If someone that slow gets that close to me before I see them coming, I wasn't checking corners, or I was backpedalling into them, or I was fixated on the direction I was facing and forgot to look behind me while staying in one place for a long period. Scouts need to be keeping an eye out. If I'm with team- or squadmates, then I check the minimap and try to watch a direction they AREN'T looking.

Also, my suit has a 25m Scan Radius (at least 10m longer than any other suit) with accurate enough Scan Precision that I can pick up most Heavies (admittedly, only MOST, not all) without having to look at them, even when my teammates aren't around to spot the enemy for me.

I still DO occasionally get caught out by Heavies, but it was always, ALWAYS due to a lack of attention and care on my part at least as much as because of the Heavy doing a good job.

So what's your point in the context of this thread?

The point is that scouts are not front-line fighters, but they aren't without their uses. They have great scan stats, which have been used to great effect by people who have skilled into getting the most out of those stats.

Ah, thank you for clarifying. In that case, isn't that cometely obvious? Meaning that nothing is wrong with the scout suit as long as you use it correctly?

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.

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.

Too true. I still agree that the scouts seem to be getting the sharp stick, point first, in the backside though. Compared to all other suits they lack in almost every area.

But like you said, if people use it at it's most efficient, then it certainly has a place here.

Yeah, but how many people use it within the role it's best at?

Holy Crap I think the scout got a buff!

I logged on for the Caldari Prime battles and:

My Radar was actually working withing reason!
My scout was really fast!

Yet I wasn't very apparent on enemy radar (I assume) as I wasn't detected a whole lot.

This might work enough for me to actually invest in the Tac Net skills:
Related note, when is the active scanner equipment returning? It's a tool actually worth while for a scout with the radar working as is.

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.

Next time I log back in I'll try and confirm that the radar was actually working. But it was like red dots left and right, and my shotgun scout seemed really fast. But again I will double back and make sure that these buffs are actually applicable OUTSIDE of the mercenary event.

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.

Right. It just seems that the sheer quantity of red dots that was picked up compared to the number of blue dots nearby lead me to believe so. But I will sick my lab rats on the project.

Just saying, I don't trust a system that can magically dedicate people coming up behind me and vice versa.

Even when I'm running a Heavy suit there's been times where a Scout should have gotten the jump on me but didn't due to this weird ass scanning system tracking primarily at your six o'clock. No idea why it's more powerful in that direction but it is.