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Garrett Blacknova
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Posted - 2013.03.06 16:15:00 -
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Scouts are great. People just aren't playing to their strengths, because they're too used to the old builds where Scouts were CQC gods and goddesses loaded up with lag armour and near-immunity to enemy attempts to aim for us.
We get more speed than most, we get a MASSIVE shield regen bonus compared with anything else on the field, we get considerably faster strafe speed, and we ALREADY HAVE A HUGE ADVANTAGE IN STAMINA.
Over a short distance, sprinting side-by-side facing forwards, a Scout will only lead an Assault by a small margin, and better/more speed mods can allow the Assault to outpace the Scout. Over longer distances, the Scout will quickly take the lead because it doesn't need to lose speed as often, or for as long, when running out of stamina.
Over a short distance, strafing in the same direction, a Scout will VERY quickly outpace an Assault suit. A lot of players underestimate the advantages that Scouts have, and miss out on something awesome. |
Garrett Blacknova
Codex Troopers
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Posted - 2013.03.07 07:21:00 -
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Pent'noir wrote:I still feel a little bit of the lag armor as I'll often go smg vs ar in head to head and my smg will win. I wouldn't say a scout is underpowered.
A lot of the time, that's not lag armour so much as good CQC skills throwing off the AR player's aim. I've done it and had it done to me, and if I'm aiming correctly when I pull the trigger, I WILL hit a Scout. It's just hard sometimes because you don't always know exactly where the target is going to move, and if you guess wrong, your AR loses all its damage because of tight grouping, while the SMG still gets some damage in while you're correcting your aim.
Quote:A bit slower than I'd like for hit and run tactics, but I could fit kinetic catalyzers instead of armor plates.
Or, you know, ANYTHING BUT ARMOUR PLATES instead of Armour Plates, because they provide a direct speed DEBUFF. Fitting Armour Plates to a Scout suit makes it slower than a Logi or Assault suit, while still not giving it as much protection, and using up slots that could be used for something actually worthwhile. An Assault or Logi with a Profile Dampener will literally be a better version of your suit if you're using Armour Plates on a Scout. |
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