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BMSTUBBYx
Doomheim
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Posted - 2012.11.05 20:17:00 -
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A scout is not a sniper lets just get that out of the way right now!
snip-+er (snpr)
n.
1. A skilled military shooter detailed to spot and pick off enemy soldiers from a concealed place.
2. One who shoots at other people from a concealed place.
scout (skout) or also re-+con-+nois-+sance (r-kn-sns, -zns)
n.
An inspection or exploration of an area, especially one made to gather military information.
As a scout my job is to move around the battlefield to gather intelligence on all aspects of the fight in order to help the commanders build a better picture of what is happening on the ground.
CCP you have given me very little tools in order to accomplish my goal as a scout and have left little to no choice but to turn into a sniper in order to gain small amounts of WP, SP, and ISK.
Please give scouts some skills to work towards to open up some form of secondary squad commands.
Simple Example:
As a scout I see a dropship, I use VOIP to call out said dropship however with all the other action going on over the coms my commander misses my call out.
Or lets say they hear said call out, however they then have to relay this information to the SL's and by that time the dropship has moved on. All the while I as the scout have not gained any WP's, SP's, or ISK for relaying this information.
Please give us scouts a tool that can allow us to highlight the dropship, tank, or troop movement like a squad leader can with a squad command. Please give us the ability to be useful instead of useless other than counter sniping and please give us some WP's, SP's, and ISK for doing our jobs.
Thank You
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BMSTUBBYx
Doomheim
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Posted - 2012.11.06 02:28:00 -
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Novas Prime wrote:Give the scouts a set of bino's with a laser range finder and a "laser paint" function to designate targets to your team or squad. Allowing the painted target to be tracked on the minimap and the over view larger map.
Brilliant!
Easy and brilliant! |
BMSTUBBYx
Doomheim
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Posted - 2012.11.06 18:05:00 -
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Ten-Sidhe wrote:The binocular idea is great. +1
Maybe give the person to spot the enemy +5wp if a team mate kills them while they are still marked on tac-net?
Great idea and to build on this idea, we could maybe give a variety of WP's for the different threat levels.
The greater the threat the greater the WP's. |
BMSTUBBYx
Doomheim
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Posted - 2012.11.06 19:31:00 -
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Ty 'SweetCheeks' Borg wrote:Once they fix scanners and give those WP rewards, this idea will be defunct tbh.
When scanners work they're best used by a scout and they pickup most things on the battlefield. The problem is at the moment they don't work half the time and there's zero rewards other than knowing where the guy is.
So what you are saying is that if and when scanners get fixed and work they should be giving me WP's/SP's for simply sitting in the hills scanning the battlefield?
Hummm!
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BMSTUBBYx
Doomheim
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Posted - 2012.11.07 19:06:00 -
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Failonius wrote:BMSTUBBYx wrote:Ty 'SweetCheeks' Borg wrote:Once they fix scanners and give those WP rewards, this idea will be defunct tbh.
When scanners work they're best used by a scout and they pickup most things on the battlefield. The problem is at the moment they don't work half the time and there's zero rewards other than knowing where the guy is. So what you are saying is that if and when scanners get fixed and work they should be giving me WP's/SP's for simply sitting in the hills scanning the battlefield? Hummm! You should get a small reward if a spotted enemy is destroyed/killed while marked, but it shouldn't be the meat and potatoes of the scout.
I am interested in knowing what should be the meat and potatoes of a scout? |
BMSTUBBYx
Doomheim
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Posted - 2012.11.07 19:09:00 -
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I would have to agree with the above definition if we were given the tools for the scout portion of the above definition.
As is now we are only snipers. |
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