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Kasira Vorrikesh
Fraternity of St. Venefice
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.12.17 04:34:00 -
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I don't visit the forums much, but since I'm here I'd like to pay my respects to the registry. Also, thanks to Shotty for trying to raise awareness on scoutly issues.
My main wears a scout suit 100% of the time. I played Dust briefly in beta, then came back to it this September. I foolishly thought the scout suit had some inherent stealth value (besides tiny dB differences) and, as I always like stealth play, I invested in it as my only suit (including making all profile skills level 3).
Since learning firsthand of how weak the light suit is, I've been tempted to go medium; I have gone basic medium on my alts, but my main is still a pure scout wearer. That said, I never submitted my name to the registry in part because I wanted my main to be anonymous; but more importantly I don't play as a true scout. I snipe. So while technically being a scout, and being vulnerable to instant death (like two-shot tac-sniper deaths), I don't consider myself a proper scout and therefore am not worthy of being on the board.
I do, however, wish to salute those who wear the light; those about to die (often).
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Kasira Vorrikesh
Fraternity of St. Venefice
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.12.17 05:21:00 -
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Cass Caul wrote:
More than half my time on DUST from Closed Beta till now has been me as a Scout Sniper. . . unfortunately Uprising has been terrible cruel to the Snipers. Taking away the ability to shoot objectives, limiting rendering on objects and characters, and simply not having enough damage to take out proto suits in competitive play
If I weren't participating in this war for Molden Heath's domination I would be sniping in ambush in my dragonfly scout. Sniping in a Scout suit does make you one of Scouts United as you can ether choose HP (Gallente) or damage (Minmatar) when sniping while Med Frames can have both.
I do remember things being a lot easier back in beta. I don't mind how sniper-unfriendly the maps are, though I'd be the first to admit that I rarely make a significant impact in a match. The best thing I do is break up roof camps and occasionally help win by clone depletion (in modes other than Ambush). Seeing how hated snipers are on the forums, I'll never venture into FW.
I'm slightly ashamed to admit it, but I picked the Gallente suit because it wasn't as ugly as the Matar. I can't stand Matar design, ship or suit. Despite having the capacity for armor tanking, I don't bother; I need foot speed because I like to run around the maps a lot, and never use vehicles. Also, I only use Adv. anyway, so whatever tank I'd make wouldn't be that helpful; I have a zen-like indifference to death. I try to avoid it, but when it comes, I don't struggle; I figure if I allow myself to be spotted, I don't deserve the chance to escape by having 500+ HP. It teaches me better habits to be so vulnerable, to the point that my medium suit's K/D is less than half of my scout's.
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Kasira Vorrikesh
Fraternity of St. Venefice
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.12.17 05:37:00 -
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Cass Caul wrote:Seeing all those mk.0 suits with the cobat rifle I am getting really jeallous. THey don't even need to pull out their sidearms.
New "I ain't jelly" scout suit:
Logistics gk.0
3 complex damage mods
Republic Combat Rifle
RE, Allotek nanohive, compact nanohive, Federation Active Scanner
2 complex profile dampeners, 2 complex cardiac regulators, complex kinetic catalyzer.
P.S. I have more HP than you even if you use ferroscale plates, elsewise I'll be faster than you.
When the stealth system is introduced in December '16, you won't want this piece of **** logi build anymore.
I've never been able to use remote explosives. *sniff* |
Kasira Vorrikesh
Fraternity of St. Venefice
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.12.17 05:58:00 -
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Cass Caul wrote:
lol,then I'll just swap out a red for a complex CPU or complex PG extender so I can fit the Cloaking Device
or use it on my scout gk.0. or my Assault ak.0
I have to wait to see what the Amarr/Caldari scout suits do, and if there's a respec for scout users. More than likely I'd want to go full Cal. proto scout if there's a respec, since it should be hi-slot oriented and possibly have a bonus to rail tech at some point. With no respec I might just sink my savings into full Gallente for expedience.
Since I'm not a CQ scout the Gallente profile buff is sort of worthless to me; especially with active scanning. Occasionally I do get caught when moving around the map, but my dB is rarely low enough to avoid detection.
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