Matticus Monk
Ordus Trismegistus
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Posted - 2013.06.02 09:18:00 -
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I definitely concur with those that have said that more WP needs to be awarded for support roles, especially in the case of scouting & using the active scanner, etc.... (let's not forget DS pilots as well....)
Additionally, I do think that given the prevalence of the Assault players CCP will devote more time to those suits. I think we've seen that already with the 4 variants of the Assault suits out and only 2 scouts and 1 heavy.
You know I actually tried using LOGI suits to scout prior to the Uprising skill respec. I also used them for true LOGI support but every time I kept coming back to the scout suit for scouting or making the initial rush for objectives.
It's true that you can make a logi as fast or faster than a scout but you need to invest typically 2 kin/cats to make this happen. Additionally, since their stamina is horrible, you need to add on another green catalyzer. Then, once you've got the speed up and can keep up with base scouts (you've now used 3 low slots), you may want to put on a profile dampener and profile analyzer to get your scan precision and profile down. There goes another High slot and low slot.
Then, you need to overcome the general mobility (I'm still jumping over gaps, railings etc. easier in my scout suit and getting to my objective faster) which can't be done.
Couple that with the bigger hitbox and I always ended up dying more as a logi/scout - I was either not effective running away after being spotted, or I was snuck up on a lot more since my passive scan precision was worse still worse than a scout if I didn't fit the appropriate modules.... and I was blowing major ISK on suits since I needed at least an ADV suit to get my 3 low slots for all my speed/stamina mods, proto if I wanted my scan profile decrease.
So, I though "Why"....? And I went back to my dragonfly suit, threw on an armor repper, shield extender and a kin/cat and I out run the **** out of Logis all day long.
Yes, my HP is horrible, and I can only carry one EQ slot. But I get my sidearm and a death costs me 2k, not 50+ as a somewhat effective logi/scout.
Maybe it's just my playstyle but for me it was: LOGI-Scout = fail.
EDIT: I could see LOGI-Scout excelling at being a objective keeper. Basically sticking close to an objective w/ an active scanner and remote/mines & Nanohive and keeping it locked down. |