I seriously had my worst solo games ever. in two games I died a total of 19 times. One dom, where my team wasn't doing **** as usual. 2nd in ambush. I kept trying and trying, yea I got some off the hook ninja kills but the death toll, It's unbelievable. For now, I'll be in the shadows playing passively; rather than being aggressive and taking the shadows with me, engulfing my targets.
It's quite irritating playing.
I need some support to continue playing for now.

Read up on the 'fixes' they're doing to aiming soon.

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=97285

Guess who'll be able to turn and reacquire targets quickly coming 1.4....everybody! Guess who's turn and aim we can out strafe after 1.4....nobody's!

Shaft after shaft...after shaft. How many nails are they using for our coffin anyways? Geez staaahp!

i had a few games in a row this morning against the same tanker teams and protoclowns with dual core flaylocks.... barely went positive (some games negative)... they were even flocking together all time... nearly impossible to sneak upon them -.-''

Read up on the 'fixes' they're doing to aiming soon.

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=97285

Guess who'll be able to turn and reacquire targets quickly coming 1.4....everybody! Guess who's turn and aim we can out strafe after 1.4....nobody's!

Shaft after shaft...after shaft. How many nails are they using for our coffin anyways? Geez staaahp!

You're right, this doesn't look good. I put up a response with a few suggestions that'd keep us in the game. I doubt that these ideas will get any traction, but it can't hurt to ask, right?

- Shotty GoBang

Read up on the 'fixes' they're doing to aiming soon.

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=97285

Guess who'll be able to turn and reacquire targets quickly coming 1.4....everybody! Guess who's turn and aim we can out strafe after 1.4....nobody's!

Shaft after shaft...after shaft. How many nails are they using for our coffin anyways? Geez staaahp!

Shotty, interesting posts, I reviewing them again and should have some input.

Mollerz, I did not find here what was asked

" Some ask why they should not scream racist or other offensive remarks, spit on the shoes of their opponents, beat their chests, or otherwise intimidate the enemy. After all, they say, the purpose is to win using any legal means, period. IsnGÇÖt that what I have said? First of all, some of these activities may not be legal in a tournament. Second, they violate the principle of goodwill that I described above. And third, I am not convinced they offer any real strategic advantage. They are more likely to make you look stupid, and create an air of negativity that will follow you."

OK, now im CONVINCED that this article does NOT apply to Dust 514...or its forum!

Good read though.

Super confused now. Where the heck is this coming from?

Playing to Win by Sirlin...was scouring it for advice that might apply to scouts...but his advice would support cal log with flaylock...disappointed.

http://www.sirlin.net/ptw

It's basically the tryhard's guide to no lifing.

Ask away. At least you might get better answers than I could give as well?

Unless I am missing your point and you wanted to keep the Qs private? But you have to ask one way or another.

Nah, it's not super private. I did want to, to keep rumors from rollin', but basically I wanted to know, on a corporate scale, if an all scout team actually works.

The biggest issue will be recruitment. Less and less active players every day, and there's less scouts than there are medium frames. And most will be in corps already.
So I think rolling squads of scouts can still be effective in games, but you'll have major issues if you want to run PC.

Biggest issue is recruitment eh? ....may I offer you a corporation full of like minded people? Is it working, did I win?

PC is what I'm afraid of. Clone Goo vs. ehp vs. scouts doesn't end well. But the thing is that my idea doesn't revolve around the single corporation. The idea is to compile scouts and likeminds in one corporation and hire them out. I'm sure that big alliances wouldn't hire us but perhaps reaching into the pockets of the Unknown Corps or the struggling would be profitable; a terrorist weapon I suppose, against the larger, should we be hired as so.

Threads and chat channels were created to make similar ringer/mercenary markets but they never really succeed. There really isn't a mechanic in dust to really support it, even now that we have isk transfers. Even if dust had a complex contract system to support it, I don't know of many corps that would want to hire out scouts when they could have caldari logis instead.
I also don't see the unknown/struggling as being steady/profitable customers. I mean how much isk to spend will a corp that's struggling have to spend?