It's bad ass how I pop shotgunners with a pistol before they reach me

Wolfman mentioned they're working on a new feature(s) for Scouts for 1.6. (yay!) But that's a couple months out at best.
So if 1.4 turns out to be more-of-the-same, we'll lobby for a Hotfix of some sort. Let's hope is doesn't come to that.

On a side-note, you guys notice the recent spike in BS "Scouts are Awesome" posts?
They generally go something like:
"Ran NovaKnives on my Dragonfly today and got a 5.0 ... against TeamPlayers"
"My corpmate's a Scout and he never dies"
etc etc etc

This can only mean that the Mediums are nervous about the upcoming changes.

Bojo's School of the Trades is diverse, it aint scout only (however we have an alarming % of scouts). It's a training corp so the only one I could see absorbing is R O N 1 N. But we also aren't super in- corp. The actual corp is for students more than faculty.

Ok then we should really talk merging. Everyone hates the idea of merging because everyone wants to be different, have their own name, etc.

Right now we're a part of the learning coalition. It's gotten off to a start (not really slow but not rapid) and we're growing. The Mango (Charlotte Odell & Lillica), BSotT (Bojo and friends), and Immortal Guides (Fox Gaden) are part of this and you should join too, regardless of not merging.

But I would like you to consider merging. The school has been around for a while, had high points and low points. But right now, BSOTT is low on official faculty (not a real problem I have a ton of out-of-corp resources) after going through a low point. BUT, I finally organized our goals like I had originally planned. Immortal Guides is our feeder corp that teaches players the basics of playing. They move to BSOTT to learn a specialization.

We've been running with Hagintora (Gal Scout shotgunner) but I can't help him a whole lot because I am a rare if not unique breed of scout (MD AR ScP RE). I do not run shotgun and I don't know the status of V-Man (a mean scout but he was out fighting the wildfires) so I would like someone to teach Hagintora Shotgun scout things.

I hope its not too late for this. My guild.. i mean corp was intended for just scouts as much as possible. But the idea of joining a more established one might be more ideal.. For now, I'll be on my corp since my merc fit in with the name. I'd mostlikely join/merge any scout corp.

Well, if cloaking is going to be scouts-only, then that's cool. A second equipment slot only at proto, though? Sorta lame...

Agreed, though i rarely end up in squads that actually work together

+1 on the scout tournament (although I would get a pretty intense beat down I'm sure)

+1 for additional low slot on Minja and high slot on Gallente

Sad to hear speed taking is hard for higher level scouts to make work. I've also given up speed tanking and just use my fast fits for the initial rush. After that it's all scanning/stealth or armor reps.

So, I was running my Dragonfly Scout yesterday with Basic Shield extender, shotgun, scrambler pistol, compact nanohive, 2X basic ferroscale plates. I ran up into a group of 4 enemies, my squad/corpmate watching, I shot a guy twice and did 0 damage. then I shot him 2 more times to kill him, the I shot the third guy three times to kill him. The fourth guy takes action as I get a headshot on him with my last bullet. He only had a sliver of health left, so I hit [R2] to finish the job. Only! that's right, another bug where you have the change-weapon animation, but it didn't actually change to my sidearm.
So I died, because not 1 but 2 bugs working in tandem.
I then made the comment, " I would be so good at this game if shotguns actually worked every time."
He immediately responded, "****, if the shotgun actually worked, I would quit this game."

He was mostly serious

<--- Corp

You'll be back to killer status soon enough. I'd say stick it out until the new release, that way you are not rusty and dealing with the update. Good to see you though.

Lightning defines killer status. There is no better killer in a Scout suit.

@ Lightning
We've put together a corp for alts; a place to share information behind closed door. We'd be honored to have you onboard. It would appear our time for resurgence has come. o7

Without question. Let me know if I can be of assistance.

[1] No surprise here

[2] Yeah. too many cloaks/damps to rely on Cal-Scout or Gal-Scout passive. Especially in PC. Worthless. Even in pubs it's not reliable anymore. Took me about 10-15 matches to get used to it. Like running a Minmatar Scout, only you hurt on the inside because you're supposed to have good passive scans.

[3] I hate this so much. So many people flocked to the scout and cloak from the blue waffle. Went up against ERA, half TeamPlayers. Good news: 1v1 I own heavies and shotgun scouts. Bad news: after being killed 3 times in a row, most people swap out from shotgun to combat rifle, because it is still a better CQC weapon than the shotgun Cal-Scout with 4 pecision enhancers was just getting was just getting popped from behind by a scout too many times. Min-Scout was awesome in PC. Nova Knife kills in PC . Cloaked Gal-Scout is amazing on Defense. Before, I used my passive scans and hid out of sight. Now you hide out in the open and shoot them as they pass. Fewer speed hackers get past

[4] I don't find Scouts OP at all. I find the Caldari lacking, I find that the disparity between Precision Enhancers and Profile Dampers has become greater because a Scout's Precision and Profile are no longer equal. And what was insanely difficult to overcome last build, 15dB profile, is far easier accomplished now with cloaks.
Finally, you can't just see a sentinel, laugh, and kill them 1v1 from withing their optimal range. The Commandos are no longer just something to laugh at either. The lack of stacking damage mods really made them awesome. 1v1, I just sit there and take their bullets as I dish out more damage then they can while having more HP.
I also die to more scouts now than ever before, lightning xvx actually killed me for the first time ever... though it was in a Caldari suit instead of the minmatar one I was used to facing.
At the same time, I am getting so many kills on cloaked scouts. It is glorious.

[5] I agree. Especially with the hotfix to hardeners. My swarms feel like a flaylock instead of a bean bag launcher now.

lol, xVx couldn't get a kill on me until 1.8 when he stopped running Minmatar

you must have Dumbledore's beard by now