Based on your answer, you didn't try to run and change direction at full sprint, and I'm telling you that you can't. My point has everything to do with the issue of strafing, which was quite impossible in the realm of physics.
No valid reason to disagree? You just lost my respect for this conversation, as no matter what you think, people ALWAYS have different opinions, and mine opposes yours, this is perfectly valid. Vain and foolish don't describe what I said, and was quite arbitrary, soooo...I don't really know what to say to that.

yes you can run at full speed and do so at a slight angle. i do it in real life and I know don't know why you keep mentioning physics to me. I am a physics major and can not see your point.

Its not as if anyone was ever sprinting sideways, they just had a little wiggle room so they could run in a zig zag pattern before.

I believe it is currently.

Speed tanking isn't there like before. Shield regen requires multiple Regulators to start our passive shield tanking..

And it's fairly difficult to get shield management to increase base Shield. Extenders are obvious fit on scouts.

But many of the things the scout had going has been taken from it.

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

There wanst a reason to nerf the heavy. You are right. They never should have.

The tanks had a known issue where the mods were being stacked in a way they did not intend.

The hit detection and frame rate issues where a problem, but not the Strafing. Once the hit detection and frame rate was fixed there was no need for a strafing nerf.

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

Yes, the Scout suit is worthless.

its only, sole, main, primary purpose was taken away by the lowering of the strafe speed.

You can't circle-strafe around everything with a smg or shottie anymore. well, I mean you CAN, but it isn't as easy as it used to be.

that was the only thing it was designed for.

AR's hit more regularly now so they seem more powerful, and TAR ( tactical assault rifle ) is broken being automatic. So i could see them being nerfed a tiny bit, hopefully nowhere near as bad as all their nerfs so far...

So, if it's not supposed to be FASTER, what exactly WAS it designed for again?

Yes, the Scout suit is worthless.

its only, sole, main, primary purpose was taken away by the lowering of the strafe speed.

You can't circle-strafe around everything with a smg or shottie anymore. well, I mean you CAN, but it isn't as easy as it used to be.

that was the only thing it was designed for.

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

So, if it's not supposed to be FASTER, what exactly WAS it designed for again?

Scouts = Stealth...

They were nerfed because of the proliferation of hit detection abusers in the last build, rightly so.

They are now the invisible warriors they were always supposed to be, off the radar, deadly sabatours.

Beware.. players will soon get to grips with these demons...

Auto detonate RE's on roads, fast hack, profile dampners, sensor enhancments and what's that... oh! It's a Nova Knife sticking through your chest....

Sneaky stealthy buggers... mark my words, mark my .... ugh... what's that.....?

I ran with both a scout and an assault suit today, giving each one 50 suits til I dropped to zero. What I found is that the scout suits speed bonus over the assault can be completely disregarded, I raced a buddy of mine today. I was in scout, he was in assault and both of us were carrying assault rifles. By the time a ran out of stamina I was only a few meters ahead of him.

The only real advantages I found in the scout were I higher jump and slightly better turning speed( which does make a difference when it comes to sniping or using the shotgun in close quarters imo). Unfortunately I can't test the effectiveness of the dropsuit signature between the scout and the assault, but I assume it does make a difference when going around corners or being seen from a distance.

Overall in my opinion the scout suit doesn't have enough of an advantage over the assaults hp until we get more stealth mods in. I can preform all the scouts tasks when it comes to flanking, sniping, and cqc with the shotgun while I'm in an assault to the same effectiveness, and I even have a higher chance of survival when I'm detected.

Again though there is still more to come and we will have to see if the scouts match the other suits when cloaking comes out. I recommend other people to run an assault and treat it as a scout suit to see what there opinion on it is, maybe you will come up with something different than me. At has been stated by ccp that the scout will balance itself out with more maneuverability than other suits, but sadly I do not see it.

Playing with am Amarr Scout now.

I am seeing that I have enough speed to disengage a firefight. but not enough speed to stay in one. that of course, would be the Strafing speed nerf.

so if I go head up with someone, it is mostly flee or die, or at least flee to a better position to get the jump on him.

I've escaped near-certain death several times on this map by sprinting and knowing the terrain.

I feel dirty using the AR in my scout suit, but it's the far and away best weapon in the game at this point.

haven't had a good chance to try out the Nova Knives, haven't yet gotten close enough to someone.

Actually, I have noticed that scouts have a considerable bonus to lowering sniper scope sway, although this only helps in
mid-range to close quarters and still doesn't make much of a difference at long range imo.

Scouts were never intended to be for frontline head-to-head combat. Fast strafing made them too good at that. They're still perfectly good at their intended role.

Also circle-strafing is silly and has no place in this game.

they are completely useless. CCP is nerfing anything in this game that gives FPS gamers an advantage, because their precious EVE players cant hang with us. what game on earth would nerf strafe speed and make it different than forward/backward movement? they are making it easier to kill, just like with the aim assist. I ran a scout suit for 3 builds, and did keep a low profile and use it the way it was intended. It's worthless in this build. since they added all the modules and skills to help make yourself more invisible, you can run assault and get the same effect, and be able to take more than 3 shots and live.