It is because of brand recognition. I keep telling raven that, but then he spouts some crazy Ark stuff.

Are you still rambling on about how a majestic bird such as myself is somehow akin to the likeness of one of those Arkena Wyrnspires?

o/ Goose!

Keeriam's a beast. OG Scout Sniper. He's far too careful and meticulous to be an alt of Llast :-) Did you try the Burst ScP? Lots of sidearm tweaks this last round; haven't got around to testing that one yet. Unfortunately, CalScouts didn't benefit much from the shield improvements. Their recovery stats were held constant. From what I've personally seen so far, they're probably doing less well now than prior to FoxFour (presumably due to more ARs). I have seem some MedFrames pulling off impressive shield tank/recovery.

I reached level 3!

Rattati's Commentary:

~03:12-05:20: on FoxFour
~06:02-06:20: on specific shield changes
~07:20-10:25: on racial bonus changes (mostly ARs)
~11:35-15:50: on rifle ranges and changes
~17:05-17:50: on engagement ranges
~19:10-23:00: on the feedback process
~23:50-25:00: on #PortDust514
~27:10-33:00: on AV design and Soraya Xel
~33:40-37:25: Twitter Q/A: new BPOs (no), EVE Link (no), Weapon Attachments (no)
~37:30-41:40: on short-term goals
~42:20-43:00: on Warlords 1.3 ("will be cool. interesting. could p!ss some people off.")

Didn't see that before coz Ninja Editing like a Fatty

The keyword for me there is "sampling". Means it's not all data. So whilst it misses some usage, what it misses is likely to be an incredibly rare occurrence to not get picked up in any sample at all.

I posted this in the Biomassed thread (with credit) - I hope you don't mind.

In an computer science ethics lecture:

"Are you on project euler instead of doing the group work?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Because your course is waffley bullshit, sir."


I know I am amongst kindred souls in this compsci course when this is the reaction to an ethics lecture. What a shining beacon of hope amongst the many International Relations students.

Why were Logi passives buffed to 25m in the first place? Because Trifecta? Lol.

Edit: it'd be easier to start from scratch with EWAR stats than try to cleanup Zatara's mess. I say swap the AM Scout bonus for something fun and hold out for the EWAR overhaul.

So this PC data got me thinking about scouts in PC. I reevaluated my PC Min and Gal fits, focussing on the fact that killing enemies is best done with an assault (not that I was trying to use it as a slayer before).

I'm pleased that I did come up with a number of useful roles and fits for Gal and Min scouts. Mainly uplink placement and destruction, speed hacking, and an interesting outside point defence Min scout making use of the knife bonus. A full stealth Gal scout might also be useful in some cases. All using the cloak, other than on speed deploy fits.

This got me thinking about the Amarr and Caldari scouts. I don't have experience using them, but I was thinking about what advantages they have over other scouts.

Caldari I think should be a good suit, just not quite as good in PC as a Gal scout. I think it would be good in pubs or FW though. It's advantage is passive scans. The dampening bonus puts it very close in role to the Gal scout. I believe this is why it sees little use in PC despite it being a good suit. If the roles overlap, the Gal scout only needs to be a tiny bit better at it than the Cal in order to replace it in PC.

Amarr I think could be good. The stamina bonus needs a buff, especially considering the recent cardiac regulator buff. This could be extended to all biotics as has been suggested a lot, or just a buff to the stamina bonus. The precision could be good I feel, if used as a defence against dampened enemies, but the position of passive scans compared to active scans holds it back.

So what do I think needs to be done to address the Caldari and Amarr scout issue highlighted by the data? Here are my suggested improvements. I know all the ideas have been plagiarised from others. Just stating my feelings on things.

1) Buff range extenders from 15% to 25% at proto tier. This would allow Amarr and Caldari scouts to utilise their unique strengths more effectively. It would also bring an unused module back from the dead. The danger is making logi scans OP. Considering the module used to be +45%, I think a compromise at 25% would probably be ok. The optimal passive scanning logi, with 1 (or 2) precision mod and 3 range extenders would only have unbeatable scans up to 14m.

2) Buff the Amarr scout stamina bonus. Either just increase the current bonus, or make it affect biotics in general.

Possible: If active scans are nerfed slightly, in some way, as is regularly discussed by the general community, the relative usefulness of passive scanning will increase, increasing the value of Amarr and Caldari scouts who specialise in passive scans.

What do people think? I think most here have agreed with these ideas in the past. Do people still like these ideas? Maybe people have better ideas now. Or maybe things should be left as they are? I accept that not everything can be useful in PC. But I still think these are changes that should be thought about.

SO what things did I miss from being here after a week.

SO what things did I miss from being here after a week.

SO what things did I miss from being here after a week.

There was a massisve orgy. We all got 1 trillion ISK, officer BPOs, and a secret beta code for Dust on PS4.

For the cloaks I would say cutting the DB of user when active by 7 db but they also get a speed penalty.

Why do i use all my alts? Well, VAHZZ is banned, so generally when i want to ******* post, i use an alt omg, that is so ******* unheard of isn't it?! Like, seriously! Use an alt to post because of banning!? Like omg! And, i know, someone will report me, boo hoo :( i am going to cryyyyy, because it is not lik i have a million more accounts and alts. Someone has to be so butthurt to ban my alts, but, i will keep coming back, because i am a disease, i am a ******* plague. I could care less about any opinions except for a few select. Now, insult me, you plebiscite heathen, try to get under my skin, and i will be here to crush your pathetic waste under a mountain of stupid nonsense.

well there has to be positives and negatives to it.

What about a 5% bonus to cloak time plus a 5% reduction to cloak weapon switch delay per level?

I like my precision bonus

Vahzz.

Can you please keep posts like this out of the war room please?

We have enough cancer in there, we don't need more.

If he's going to put those posts anywhere I'd rather it be the War Room. WR's practically his true home.