One Eyed King
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Posted - 2015.11.24 22:56:00 -
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What is this?
1.8 where Scouts with 1000 HP could shoot from cloak, which had such a high profile reduction they could hide from all scans without hardly any actual dampening mods?
Shotgun scouts aren't a problem any longer.
And for the record, I have been a knifer since 1.4, so Shotgun Scouts have been my nemesis ever since.
Here are the counters:
HP ---- Even Pro Shotguns can't OHK high HP enemies. Frankly, if a Scout gets the drop on you, you should in all likelyhood be dead. However, if you stack that HP, they can sacrifice their whole fitting for stealth and speed, get the drop, and if you tank that shot, you now are in position to counter.
Myos ----- After tanking that shot, you can jump and turn and shoot. It is not terribly difficult.
Practically any weapon (other than knives) ----- If they snuck up on you, then they probably were dampened (and frankly by this point, if you don't expect the occasional dampened scout, particularly playing one yourself, and aren't checking your flanks and back on occasion, you are doing something wrong), and as a result, have sacrificed HP. They are fragile. You can kill them in a fraction of a second. Sounds like a reasonable trade off.
Scanners ---- Force them to dampen. Again, you are making them easier to kill, or easier to spot.
Frankly, as a scout that has been playing for almost 3 years now (though much of the past several months or more have been inactive), Shotgun Scouts are much MUCH less of a problem. Hell, even on my knifing fits, I threw on Flaylocks, and they helped tremendously.
Its the Assaults you need to worry about.
They can dampen enough to get under most radar, tank more shots with higher HP, and you, as a scout, are at an extreme disadvantage. Because without a high Alpha weapon, you are going to be at a disadvantage regardless of whether or not you get the drop. At that point, you are playing on the periphery, with extreme hit and run tactics, and just trying to do damage, and getting out before you can be quickly killed.
Former CEO of the Land of the BIind.
Any double entendre is unintended I assure you.
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