Scouts are relevant, he's called Sleepy Zan.

Wasn't it mentioned in that dropsuit leak that a future scout suit will have a built in damage mod?

lol...

sorry Zan.. As many times i have died to your shotgun I had to laugh.

Scouts have the advantage of lower profile.. If the dropsuit is fit right they can be next to you and never show up on your mini map (AKA TacNet) this is why most of us have been blind sided by scouts. Not only that, they also have more speed to dance. Heavy, Assault, and Logistic will always cry foul when killed by scout.

Only major drawback to scout suit is, if ya can't dance then die...

Depends? Is the assault, armor buffed? -3% to -5% movement. that is viable..

Scout is great at blind sighting you. They show less profile with dampaners, have a very fast shield regen. So if a scout has a shotgun he can ruin your day and get out of the line of fire before his victims friends can tell whats going on.

On the other side of the coin, if you can catch him at medium range with an assault suit. The target scout can be in trouble, many scouts have died trying to close range to an assault. Only the good ones know when to close distance.

These are my observations as an assault class, I don't dance so those friends have left me behind.

On my scout I like to use a Tactical Assault Rifle to keep my distance and run around placing remote explosives and proximity explosives.

Scouts are quick tanks.. the shield regen is nearly instant. (Scout gets shot and takes cover... Scout has full shield sooner than any other dropsuit) many scouts use cover first over direct fights.

The dampener helps them blind sight you, as you are unable to see them in the mini map. The better scout player is always hard to kill.. The poor scout player, plays like an assault.

And no a heavy can't lay a Remote Explosive. Heavy does not have an equipment slot.

The only scouts that can get up to me without me noticing are the good scouts, the bad ones try to be an assault suit with less health & Die in a straight line of fire.

I have a standard scout suit I've been using a lot that I equipped with the Tactical Assault Rifle, Assault Scrambler, and standard profile dampening and scan accuracy. It's been quite fun. Whenever I'm running around I have my scrambler out since it can take targets out fast, whenever I see a group of targets I keep my distance and try to lure them out one by one with the tactical AR. One of the great things about scout that can't be stated enough is the speed. A lot of people are suggesting using the speed to strafe and jump during fights, but it's much more than that. You can go the long way around in the same time an assault would take to go straight forward, which combined with profile dampening makes flanking very easy.

Also if you ever need to retreat not only can you run faster but the increased jump height allows you to take routes that no one else can. And yes there are several gaps to jump across out there, you just have to know what to look for. I tried attempting these jumps with an assault later and had no luck.

I usually put an armor repair on all my suits but it is next to useless on a scout. First off you only have what? About 90 armor? And as a scout your main goal is to put yourself in situations where you can pull off the kill before the enemy can react. Also should you ever get low on armor you are fast enough to get to any supply depot on the map in a matter of seconds.

Well then - in those rare situations - you have to really make sure you put yourself in situations where you can pull off the kill before the enemy can react.

Or run to a logibro and keep hitting him until he understands.
Seriously, it takes all of 2 seconds to repair our armor from 0 to max, I'm sure that Heavy you are currently fixated will live if he must wait.