As a side question, guys, do you guys like to tank your scouts and if so, how heavily? I know Bojo said he likes to roll with the armour plate scout, and I have tried but couldn't make it work as well as I'd have liked. I like to run the A series with either 1 or 2 complex shield extenders.

I'll have to look into it once the suits come out. I'll need time to compare and stack the skill books, modules, and observe for myself to see which one is actually faster. The Gallente scout may seem like the fastest with the most low slots, but the Minmatar scout might be able to counter that with its racial bonus.

Some of my suits have dual profile dampeners, and I can't count the times I've flanked snipers and blown them to kingdom come from point blank. I have never ever been detected doing that - although it is possible not all of them have been paying attention to minimap, it is unlikely all of them have.

Unless that french dude's stats were changed in the public release build-

You can see the details of the proto m scout here. (13:33)

7.9 sprint
200 st

and 2 low slots. There don't seem to be any racial bonuses to sprint anywhere?

the gallente follows on the video shortly

7.6 sprint (so cut down a bit)
200 st as well

but also 4 low slots.

I would have fully expected there to be at least 3 low slots on the minmatar if not 4.

Well I have had a recent incidence supporting my current stance, but again I believe it will work in Uprising

I was sniping with the starter assault one, not the arbiter. All of the sudden I notice a blip right on top of me so I pull my Jet Li stunt which is to sprint with no indication. I turn upon my assassin to-be and it was a shotty scout. Needless to say he died, although a scout, to someone who detected him with skills that only enhance dampening (Dropsuit Command) and radius, not precision.

Many times it has happened the other way around, but where I am the scout and assassin.

But anyways it has never worked in my opinion, I don't think I believed hard enough. Next build is different...

Was the shottie scout by any chance running or jumping? Both will likely increase profile radius..

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Back to the topic, the reason I like the Gallente scout is because of the insane bonus to scan radius. And everyone who has talked to me about scouts, knows that I think scanning and dampening skills and modules are one of the most underrated part of the game. Now many players have told me "Ric it doesn't matter! You have to assume that there is enemy around every corner so that makes scanning obsolete!" Guys let's be real here: Knowing where your enemies are is huge and I don't give a **** who you are! A lot of times I can line up my shots with the shotgun perfectly cause I know exactly where the redberry is, and not only that but it helps others too. At the end of the day, I agree with a lot of people on that the Minmataar scout has the potential to be a better combat oriented scout and the Gallente should make for a better scanning/stealth type of scout.