Aeon Amadi wrote:I've given up on the Scout suit ever getting re-balanced ever since the strafe speed/HP values on advanced/prototype getting nuked.
Seriously, Heavies and HMGs are just starting to make a comeback and already they're "looking into" them because too many people have red tampons over it.
Thereby, Scouts will -never- get rebalanced so long as we keep this same development team - which are really really REALLY bad about communicating with the community. I mean, come on, they can't even put down fifteen minutes for a dev blog, what makes you think they're going to collaborate a bunch of data to see if there's a legitimate issue with the dropsuits/weapons?
To top it off the Scout is supposedly "balanced" for features that aren't even in the ****ing game yet.
Now THATS intrinsic development.
Damn dude, that's harsh. The devs DO provide a weekly post stating what they have reviewed... although more meat and potatoes would be nice, so to speak.
I'm working (not playing) as a logi sniper now, simply because it fills the role of a sniper better for me. I can fit a proto-rifle, gauged uplinks, gauged nanohives, triple dmg mods, some nades, and an armor repper... I can set myself and a fellow sniper up on separate perches with just my equipment alone, and STILL provide multiple spawn points and support for my crew.
Everything I salivated for with the proto-scout vk1, im getting right now (and more) on a logi A-series. Im not a sniper that will find myself in the thick-of-things, so i don't require scout speed.
The scout suit is simply **** useless for my gameplay style compared to what you can get out of a logi currently.
Scouts can't get totally scan invisible, since all anyone has to do is scan or wave their crosshairs across the map to find snipers (instead of finding them visually), so they immediately fail at the "stealth" thing in that regard.
The ONLY thing that can redeem the scout suit is the cloaking device... but if every other suit is going to get it too, AND every other suit has higher cpu/pg capacity... then again the scout suit would be rendered useless by comparison. I would simply install the cloak on my logi sniper.
Only the scout should have the cloaking device, and a GOOD cloaking device. No other class would suffer a penalty if discovered through cloak like a scout would.
Discover a cloaked shield tanked assault? Oh well, Duvolle to face.
Discover a cloaked heavy? Bless you, you just found Predator. HMG to face.
Discover a cloaked logi? *Zelda item acquisition theme* Free heals! Come again real soon! OR [weapon of your choice] to face.
Discover a cloaked scout? With little to no defensive capacity he's finished. His survivability depends on not being found.
The scout needs more cpu/pg capacity, OR it's primary weapon [the sniper rifle] needs to have cpu/pg requirements reduced... and it needs to get the cloaking device exclusively.
...and everything else the OP listed.