does anyone have better ideas?)
I dont think passive scans are the main factor at all.
Good passive scans require a big sacrifice in health and visibility (my scan suit is using 4 out of 5 modules at advanced level, there is no room for dampeners and room for only one extender). I really dont see why they are overpowered. I think the problem is this current game meta where a scout can be entirely invisible, running around with a weapon that one shots people, and STILL have a close range wall hack that isnt useful for their squad (like the above passive scan suit), but is absolutely fine for exploiting the heck out of their invisible one shotting fit. Heck even if they use a normal rifle they still get a massive advantage.
Passive scanning is the scout's squad role. If you remove it you just leave scouts as cunty shotgun slayers until the (hopefully inevitable) cloak/damp nerf, when scouts will become worthless.
A decent fix to this would be to make scanning/dampening a non-all or nothing mechanic, where more dampening makes a successful scan range lower and lower, and precision and range pushing the successful scan range back out.
Also they should tighten up scanning and dampening so it takes a fully dedicated scan fit to find a fully outfitted cloak/damped fit, etc. Instead right now we have very marginal benefit to anyone scanning beyond 2 precision modifiers, and almost no reason to scan beyond one precision enhancer when a enemy scouts are actually using proper damped fits. |