Are you sure they're cloaked? I've seen a lot of SG Scouts camp hives and CRUs uncloaked, that's why.

yes sir 100%

Do a sweep with the reticule while looking around to see if it turns red.

Perhaps he's waiting for someone else to help him hack. U always get ganked by 3 dudes when In hacking, whether I'm done or not.

I do, I was fighting on high ground w/RR and would notice my blues trying to hack a CRU, but they would dissappear once threre. I did'nt have visual behind the CRU. So I went over there and swept the area, nothing. Then hack n killed. So I repeated step 1, nothing, go to hack and hear him decloaking, go to turn and he's coming out of a cloak sure enough.

A lone merc won't be able to scan a CRU effectively. You need a buddy. Or you can spam some mass drivers around the area.

The correct response to this thread.

If this is the only QQ you have with scouts then they're fine. As a scout myself don't see myself as using an "easy-mode" suit and my stats have reflected that. I even think a slight buff to scout scanning is needed to give them a more dedicated EWar presence and not just be the "light-assault" they currently are.

I like the way you think.. Hear this scouts.... if you camp a CRU I'm going to wreck you...

Don't spawn at a CRU?

Anyone that plays this game for longer then a week learns that the spawn mechanics suck... and are extremely unforgiving..

Spawning on a CRU without a significant amount of team mates around is like rolling the dice with death.

Spawning on an objective no matter how long you have held it... without significant amount of team mates or direct communication from a squad... Is rolling the dice with Death.

Spawning on an Uplink again without previously stated circumstances is rolling the dice with Death.

Spawning in a Dropship with the way they work now means certain death.




Best to fit LAV's and factor the cost into your budget while running a heavy suit solo... You can spawn safetly in certain areas in the red-line then move from there... Otherwise join a squad with a logistics and ask them to run spawn pads and ofcourse keep an eye on them.


Think you misunderstand me. I know all this. I needed to hack a CRU in a Dom match, so the enemy WOULD'NT spawn there and have us surrounded. The only thing I could have done was scan the area but I neglected that.


Lastly.... Make an scout alt... Try out the cloak... Learn how your hard counter to your preferred playstyle works... The disadvantages to running the cloak... The Shotgun... Maybe even nova knives?

Knowledge is power in DUST.... The more you know of the game and how to counter what you are facing... The more you gain the advantage on your opponents on the battlefield.. It would of definitely given you a competitive chance in this circumstance.

Don't spawn at a CRU?

Anyone that plays this game for longer then a week learns that the spawn mechanics suck... and are extremely unforgiving..

Spawning on a CRU without a significant amount of team mates around is like rolling the dice with death.

Spawning on an objective no matter how long you have held it... without significant amount of team mates or direct communication from a squad... Is rolling the dice with Death.

Spawning on an Uplink again without previously stated circumstances is rolling the dice with Death.

Spawning in a Dropship with the way they work now means certain death.




Best to fit LAV's and factor the cost into your budget while running a heavy suit solo... You can spawn safetly in certain areas in the red-line then move from there... Otherwise join a squad with a logistics and ask them to run spawn pads and ofcourse keep an eye on them.



Lastly.... Make an scout alt... Try out the cloak... Learn how your hard counter to your preferred playstyle works... The disadvantages to running the cloak... The Shotgun... Maybe even nova knives?

Knowledge is power in DUST.... The more you know of the game and how to counter what you are facing... The more you gain the advantage on your opponents on the battlefield.. It would of definitely given you a competitive chance in this circumstance.

Scouts will get me once, but rarely more than that (except in PC). Most are not that hard to counter.

I camp CRU's with my assault and heavy more than my scout.

You would complain if i did it to you with my assault, but then it would be a core mechanics problem versus a suit problem.

Arseholes are going to camp CRUs. Doesn't matter if they're HMG Heavies, Blaster HAVs, Pythons or Shotgun Scouts. They're all arseholes, which is why they camp CRUs. Being an ******** isn't a balance issue specific to any one class.

PS: A Scout must decloak before he can attack, and decloaking akes a full two seconds.

Like 2 whole seconds? daaammmnnn

The only annoying Scout I still find is the goddamned CalScout.
I am seeing more and more of this CalScouts with more armor and shields than my Gallente Assault (388 armor)