What would your feelings be if CCP added an innate bonus to fitting a cloaking module on the scout dropsuit?
Would that leave the problem solved, mitigated, or unchanged?
Cheers,
Cross

It makes sense to make Scouts paper-thin, but I think reducing the CPU and module capability is a no-go.

I don't know, I seem to be having no problem with the CPU/PG of my scout suit. But then again, I only fitted a nova knife which doesn't have much CPU/PG demands.

Imo it should permanently move at or right below it's current sprint speed, at least something to make it just as useful

CCP is having tweak weekend, where we tweak a lot of stuff just for ***** and giggles

Right now I'm getting hit detection errors on scouts that jump a good ten to fifteen feet through the air like ninjas in an anime. Fix that (the hit detection, not the jumping - that's kind of cool) before you start adding more to them.

Don't get me wrong, Bojo, I used to play scout exclusively, as my avatar hints; yes they mostly suck right now, as you suggest. A good, skilled player can do okay with them, but they need addressing -- so does hit detection, though. I don't want to see invincible scouts again because CCP can't fix hit detection even after six months (heck, it was probably a lot longer ago than that).

I still remember running a scout with an AR and taking down Assaults, Heavies, everything that came my way in a stand up, head-to-head fight. I do NOT want to see that again.

Edit: And yep, when the heck are we going to see scouts that actually stealth? Come on CCP.

The presets issued when you first make a character, are just that, presets indicating a role to be played. Scout suits were meant to snipe with. Assaults were meant to run-and-gun. Logis were meant to fix things. Heavies were meant to face enemy vehicles. These are facts, not my opinion. They are called Arbiters, Enforcers, Artificers, and Dire Sentinels, respectively.

Just because you are allowed to take one suit and put it into a different role, does not mean that the suit does not have a predetermined role that it was designed for.

And you are quite wrong on your first point:
1. If i could fit everything I needed on my scout suit, I would not use the logi suit, this is true for other snipers, but not all snipers, as well.

I have no comment on the second.

Just because you are quite content with your fitting, does not change the fact that other people have concerns with the suit's balance.

Ok, There are many valid points in this thread but the scout suit is good if you use it right. If you spec into scanning skills you can see through walls and slip around rather unnoticed.

I've also seen no mention of the type-2 scout suit. It has two equipment slots so you can repair and revive a heavy while using your great scan stats to spot targets for them, while having a fast shotgunner to flank targets while your newly revived and full health heavy keeps them busy.

buff the shields is all i want.

You can run an equivalent type-II logi suit that exceeds a scout in all departments except hitbox size. A B-Series Logi shotgun outperforms the same build on a scout drastically. Unless there is new content incoming that will balance the equation, I really don't think this is fair to scout users. They can be so much fun, but the lack of feasible builds, and the steep SP curve for suvivability really kills any incentive to use them.

Indeed, the Scout dropsuit is broken. I think one of the reasons for that is the fact that, despite it's supposed electronic superiority, it has the lowest amount of CPU of any dropsuit.

That doesn't make much sense, now does it?

Sorry to tell you but scouts were meant for cloaking. Just read the suit description, its basically already built into the suits.

Unless you've got a couple points into profile analysis and/or have a precision enhancer. Stealth and detection works just fine, you just have to invest a little bit into it.

If a Heavy manages to "sneak up" on me when I'm playing Scout, it's because I screwed up.

2) Add a weapon with an infrared scope, or make attachments part of the game and have that as an attachment.

Pretty much. I wouldn't say the scout suit is "broke", It's just not suited for the type of combat people use it for.

Lest of all it being pitted against geks with maxed sharpshooter and the broken complex damage mod stacked 3-4 deep, but that's another post.

Pssh, hopefully when they get it to actually work. The Vehicle module is still in-game and despite people saying that it does, I have yet to successfully get it to work.

Even tested it on a lone heavy who was standing -ten meters away- from my dropship and turned it on, still couldn't pick up his chevron after three pulses.

The original one gave absolutely no indication that it was even being turned on, let alone whether or not it was effectively working.

They need to just remove that module entirely and give us Target Painters or something.

Do keep in mind that if another player on your team can sight a target they will appear for you as well. When testing the scanning system, it's best to do it in a completely controlled environment devoid of all life and preferably set us a corp battle with a friendly corporation.