I feel like everyone and their mother is saying the suit is awful and totally not worth it...ive seen the bonus/stats and im still interested in it. Just looking for a fresh change to go along with the new build and now the nova knives seem viable as well. What do you guys think about the minnie scout as of now?

The problem with the 4 lows is you could go for armor, but that means making the slow scout slower.

I don't see either suits having a role to play in PC. They'd likely be easy kills and a liability.

there will be plates that have lower bonus but no speed penalty.

I don't see either suits having a role to play in PC. They'd likely be easy kills and a liability.

The mini scout is the better of the 2. like it was said 1 high slot for gallente is worthless its basically not there. 10% more damage wooooo. Gallente scout gets 4 lows but it has to stack between dampeners, repairs, plates, and stimulants so if you specialize your lacking in other areas like combat or avoiding the new scan gun. cant really be good at both in that suit. The mini scout gets sheilds in high slots and whateva it wants in low slots. Much more effective suit.
Right now the gallente proto scout suit has 3 highs, 3 lows, 2 equipment slots. Anyone geuss why it was nerfed? geuss scouts are really that scary even though no one plays them

With 4 low slot you have melee damage mod, speed mods, rep mods, dampers, armor mods, pg upgrade, CPU upgrade, and ect... With all these choices combos look good, I personally like 4 rep mod for 23hp/s.

CPU upgrade

melee damage mod

rep mods...armor mods

Speed mods...dampers

Seeing that I specialize in the scout suit, perhaps I should chime in.

I actually like that they reduced the amount of equipment you can carry so that logibros can have a greater purpose as they should.

Wait wait wait. Since when have scouts been stealing Logibro jobs?

Although I haven't been playing the stealth part, mostly because I do not believe it actually works this build, but I believe it will next, as the Active Scanner is fixed and that is bringing up Codex nostalgia when I first used it.

wait a second...

the minmatar scout suit only has 2 low slots?

How in the F are they going to be the fastest in the game with only 2 low slots. a gallente with 4 lows can stack 4 Kin cats. That will waste a minmatar with 2 kin cats.

I am saddened by this.

Wait wait wait. Since when have scouts been stealing Logibro jobs? And how will 2 equip slots on a low HP soldier compete against this:

• Amarr: 300EHP, 3 Equip
• Caldari: 270 EHP, 3 Equip
• Gallente: 270EHP, 4 Equip
• Minmatar: 240EHP, 4 Equip

Every single one of them has at least 3 high slots, and way more equip than a Scout is even asking for. A scout isn't going to follow a heavy around with reps, rush through crossfire with a needle, or lay down super glowy nanohives and repair hives. The ONLY overlap between a scout who is doing his job and a logi who is doing his job is putting down an Uplink, and it's NEVER a problem to have more of those.

What equip does the Scout want to run? Well, we covered Uplinks. We also have the Active Scanner for intelligence, Remote Explosives for protecting hacks, and Cloaking Device (when it finally appears). But now I can't run both a Explosives and a Cloak for bomber kills? Or I can't place an Uplink after Scanning for enemies? Oh no, I hope the Logi Lobby is satiated.

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..

Snip...

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.