Sad to see the Minmatar scout getting nerfed, but I understand why.

It appears Rattati has modified stamina and stamina regen stats for Amarr and Minmatar across all suit classes. Minmatar apparently had too much of a mobility advantage, and Amarr too little.

As this is a change to all suit classes, scouts have to change to keep them in line.

It is regrettable, as stamina regen is so important to the Minmatar scout, which certainly isn't an overpowered suit. It's worth noting though, that the total stamina will be buffed, making speed deploys easier, whilst mitigating some of the regen nerf.

Perhaps the change won't be so bad, we will see.

because the ****** could knife you without even being near you

everytime i see a min scout infront with nova knives its like oh np ill kill them before they close that small distance, and then before theyre anywhere within reach of you, they somehow knife you

2) So long as they fit the speed/hp curve, I'd see no problem whatsoever making Basic Lights a 'bit more durable. There are many Scouts who do not use cloak; I think it'd be great to have a suit which better serves these players.

And you're certainly not alone. Many vets don't like it, and newbros can't fit it. But we'd be in conflict with the design of other Basic Frames if Basic Lights were given racial bonuses. Perhaps base stats other than HP would need to be tweaked. What do you think?

Edit: Might be over-thinking this. Could just put basic lights somewhere else along the speed/hp curve, perhaps between Scouts and Logis, or perhaps even above Scouts. Then see what happens :-)

Spitballing: Could position Basic Lights above Scouts on the speed/hp curve (less HP, more speed) and give them a native reduction to scan profile (thinking -5dB).

Less complex, less bulky. Built for speed.

this is gonna go one of two ways.

i will love it: m1 assaults are finally slower than amarr scouts, or amarr scouts are given small speed boost.
i will hate it: "small nerf to basic L" i hope that doesn't mean scouts, because im already slow enough as a amarr scout.

I just connect and no hotfix

I haven't been staring at metrics like you have, but the Min Scout seems like a very good suit as is to me. Given that it's both the best ninja-hacking suit and nova-knifing suit, a buff seems odd.

That could very well change if/when wiggling becomes less effective. Can't tell you how many hundreds of times my knives have missed due to a target gyrating in and out of frame. I personally suspect that NK efficiency will increase on account of this change and the changes to assault speeds. Fingers crossed.

Please don't crucify me for asking this. I thought "strafe" meant moving while firing? However, you mention a "crouch" strafe adjustment to 1. Therefore, since crouching is not moving, I misunderstand what "strafe" is.

Please inform me what "strafe" speed is?

Before any one asks: no the hotfix didnt went live today.

Protofits has not yet been updated to reflect today's movement changes. Have a look at current in-game fitting summaries for your Assault, Logi or Commando loadouts. Compare them against protofit's pre-patch values. Alternatively, you can take my word for it :-)

GA Assault: 5.00 ---> 4.95
GA Logi: 4.70 ---> 5.05
GA Commando: 4.05 ---> 4.40

But it is good to see that what's in the spreadsheet made into the game. This isn't always the case :-)