RPOMCO RPOMCO wrote:I've observed that I have been repeatedly placed into public matches where the opposition consists primarily of prototype scouts. I've noticed that even though I see the small splash marks indicating round impact on the opposite player suits, nothing happens to the scout as long as they wiggle their clone just a little. I've been using the Breach Assault Rifle since first discovering the game at the beginning of the year and maxing the skill points on this weapon. Being in a point blank distance makes very little difference as they simply start running backwards. The speed given to these suits appears to be the same as some vehicles. The cloak ability provided adds to many lazily cloaking near spawn points and easily running to shoot players in the back. I can't understand why this would be fun for these players as it is likely not challenging in play. The only reason I continue to play is for that rare match where everyone seems to want to legitimately play the game as intended and it runs as a long evenly matched contest.
Welcome to DUST...
Don't expect to get much sympathy from those running scouts. They are having their moment in the sun, and most of them measure their manhood by their KDR. They will never admit that the game is still massively tilted in their favor and that they are playing "easy mode".
Some things you can do that help in game.
- Try listening for them (a good surround sound system or headphones help with this). Listening for footsteps or remote explosives being dropped is your best bet, don't bother listening for the uncloaking sound as by the time you hear it the shotgun blast is already on the way (unless the scout is a noob).
- Run in squads, this will keep some of them at bay but others will just frisbee remote explosives in your midst while you are engaging opponents.
- Check your six regularly. Of course, their EWAR advantage means they know when you are doing this so once again this only works against noob scouts.
- Play more ambush as opposed to the objective based game modes. Objectives are a scout's paradise. They hide somewhere near an objective and wait to see you on their radar. Once they know you are either hacking or facing in the opposite direction... You know how this ends.
- Try to engage them at distance. Up close, their straffing makes them nearly un-hitable.
Some things you can do to help with not being too discouraged.
- Ignore posts that say cloaked scouts are easy to see, these people are trolling.
- Have faith that the numbers being crunched BY CCP Rattati will reveal the truth and he will continue to try and balance scouts.
Basically the above will help you kill some scouts, and deal with the frustration of the current meta. That said, if all else fails, you can purchase a re-spec to become a scout and partake in "easy mode" DUST. Once everyone does this, CCP can officially rename the game "SCOUT 514".