I disagree, my heavy friend.

There exists enormous risk in running with knives, and reasonable people expect a balance of risk to reward.

Consider the long list of ways to OHK even the greatest scout among us.
150k+ isk down the drain to one flaylock blast, one sniper round, or one fused locus nade.

Now what's a Proto Heavy's EHP again? I'll ask Cubs next time I see him post 20/0 in a pub.
1000+ HP is not risk. 1000+ HP is not underpowered.

Underpowered is a title reserved for scouts and perhaps DS pilots, who seem to have Dev attention at present. Maybe we scouts can get fixed before Commandos w/shotgun sidearms tilt the scale of risk against us even further.

- Shotty GoBang

And what do the other classes get. I can see Logi not needing anything, the heavies and assaults should get something.

infact I would be incredibly happy if assaults got a second grenade slot to balance this out.

I think this scout buff is a wonderful idea.

Thanks for the response, Jaraiya. I'd like to respond to a few of your points; not for the sake of argument, rather for simple consideration:

A shotgun scout or nova ninja should win against a heavy at or under 3 meters. To accomplish this CQC feat, a scout likely had to sneak in behind enemy lines, find a lone target, stalk him remaining undetected, and await opportunity to close the gap. Even perfectly executed, that scout has blown his cover by attacking you and his odds of survival are bleak if any enemy happens to be nearby.

There are numerous variables a CQC scout must constantly manage and analyze. Situational awareness is the only variable in play for the unfortunate heavy that falls to a scout.

A heavy draws fire because he represents a greater threat. I think I understand your point, but I don't think that a single heavy should offer a fair fight versus focused fire from three ARs.

A veteran CQC scout is less viable in pub combat than an equivalent medium or heavy; this is a fair measurement of imbalance. That imbalance is amplified ten fold in PC when fighting against hardened and organized opponents.

- Shotty

If your team is dumb enough to leave one person to guard an objective and you get jumped by 6 people, failing to defend the objective is not a failure of the heavy suit's design.

The failure is your team's.

Seriously if a heavy could reasonably expect to consistently win a 4v1, EVERYONE WOULD BE A HEAVY.

And then you'd be back to square one, dying because of your fail team.

Edit: Sorry for posting about heavies in your scout thread, just tired of these dumb complaints.