Necrodermis
GunFall Mobilization
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2013.03.08 19:26:00 -
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Garrett Blacknova wrote:WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP SAYING SCOUTS ONLY HAVE SPEED?
+ High Speed
+ Best Strafe Speed
+ BY FAR THE BEST Stamina (both amount and regen)
+ BY FAR THE BEST Shield Regen.
+ Best Scan Profile
+ Best Scan Precision and Range
+ Both Equipment and Sidearm Slots (Heavies and Logis sacrifice one for the other, only Scouts and Assaults get both)
- Low HP (both shield and Armour)
- Low PG/CPU Stats
Having the improved scanning stats of even a Standard-level Scout makes for a REALLY effective spotter. Scouts can usually pick up higher-profile enemies who come close enough behind them, and locate targets behind walls, and anyone in your field of view is lit up unless they've buffed their stealth stats - and if you buff your scanners with the right skills and/or gear, you can cancel that out too. While fragile in straight-up combat, Scouts have the best hit-and-run capabilities against enemies who can't/don't alpha them.
once it works i will agree with you.
right now there have been no improvements on profile scanning and radius functionality. they aren't effective at all. you level up the same skills and put on an assault suit you will be just as good as any scout suit user with the difference of a very insignificant amount.
the strafe speed is still nerfed so assault suits with their 10% slower speed is still minute when you lose a huge chunk of your health and shields. i would rather run around with 400 shields in a assault suit than a pathetic 200 in scout shielding. the PG/CPU is garbage and can't put on all the advanced/proto modules making it all the weaker.
anything the scout suit does an assault can do better. survivability is measured by how much health and damage you can pack on. being able to bunny hop around only gives you slim chance for survival, shot gun scouts survive the longest as they usually pump out one shot kills, if they are seen first they usually die. and on another note, scout suits cost more than assault suits for some bizarre reason.
if the differences in profile become more apparent it will be a worth while suit. but right now instead of leveling up scout suit you can put those points in profile dampening/analyzing and get it just as low and just as good as scout suits if not better. a 50% decrease to both suit command and profile dampening at 5 making a heavy suit stealthier than a scout suit. |