Well for one there is a great speed and stealth advantage and i'm pretty sure the scout suits are 4000 to 5000 isk cheaper

Hey i'm not saying you have to like the suit i'm just saying i do and i can do well with it isn't that all that matters?

We can all agree that the scout suit is a extremely hard to use suit but if used properly the benefits out way the disadvantages

well obviously some people don't understand.

Assault Strafe speed? MUCH lower than Scout.
Assault scan profile? Only slightly lower, but that's why I asked for profile AND PRECISION.
Assault shield regen? Also significantly lower than the Scout.

Straight-line speed? Scout is ahead - not by a huge amount, but still ahead.

And that's before I bring up the stamina advantage. Scouts have more stamina and faster regen than other suits, allowing for much more CONSISTENT mobility - which is important in buildings and areas with a good amount of cover... IF you're good at playing to those strengths.

Everyone seems to miss a BIG part of the scout suit that makes it deadly is its size. It has the smallest hitbox out of all the Suits making it extremely hard to hit while moving.

has anybody who is saying the scout suit is just a crap assault suit actually put xp into the scanning and stealth skills. coz if you have not then your right, your scout suit is just a crap assault suit

Not to the extent that the Scout suit can though

Both suits can negate one another's advantages in various ways. I'm not denying that. I'm focusing on where the Scouts DO have the advantage because THAT'S WHAT OTHERS ARE ARGUING AGAINST. When people claim the Scout has NO advantages, that's flat-out WRONG. There are advantages, and when you play to those advantages, you can CONSISTENTLY beat Assaults. Just like a good Assault player can consistently beat a Scout when playing to the Assault's advantages.

CQC-fitted Scouts are better than CQC-fitted Assaults for countering HMGs, Snipers, Laser Rifles and long-range AV infantry on most maps.

While not necessarily more effective, Scout Snipers provide support differently and are harder to track down than Assault Snipers.

Actually using the Scout AS A SCOUT can provide benefits to the team that an extra set of shields and a gun on the front line will never provide, and the Scout does it better than any other suit.

Well-fitted AR Scouts can chip away at most enemies with very little risk to themselves, and will force the enemy to retreat (at which point, they can outrun most enemies trying to run from them).

Proof of why I'm wrong on the HMG? I've explained my reasons. It's easier - for a variety of reasons - to locate a Heavy with a Scout than an Assault, confirm their position, facing and heading, and get yourself into position to ambush them from behind, than to do the same with an Assault. Going head-on against HMG Heavies is likely to get you killed with either suit, so hitting from behind in close quarters is a better option. You CAN use all your Low Slots and most of your fitting capacity to (almost) match the reasons a Scout is better at this than an Assault, but the Scout can use all their fittings slots to dual-tank and basically have the same statlines for everything once you're both done. And without going overboard on tanking your Scout, if you can get close to the heavy, the Scout's mobility gives it an advantage in being a more difficult target that makes more difference in that situation than the extra HP would.

As for long-range weapons, countering them with your own is a fail tactic when the enemy is in a secure position and you're not. CQC fittings are built to negate the advantages of long-range weapons. Scouts are particularly good at doing so. Assaults only moderately so.

Obviously not used to dealing with good Scout Snipers. A Scout Sniper playing the role correctly is a rare event, but if and when you see it, they're the ones most likely to run 20+/0 without Redlining themselves.

With a Sniper Rifle, you can mark ONE enemy at basically any range regardless of your suit, but you need line of sight to do so. With the right skills trained and the right modules on a Scout fitted as an ACTUAL Scout, you can get close to an area where enemy activity is suspected and light up MULTIPLE enemies, and you can do so WITHOUT EXPOSING YOURSELF TO RETURN FIRE.

An Assault or Logi can go toe-to-toe with an enemy and survive while the enemy goes down, but has to be MUCH more cautious when outnumbered, and usually ends up having to retreat as soon as they take significant damage when trying to harass enemies. A Scout can attack from one position, fire a few shots, move into a new spot (or make the enemy think they're moving while staying in the same cover) then repeat the process, and consistently recover most (if not all) of their shields faster than the Assault. Unless you fill two High and one Low Slot to match the Scout's shield regen stats, and probably another Low Slot for a Stamina mod. Even then, you'll need a Profile Dampener to have as gooda chance as the Scout does of deceiving the enemy or making sure they don't know where you've gone. They can bait enemies into splitting up or spreading out, and they can force cautious players to TRY and run, then chase them down when they do. if an enemy tries to retreat from a Scout trying to do the same thing, there's a better chance of success. To match the Scout's ability to fight this way, you're giving up Slots the Scout will be using for Damage Mods.

Unless you're me, who uses shotguns to take out enemies at long range

It's called positional awareness and tactical approach