I can't tell you how many tabs I had to open to get all that done. And I'm still not finished.

Here are the Speed + eHP Statistics for both of the Scouts.
These statistics might be outdated, I'll edit when I confirm it. :)

Gallente:
Shield: 70
Armor: 130
Sprint Speed: 7.6 m/s. This is 12% faster than an Assault suit with no modules.

Minmatar: Added.
Shield: 100
Armor: 70
Sprint Speed: 7.9 m/s

Some terrible, terrible advice in this thread.

The only really bad advice I see is the idea that a Gallente scout would be better than a Minnie scout for sniping because of the scan radius.

As a Gallente Scout, I like the ability to choose my fights and still have the ability to have more eHP than a medium frame with no modules. It's a style of playing that's hard to master, but it's still fun. I don't snipe, and I don't go shotgun unless it's a city map (I use an AR). Instead of just chilling near the redline or in some hidden place, I move around the frontlines, call out groups of enemies for my squad mates, start raining hell, then disappear. I've seen people rock a Minmatar suit with no problems, but usually they only use their proto suits. I haven't unlocked my Gallente proto scout, but I know it will be awesome (Yes, I know it only has one high powered slot - I only need one).

The only really bad advice I see is the idea that a Gallente scout would be better than a Minnie scout for sniping because of the scan radius.

Really? If you're sniping, how will you see the Shotgun Scout running up to you? It's so you can make sure nothing is coming up to you. "Scan Precision also does that." Yea, but your base Radius is 10m. If you look at the picture, that's not very far on the minimap. You won't have time to run.

What would you do with your 1 High Slot? I think I'd try to give myself a small eHP Buff and just put in a Complex Shield Module, but I'm terrible at fitting Scouts. I'm not remembering all of the modules... Hm. Ok, yea. I think Shielding.

oh, and if you haven't noticed, Gallente scouts are a joke due to the standardized 10m scan range. Unless you can tap out to 50km, odds are you'll never see an enemy coming.

oh, and if you haven't noticed, Gallente scouts are a joke due to the standardized 10m scan range.

Every other suit has a base scan radius of 5m. That's at least some kind of buff.

Oh my God would you stop posting here. You give advice while not knowing what you're talking about and then you actually tell people things that are outright false. Every other suit does not have a base scan radius of 5 m. It's 10 m.

Then I was given false information. I apologize. No need to hate because I try to help people.

Oh my God would you stop posting here. You give advice while not knowing what you're talking about and then you actually tell people things that are outright false. Every other suit does not have a base scan radius of 5 m. It's 10 m.

OP, the most important distinction between the two scour races are the slot loadouts. Gallente has a 1/4 high/low slot combination in its protosuit, and the Minmatar has a 3/2.

Gallente is a terrible combat scout because its low slot heavy. With a complex shield extender in it's only high slot you will only have about 140 total shields. That's your buffer before you start losing armor. Sure, you can add armor plates in the low slots to make it more hardy, but that will eat into the scout's speed. So it's cutting off your nose to spite your face kind of situation. I suppose if you instead slap some complex kinetic cats in the lows you will have a really fast glass cannon build that you can use with a Swarm launcher. You'd be fast enough to get in position to fire on a HAV/LAV and you'd have speed enough to stay away from danger, but you'd have no HP for any kind of mistakes.

Minmatar, however, is a great combat scout. 3/2 slots allow you to place 3 complex shield extenders, bringing your shield buffer up to about 350 HP. 2 complex kinetic cats in the lows, and you have a scout with a large shield buffer that can tank a few hits, retreat at speed to heal up quickly due to the scouts fast shield recharge, and keep doing its thing.

Also, I would advise against dual SMG's. They simply don't have enough range or DPS to compete with an AR or Assault SR, especially if you have half the HP of an assault suit and are trying to go toe to toe with them. AR/ASR with an SMG for back up would get you better results. A shotgun would be even better.

Anyway, good luck with your scout.

Minmatar it is! My main only has 2.6 million SP currently so I won't be able to get everything I want yet unfortunately. I leveled up to ADV suit, ADV Shield extenders, SMG Operations to 5, SMG Sharpshooter to 3, SMG Proficiency to 2, Armor Repair to 1 for basic repair. Also leveled up Engineering to 3, Profile Damp to 1. Oh and Grenadier to 1 for Flux nades. I forget if there was anything else I did as well.

Going to try the following fit later for some hit and run. Eventually, I want to level up my swarm launchers and will probably level up Nova Knives as well so I have a few different play styles to choose from. Run/Gun hit n' run, Melee Knifer, and AV. Though I'm going to focus on maxing out the one weapon to start with.

ADV Minmatar Scout
ADV Assault SMG x 2
Flux Grenades

Enhanced Shield Extender
Basic Shield Extender

Basic Armor Repair
Militia Kincat

Thanks for the all the help everyone. Try not to argue amongst yourselves too much

There should be sprint/charging. Why wouldn't there be?

You need complex kin cats and endurance mods in your low slots for this to work, ss well as lv 5 minja scout skill. It also helps to only use IshNoks. Seidearms dam mods are nice too!

My advice (FYI this is from the perspective of a minja suit and would love to hear someone's take on a ganja scout), do not slash at them as they are running. run behind them until they exhaust their stamina. Run close to them and pay attention to where they are likely to turn and face. For example, if there is a battle going on to the left as you follow, stay towards the right so if they turn you will see them doing it and can adjust before you hit their peripheral vision, which is severely gimped in this game.

Once they slow down they can't jump or run from you. Your movement walk speed will eclipse theirs, and if you did it right, you will be very close to them with stamina left over. walk sideways and and charge slash their side as you begin to pass. So if they are turing left walk sideways past them and charge slash. This way you will definitely hit them, and they won't know until it is too late. and you can follow up slash him down if it is a heavy.

now, if they catch on to you, you should have more stamina to jump and spin so you land at their side facing them. This is important, tricky, but it makes it very hard for them to track and shoot you, You need to charge when you are in the air so when you land you hit them. Most times it will turn them into a blood burst, but if they are still hanging on, they still have to turn to face you. If you did it right, you should have them directly in front of you ready to follow up slash them down. The above tactic is good for jumping into a group of enemies as well. slash fest

And if all that doesn't work, ditch the knives. bust out your sidearm of choice and go to town on them as you orbit. Too many times, people stick to swinging with their knives. you blew it, accept it, and go to guns. if there are multiple enemies, try putting one guy in front of you as cover. And good luck. it's an honorable death

happy hunting!