DUST Search - Amarr Scout discussion

Aeon Amadi wrote:

Adipem Nothi wrote:

The EQ flipper would be an awesome role, but I imagine it would also be alot of work to implement. Here's what I'm thinking, and I think it'd be doable:

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Instead of a second racial bonus, increase AM Scout bandwidth (credit: Ripley Riley). The AM Scout would become the premier Uplink Runner and would be extremely useful in PC. Fit for combat, Biotic+Armor builds would be as viable as any other combat-oriented Scout. Fit for fun, straight biotic builds would be an absolute blast to run in pubs.

Of all the AM Scouts in Dust's history, Lightning xVx and Djinn Marauder were the most infamous and effective. Their playstyles/loadouts were polar opposites; one ran heavy biotics and light tank, the other ran heavy tank and light biotics. Different as they were deadly, I believe that both support this proposal.

What do you think?

I dunno, it seems so contradictory to the Amarr to run biotics. That's more of a Minmatar sort of deal - quick in and outs, skirmishing, guerilla tactics. Biotics are an interesting touch, don't get me wrong, but it seems so foreign on the slowest scout suit in the line-up. An armor tanking one at that.

That and we already technically have a drop uplink role, the Amarr Logi, which I thought about just proposing to switch the Amarr Logi and Amarr Scout bonuses (drop uplinks and scan precision respectively) since the Scout is better suited for drop uplinks and the Logi is more durable, making better use of the scans, but this would devalue the design mechanics of Scouts = EWAR and Logi = Equipment (thank KAGEHOSHI for that).

So, all in all, I personally need to think about it some more. Maybe I'll have an epiphany or something but right now, I really dunno.

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