I'll try this. man sniping frustrates me, but I like being a sniper. I really hope they try to fix it. RR seems more viable and easy atm.
and that damn laser, I hope they get it up to par as the other rifles.

The failures of the sniper rifle are why I have a scrambler rifle. The charge shot on that does more damage than a charged sniper rifle in optimal range

Scout AV technique (Theoretical)

- Remote Explosives do best Damage against Armor.
- Flux Grenades strip shields.
- I believe you can set off your own remote explosives with a Flux Grenade. (Definitely in FW and PC, but I think in Pubs too if they are your own REs.)
- In theory if you set off your Remote Explosives with a Flux Grenade, the Flux damage should be applied first to anything close by, before the Explosive damage is applied.

So, place 3 Remote Explosives on a tank, then back up and Flux it. In theory it should kill the tank, particularly if it is a shield tank.

In practice I tried for three days on my Gallente Scout fit to pull this off, but I am old and slow (which is why I do better playing Heavy) so I always died or the tank left before I could get 3 REGÇÖs placed and get a Flux Grenade off.

I would be interested in weather a good scout could pull this off, and whether I am right about the Flux damage being applied before the Explosive damage. Please post in my Remote Explosive Guide if you manage to pull this off.

For highest damage, apply Remote Explosives to the Engine block at the back of the tank. However, this can leave you susceptible to the tank reversing over you. The second highest damage location on Caldari tanks is on the Caldari logo on the side of the treads.

Scout AV technique (Theoretical)

- Remote Explosives do best Damage against Armor.
- Flux Grenades strip shields.
- I believe you can set off your own remote explosives with a Flux Grenade. (Definitely in FW and PC, but I think in Pubs too if they are your own REs.)
- In theory if you set off your Remote Explosives with a Flux Grenade, the Flux damage should be applied first to anything close by, before the Explosive damage is applied.

So, place 3 Remote Explosives on a tank, then back up and Flux it. In theory it should kill the tank, particularly if it is a shield tank.

In practice I tried for three days on my Gallente Scout fit to pull this off, but I am old and slow (which is why I do better playing Heavy) so I always died or the tank left before I could get 3 REGÇÖs placed and get a Flux Grenade off.

I would be interested in weather a good scout could pull this off, and whether I am right about the Flux damage being applied before the Explosive damage. Please post in my Remote Explosive Guide if you manage to pull this off.

For highest damage, apply Remote Explosives to the Engine block at the back of the tank. However, this can leave you susceptible to the tank reversing over you. The second highest damage location on Caldari tanks is on the Caldari logo on the side of the treads.

Tried this the other day. If you flux an RE, the RE goes off before any other damage is calculated.

It makes a difference where you land the Flux.
If you hit behind (where the RE are) the the RE will detonate before the shields are hit. if you cook and hit the middle of the tank then the RE takes the flux blast after the shieldsGǪ then you get full effect.

Interesting.

It's fun, but not running a secondary is just bad tactics.

Just read the first page, man was that funny and sad.
Good poem matt.

I fear that as ccp attempts to balance the scout, they will become FOTM and have nyan crap spamming that ****.

It's just a different play style. I personally like having to evolve my tactics and understand my limitations to work within a specific situation as opposed to having multiple range options to choose from. It simplifies a lot of situations. Maybe tactically it's not always the best choice, but a lot of times it can be way more effective.

Why? Well, one needs to get close, so the first and only question to be answered in a tactical situation is "how".

Instead of wasting time on multiple questions prior to acting, such as "what weapon should I use in this situation?" "where do I need to be to be most effective with it?" and then, "how do I get there?"

YES!!!! Someone else going full Knifer!

Removing the CR allows me to speed tank and shield tank (as much as a minja can anyways). I don't need ammo, and my armor is a joke anyways. It's quite liberating.

Monk touched on an important aspect and that is approaching your prey with care. How you approach. Who you start killing first.

Another aspect is my battlefield role. I'm more about infiltration, being an opportunistic killer, and generally being a nuisance. Also, I've been using knives on frontal assaults for so long this is easy street. I plain just don't like using guns as much. It's just a waste of isk and adds unnecessary cost to my fits. Plus, guns are just a crutch ;)

Are you short on CPU or PG? I know minmatar are short on fitting, but you can't just throw whatever you like onto your suit? because I can literally put any combination of modules on the Gallente Scout- given I use FW Specialist weapons for the light weapon slot.

If only we actually had Specialist weapons for everything Specialist NK would be huge for the MinjaGǪ

Another option might be to have a varient of each tier, that could not be charged. but thus took zero, or at least very little, cpu.

also: Casspia

Asspia?

Are you short on CPU or PG? I know minmatar are short on fitting, but you can't just throw whatever you like onto your suit? because I can literally put any combination of modules on the Gallente Scout- given I use FW Specialist weapons for the light weapon slot.

I figured yo could just toss on the basic CR because there was room

My weekly Sunday Kahn Scout report.
still ded scout, @ 7.5+ sp now, since my inception 9/2013.
I still favour the minja suit (adv.) over the Gal (adv.).
speed, hi slots, are trumping the gal 3 lows.
I do plan on bringing on back a Gal suit for speed, speed hacking thou, soon.
The combat Rifle... damm. Perfect for a scout, and still enjoy it.
Sniper rifle... I am still ded sniper. It is getting rough thou.
the animosity being of gets to me at times, but I keep at it
despite it's recent short comings and system nerfs, I keep at it,
have too much invested in it.
Next Sp investments for the future:
more up on Cardo regs
get into KinKats
More up on Combat Rifle
( I have given up on the SMG, I have a glitch, no auto reload, and CCP knows it, but does nada)
Prof 5 on sniper rifle, reload time.
Hacking
Nanos and uplinks
Basically an even keel across the board in suit upgrades.

Surprisingly I have kept to my role goal since the start,
speed, agility, Hack, uplink spam, field reports (when squaded), snipe/ counter snipe.
and
still having fun

No no no no. I can't just fit willy nilly on my suit. I have all core skills at lv 5. I can, at this point, do a proper fit on a proto minja but I run an adv m/1. The mk.0 just isn't cost effective. All that aside, I rarely use a gun as it is. It does come in handy, but it's also a crutch. My costs go down because I don't need the CR, and thus don't need the compact nano. But running proto knives requires speed tanking. By taking out a gun I can fit 2xcomplex extenders which goes farther for me than a CR.

Anyone by chance have video of the "Slow Sprint" bug?

Sounds like CCP hasn't be able to reproduce the issue:
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1666104#post1666104