2100 Angels wrote:Maken Tosch wrote:Pardon me for necroing this thread for a bit but I got a point to make here.
After doing my research regarding fitting scout suits (particularly the prototype level one) I have come to the conclusion that there is one fit that can manage having all high and low slots including the primary fitted with complex and prototype without the need for the CPU or PG upgrade.
Coincidentally, this fit happens to favor a particular profession that most folks here seem to dismiss as wasteful or useless. Can you guess what it is?
Scout vk.1
3x complex sidearm damage modifiers
3x complex kinetic catalyzers
1x Ishukone Nova Knife
Because the profession doesn't utilize the equipment slots so often and the grenades are seldom used in this profession, those extra slots are excluded. But here is the thing. You need level 5 in all of the following skills for this to fit.
Sidearm Weapon Upgrade
Sidearm Weapon Upgrade Proficciency
Circuitry
Cmbat Engineering
It will be a very tight fit but the suit will work as intended especially if you have profile dampening skills maxed out. And if the point of this thread is that there is no way of making a good scout suit without needing a CPU upgrade module, then it looks like that myth is busted.
Ps: The math I used is posted on my diaries.
Interesting fit you have there.... looks mighty squishy though. lets hope no one sees you coming
In all honesty here, the scout suit was never primarily intended to act like an assault suit and the fit I have here fully utilizes pure speed (10.15m/s) as a means of speed tanking (think Dramiel orbiting a Megathron).
Currently I only have a standard nova knife and only able to use enhanced kinetic catalyzers but there have been occasions where I have succeeded in standing toe to toe with heavies. With just these basic things and I have been able to evade red line encampments while I hacked objectives that were extremely close to the enemy's base.
But again, the all-proto-all-complex fit I posted above is the only practical fit I can find. The OP is correct that for any other profession, the CPU upgrade module is needed for this suit. Of course, this is all assuming CCP doesn't change the CPU/PG of the suit during the next update.