Scouts weren't made for CQC, they were used for CQC simply because of poor hit detection added to insane strafing speeds. If the people crying they can't play their scouts the way they used to, it's because they were never meant to play that way in the first place.
Scouts were meant to be tactical, low sig profile plus high mobility allows for strategic flanking and/or mobile sniper tactics.

It can be up in your face, but wasn't designed to be. I can flank someone with a shotgun as a scout and nail them in the back of the head with it at close range, but I don't consider that CQC, but based on what you've said, I imagine you DO consider that CQC, which by all means makes the scout a CQC suit, it's just supposed to be a stealthy one. I can also do this with an SMG, as promoted with the merc pack.

And nova knives SHOULD be removed due to their uselessness this build.

As a long time AV/SMG scout, I'm starting to wonder this question myself.. scout suits really got nerfed hard.

stfu... those scouts are still impossible to hit! Feckin ballet dancing, bullet dodging, shotgun wielding basa's!!!

Yes good point i forgot about the lack of stack penelty you have me there,

I just had a thought (the horrors) what will be the next big nerf so far its been heavy, breach, tank, scout whats next?? my guess is AR theres alot of saying its op when there is onlyrealy one thing wrong the lack of/non egxistant recoil should be fun to think about

Aye thats has me thinking AR is a staple weapon and has to be up to par if it is made FUBAR then i have no idea how this game keep its gunplay alive, as weve seen CCP likes to fix all possible issues such as nerf to heavy and the HMG, nerf to tank and boost to AV, and now Strafe nerf + hit detection fix, the AR is being accused of being too accurate, to ranged,to little recoil, to much damage, to high rof and so if we get a traditional update AR is rightly screwed donno why this dawns on me in the middle of this discussioon

Back on topic Scout suit being usless or not sorry about that lads, as far as i can tell as it stands its strengs stands for nothing soid suggest having scan res and sig radious being more useful perhaps having them being the main method of contributing to TAC net and also getting rewarded for it, also mabye some varients like assasin and sniper roles for the scout suit which would have bonuses to help them in there bonus.

I do not believe that scouts going toe to toe with assults head on was ever working as intended despite ability to shoot

I heard that Scout suit will be specialized with cloaking capabilities in later builds.