Ric Barlom
On The Brink
CRONOS.
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Posted - 2013.05.06 08:28:00 -
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You know what guys when they made the new scan radius values public just a short time ago, guys, I was as shocked as many of you guys were. I mean as a scout player I was complaining to the dudes about this whole thing, and the thing is, it doesn't like sound like much of an advantage, guys, when you think about it you know. Scout with a 5 meters vs Assault's 2 meter radius. It does make sense though cause when I started to think about it, guys,I came to the exact same conclusion as the guy who kills me way too much on a weekly basis: Rei Shepard. Now Rei argues that these changes make it actually worthwhile for speccing into an EW role and I've got to agree with that statement and let me explain this from a scouts point of view as I've seen a few disgruntled scouts around the forums lately.
As a Gallente scout I feel pretty good about these changes because first of all I get that 50% increase on the scan radius. Now that combined with that scanning skill that gives me another 50% of scan radius when maxed gives me a scan radius of 10 meters. Not bad. Now compare that to an assault who's gonna have a scan radius of 3 meters with the skill maxed out and it starts sounding like a significant advantage if you ask me. You combine that with the natural advantages we scouts have on the on the scan profile, scan precision and speed and I feel very confident that we scouts can serve a role in the battlefield on any level, I don't care if it's public matches or planetary conquest, guys.
Now some angry scout's gonna say "But Ric, Logi's are just as good at this scanning stuff as scouts and maybe even better! They're faster too!" More power to them I say! I mean if a logi wants to use all those extra modules to be better at something I'm good at, that's all well and good, that's what makes this game beautiful. I mean if they wanna specialise into something hard, which they can with all those extra slots, they're gonna be weaker in some other aspects at the same time. Just because a suit can stack modules and be better at some particular aspect than the other doesn't make it better at a specific role. I mean as a Gallente scout I can probably stack more armor than an Amarr assault: Who gives a ****! |