* Maybe - Remove all directional information about the enemy (bad idea to buff Heavies)
Good - Commando should have better sig profile (-5) than Sentinel
Good - Sentinel has better precision (+5)
Very Good - Assault should have better sig profile (-5) than Logi
Meh - Logi has better precision (would recommend range buff instead)
Meh - Extenders and Plates add signature profile (yes to plates; no to extenders/ferro/reactive)
Good - Spy uplinks
Meh - Reduce range of Active Scanners by 50% (200m Creodron Flux is the problem).
* Bad - Put all frames at same passive ranges at 15
Good - STD Active scanner only sees STD EQ
Meh - Reduce Scan duration across the board
Meh - Focused Scanner should be set at share with Squad only (200m Creodron Flux is the problem).
Good - Orbital EMP strikes

I thoroughly disagree with you on every single thing you flag "bad"

Give Ewar mods drawbacks rather than HP mods.

- Precision mods increase profile
- Damp mods reduce range
- Range mods reduce precision

I would reverse the abilities of suits regarding precision and dampening. Heavies would have the best precision but have high profile, scouts would remain best at dampening and have lowest profile. A heavy can see but will be seen, a scout can hide but will be blind, mediums can do either/or but neither as well.

This would make Ewar accessible and valuable to all, not just scouts.

I'm going to throw one final design that I have had evaluated. It is possible to penalize one class over the other. So we can do

if scout then worse plate penalty for example.

Another thing is that we are able to focus the penalty on strafing specifically.

So the idea would be to penalize forward movement less on "normal plates", but severely decrease strafe speed, and more on the scout than other classes. Reactives and ferros would not incur these hard penalties.

This would mean Amarr Sentinels become very unwieldy, bastions like they were supposed to be, but weak to being headshotted at range, and brick tanked scouts will always have speed less than equal ehp assaults.

Let the fireworks begin.

I know I might get some flak for this, but any chance of just making vehicles always visible (since fall-off can't be done, and no word on the psuedo fall-off as suggested earlier in this thread) and then adding a module that made them only appear when within scan range (stealth system...either active or passive, I'm not picky on this one)? (I'm not saying this should be a blanket apply for all vehicles...but I shouldn't be sneaking up on infantry in a tank for crying out loud).

how would this discourage the cal scout from assault bricking their shields?

Other'n that, the idea is AMAZING

calscout can avoid hit detection via strafe shenanigans, just like every other scout can.

just bring back the ability to do 360 degree scans, it might help because it will scan all the scouts that don't damp the right amount so this might greatly help public matches

You know his already, but I'll say it so you can quote it. The idea is to dethrone King scout.

If you think there is no King scout, you are he.
Or, you don't play anything except the forums.

Gee golly me,
I wonder why people want HEALTH?
Especially in a game centered
On the KILLING of someone else?

In a genre called First Person Shooter,
The idea people would try to survive,
Is a concept claimed unclear only to those
Who have something else to hide.

And of those folks whose opinions
Are made up of such irrefutable fact
Its obvious they don't share from their main ID
Lest their true intentions be unmasked.

Scouts should sig tank with the eHP of a piece of paper, if they're not, they're doing it wrong. If they get spotted, they should be a dead memory.

I disagree that eHP is the answer for Scouts.

I think it would be better if we just got a ~150% bonus to efficacy for damage inflicted to a back within 3m. This would encourage Scouts to "do it right" rather than crying that they should be "Light Assaults".

If you're paying so little attention that I can get within 3m of your back, you deserve to die no matter how much eHP you have or what weapon I have in hand.

One more example of zero interest in balance but deep interest in preserving EZ mode.

Its already largely like this.

Your wording certainly makes it sound like you're referring to scouts. Additionally, aside from a few 'special fit' Assaults, do you really think anyone besides scouts will get within 3m before they're seen?

I suffer idiocy poorly. Point taken. EDITED: to not be such an *******

A bold claim. If you don't mind my asking, what do you base this upon?

Headshot multiplier. You're back there anyway, line it up and make it count, Agent 47.