According to this 1.3 will bring dropsuit changes. Unfortunately it does not show which dropsuit(s) will be affected but let's hope it's our lovely scout-suit

Great find, Rico o!

I've linked Han's post to the front-page News. While it is non-specific by nature, dropsuit balance sounds promising. Also of interest was the unexpected consequence of performance improvement...perhaps we Scouts were nerfed inadvertently. Time will tell; fingers crossed.

- Shotty

My impression is that the dropsuit balance will likely be to logis but we shall see... hopefully really soon!

My thoughts as well. This passage "The dropsuit adjustments were the component discussed on our internal forums in advance of code freeze, and its been very promising to see CCP Remnant listening closely to our feedback and wielding the scalpel here as opposed to a sledgehammer GÇô despite the amount of tears on the forums about this particular class of suits." seems to indicate the class is being nerfed not buffed.

I just don't think there has been enough time since CCP noticed the decline in scout performance using their statistics for them to debate how to buff scouts and then play test said buffs.

If we are getting a nerf, this nerf ...

Speed, a drop in proto price and CQB hit detection will be a start of bringing a smile back on my face. A high slot wont hurt

Seems unlikely we'd be nerfed (further). The Devs have noticed our declining performance:
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=34744&p=3

"We are planning on giving Scout role some love in the future. We can see their performance dropping in game overall."
-Cmdr Wang

+1 to pricing adjustment. The price of a Proto Scout matches that of a Proto Heavy. This must have been an oversight.

They equalized the price of everything. All Proto gear costs the same. This was good for the heavies, who were better off in STD gear because even then each suit cost nearly 150K. 57K for a suit, 47K for a light weapon, 22K for a sidearm. I can lose 1 suit per match and go ISK positive. Same for everyone.

Last build, I had donated 300M ISK to my corp and corp-mates, that still left me with 120M ISK before they took all our items and sold them on May 6th.

I still make ISK faster than others that play the same number of matches. If you aren't going ISK positive then you should scale down your gear till you can afford it.

Je suis navr+¬ de vous dire que je ne suis plus scout mais
Assaut minmatar. Mais merci de m avoir mis dans ce classement

I support this thread; perhaps it will bring about some buffs to the Scouts.

What I should have said is, the longevity of the suit doesnt equate the price. If they gain a little more UMPH to the suit, it would be a viable option. Other wise, it is just rush, uplink, change suit.

A certain someone has been banned from the forum.

I shall be posting on her behalf.

*hint**hint* I said, "her."

What I should have said is, the longevity of the suit doesnt equate the price. If they gain a little more UMPH to the suit, it would be a viable option. Other wise, it is just rush, uplink, change suit.

But it really does. My play-style depends on Speed. I feel sluggish without 2 knicats (10.01m/s), because I flank I am away from the logi so I need an Armor Repairer. 3 Low Slots right there. The changes to Stamina makes me place a Cardiac Regulator in that 4th slot.

I run proto all-day, every-day. The prices should be costing me that much per suit. 130K/suit.

I've got the Covenant Suit, and both dragonfly suits. If I really need to make some ISK quick I go in an ambush with those, but I haven't done that this month.

^ I don't think they that heavy on the cpu/pg. I want to get green juice lvl. 3.

^ I don't think they that heavy on the cpu/pg. I want to get green juice lvl. 3.

All the unnecessary jumping from null cannon platforms, hill crevices, line harvest pipes, etc are really eating up my stamina. What is so hard about lifting your knee to clear a 12" obstacle???

Gallente scouts have to choose between armor tank and speed tank due to stingy powergrid allocation. Fully maxed skills give what, 55pg on adv fit? The only sidearm that doesnt devour more pg is the flaylock and no high-tier player remains respectable when spamming that garbage...

My adv fits run 20k, proto is 100k+ so they stay hanging in the closet for now.

Cant believe you are complaining - you can make your proto faster with more stamina than a minnie suit or faster with armor/repair/hack.

Yeah we have shields and that can be a quick buffer if we play right but I am thinking about just going damage mods since my shields are disappearing quick anyway. If we get a price reduction I think that will be my play.

Hi Dominus,

Thanks for stopping in. Let me know if you're running a Scout suit and I'll add you to the killboard.

Thanks,
Shotty