I'd rather keep my hacking and knife bonus thank you.
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No one is taking that away from you (or me for that matter). Read carefully.

- Add Optimization Bonuses per scout level to fit their EWAR modules.
Example, 5% less CPU on Precision Enhancers per level of Amarr Scout.

- a blanket bonus of 5% less CPU for Precision Enhancers, Profile Dampeners and Range Amplifiers to all scouts per level. This can literally be combined with the cloaking optimization skill ALREADY granted to all scouts.

Lower cpu and pg, no bonus additions.

Let's not forget the purpose of the scout (buried under a mountain of hate right now) is to recon and share passives with their squad. Lowering their PG and CPU restricts their ability to go beyond that role without removing it outright. And bonuses to fitting optimization

the min scout can be get back lost cpu by reducing the CPU cost of Nova Knives per level of Minmatar Scout.

OR

a Min scout can get it's CPU back like the other scouts, fitting enhancers and dampeners.

Dude no. This has never been (at least as long as I've played which is since open beta) the role of the scout, regardless of how anyone would seek to define that word.

Do you think anyone is gonna run scout if that's all it can do? I appreciate you and others trying to come up with ideas to resolve the issue, but don't mis-inform and attempt to put your own definition on what a role should be able to do whilst you're at it.

It's really not that long since scout was the under-performing role across the board in every conceivable way, and that state of affairs lasted for a **** ******* long time. You only need to go back to 1.6 I believe. 1.8 ****** scouts up in totally the opposite direction and made them totally OP. We've not been able to recover from that because of fanfest and no more development.

We're gradually getting there now (I think?) but exacerbating the issue is the fact that there was a dropsuit command respec for 1.8 and the FotM was the scout. Everyone still likely has one or two proto scout suits. If's a sorry state of affairs, but please don't fill the new player's heads with ideas of what a scout never was. Ta :)

Hope you can excuse the paraphrasing.

You said you run Min scout. Proto? I only run advanced min scout when I do. CPU is not the issue, PG is. I don't know if proto is different, but my min scout is not wanting more CPU, only PG

Your post looked good but you never got to the part where you explained how to fix it. You can't just say "YOU'RE WRONG" and then leave without constructive criticism. I understand Scouts were bad before, I don't want them to go back to that. Our primary goal should be to eliminate the "light assault". It actually doesn't even matter what each others' opinions on the role is, the whole point of the sandbox is that you can define your own role. The issue for now, though, is that the scout does something better in every aspect compared to assault.

I never intended to - I just wanted to correct you and inform others that scouts have never been a non-combat role. There's been plenty of suggestions for fixes since 1.8 came out, many from far better analysts than me.

The light assault being better than an assault has been the topic of "how to fix" for months in the Scout Registry thread. It's not new, and I am in total agreement with you on fixing that ****. Without a command respec, measuring the effect of hotfixes A, B, C and D as well as 1.9 and numerous other stealth and quick fixes is pretty tough - how long does it take for those guys that went from AR-514 to Scout-514 to go back to AR-514, if that is indeed what they want to do?

Maybe before more fixes we should ask CCP if they can offer another command respec just to see how many of us ditch scout for something else. Not gonna happen methinks.


[edit] oh and hey, no hostility inferred, sorry if i came off as brash, what you said made my eyes bleed ;-)

I realize this is just my perception, but I am certain that there are even MORE scouts now since 1.9 than before. The purchasable respec has seen take even more assaults away and added more scouts to the pile.

To be clear all things in Dust are for combat. I am not saying my view of the scout is a non-combat role. However I do believe that a scout's main role is to support his squad. Whether that is hacking wayward, undefended objectives, relaying enemy positions or taking out an enemy logi before an attack. Like I said though, my opinion on the matter doesn't mean ANYTHING because sandbox.