That's always been the speed hasn't it?

One issue I have is the mobility skill does not increase movement speed

People complained about scouts being too difficult (for them) to track/hit and it was nerfed a long time ago. They used to be much faster. They have not even a fraction of the mobility advantage they used to, so in almost all cases you are better off using a type 2 assault suit.

in reference to this


people do seem to forget what the scout role is supposed to do like people forgetting that recons in BF3 is supposed to gather intel and spot enemies


for dust, if you fight head on with the scout you are surely going to have a bad time winning the gun fight, but if you flank the enemy and strike hard and fast, they wont even notice you were there until it is too late

go around the enemy, go deep into the enemy lines to hack objectives, place spawn beacons, not fight a heavy face to face and expect to win



and now for the speed itself, while it does seem like you only get a small amount of speed, the scout suit is not easily detected on radar and thus you can easily slip by enemies that are not paying attention in a gunfight

it could use a bit of a speed buff, but not too much

But Assault has higher native profile than Scout suits, so a Scout will have better stealth with similar skill level.

I've seen some insanely fast scouts, do higher tier drop suits have faster movement speed?

Scouts do need some significant buff in some aspect to give them an actual role. I see alot of people posting that they are good with snipers and shotguns when in actuality an assault suit fills those roles more effectively. A tanked assault suit with a shotgun devastates enemies and as a sniper it has far more flexibility than a scout could hope to match.

Scouts need an identity and in comparison to the other suits they currently show nothing significant or that's useful through out the entire match.