Funkmaster Whale
Whale Pod
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Posted - 2014.11.21 03:25:00 -
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Fidgeting with numbers is never truly going to bring balance to Scouts. Scouts are OP and have been OP because of EWAR. The fact of the matter is that EWAR is too exclusive to Scouts right now, and that is why the class is so saturated.
As someone who abuses the hell out of it I can attest to this. No one wants to admit that passive scans are what make Scouts the ultimate slayer suit. If you really wanted to balance Scouts you would be asking CCP to remove the chevrons from passive scans and make passive scans apply to the radar only (that little thing on the top left of your screen).
The simple fact that I have a constant aura of little red dots over everyone's head that's around me means I never have to expose myself. I know precisely where I need to be standing and the line of sight the enemy has because the game is literally giving me that information on my screen.
If red dots appeared only on my radar and not my actual screen, all of a sudden the Scout game becomes incredibly different. I can't rely on knowing that there's a red dot around the corner because it shows it to me on my screen. I now only have a red dot on my radar that shows there's an enemy in the vicinity. I don't know if he's around that corner 100%, I only know he's nearby. He could be above me or below me or what have you. By not giving me the exact whereabouts of everyone that's not a Scout, I would actually have to expose myself to make visual contact if I wanted to get a kill. As a Scout that decision is all the more important when you don't know EXACTLY where someone is, only that he MAY be there because your radar detects a signature.
Trust me, if you removed the HUD chevrons from passive scans and left it radar-ony, I guarantee Scouts would not be nearly as strong as they are now. Keep active scanners the way they are. They have a duration, range, precision, cooldown, you name it. Passive scans are always on and work seamlessly. This game would benefit tremendously from this one change and I think you'd see a sharp drop in Scout usage because of how easy-mode it is now.
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