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#1 SatelliteJack

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Posted May 12 2014 - 06:49 AM

... And would like to formally apologize to every Scout pilot ever. In the past, when I died to Scouts, I always blamed it on how OP the thing is. Nothing should move that fast and do that much burst damage! That's crazy! Right..? Well, not really. It's so hard to get proper positioning, especially when you can be killed by a ferocious sneeze. Anyways, sorry Scout pilots, I guess you aren't cheap dinglenuts after all.

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#2 TheVulong

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Posted May 12 2014 - 07:03 AM

Scout used to be OP but these times have passed. I even feel kinda sorry for Scout pilots nowadays - they just die too fast.

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Posted May 12 2014 - 08:26 AM

View PostSatelliteJack, on May 12 2014 - 06:49 AM, said:

... And would like to formally apologize to every Scout pilot ever. In the past, when I died to Scouts, I always blamed it on how OP the thing is. Nothing should move that fast and do that much burst damage! That's crazy! Right..? Well, not really. It's so hard to get proper positioning, especially when you can be killed by a ferocious sneeze. Anyways, sorry Scout pilots, I guess you aren't cheap dinglenuts after all.

Glad to see someone has the nuts to admit they were wrong about the scout. I've seen so many fall to the darkside blaming that mech for so many things.

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#4 Frisbee_Player

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Posted May 12 2014 - 09:04 AM

I recently got a scout too... I never thought it was particularly OP... but now I will never ever even think about thinking that it is... It is so easy to die because of one fuzzy bunny's tow hitting me...

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Posted May 12 2014 - 06:51 PM

And now that you hath seen the light, you must go and spread it to others. (translation: kick their ass in a scout and dare them to pilot the mech so they learn)
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Posted May 13 2014 - 10:23 AM

Glad to see someone sees the scour as I do. Great mech but it does take skills to be good.

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Posted May 13 2014 - 01:50 PM

Glad to see someone sees the scour as I do. Great mech but it does take skills to be good.

Scootin' and Shootin | Ballin' and Brawlin' | Ragin' and Raidin'

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#8 MegaManX

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Posted May 13 2014 - 07:44 PM

Scout isn't OP..... except in Pubs.

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Posted May 14 2014 - 10:37 AM

View PostMegaManX, on May 13 2014 - 07:44 PM, said:

Scout isn't OP..... except in Pubs.
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh............. They must never know.... (<.<) (>.>)
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Posted May 14 2014 - 10:41 AM

View PostSoldierHobbes11, on May 14 2014 - 10:37 AM, said:

View PostMegaManX, on May 13 2014 - 07:44 PM, said:

Scout isn't OP..... except in Pubs.
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh............. They must never know.... (<.<) (>.>)

you let them know everytime you play.

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Posted May 14 2014 - 11:22 AM

Do yourself a favour and pick up the HEAT Cannon and learn how to use it well.  This turns the Scout into an all-range missle assault ninja and will seriously piss people off who sit around and wait for you to close on them only to realize you're just going to send missles up their ass from distance.

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Posted May 14 2014 - 12:09 PM

View PostWraithknight, on May 14 2014 - 11:22 AM, said:

Do yourself a favour and pick up the HEAT Cannon and learn how to use it well.  This turns the Scout into an all-range missle assault ninja and will seriously piss people off who sit around and wait for you to close on them only to realize you're just going to send missles up their ass from distance.
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Posted May 14 2014 - 03:23 PM

*blindly posted something, then rapidly deleted*

I though you were talking about Tech....  >.<

Edited by IronClamp, May 14 2014 - 03:25 PM.

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Posted May 15 2014 - 09:13 PM

I personally love the new Scout pilots in pubs. They make wonderful prey for my Berserker when they haven't learned how to close distance yet. Ditto for my Infiltrator. Mmmmm, delicious Scout kills.

Now experienced Scout pilots on the other hand? You guys can go kick rocks. :angry:

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Posted May 16 2014 - 01:18 AM

New scout players: Oh that was too easy mate.
Advanced scout players: Come on! I have all day for this.
Expert scout players: My Bruiser is ready.

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Posted May 17 2014 - 05:50 AM

View PostLeonhardt, on May 12 2014 - 08:26 AM, said:

View PostSatelliteJack, on May 12 2014 - 06:49 AM, said:

... And would like to formally apologize to every Scout pilot ever. In the past, when I died to Scouts, I always blamed it on how OP the thing is. Nothing should move that fast and do that much burst damage! That's crazy! Right..? Well, not really. It's so hard to get proper positioning, especially when you can be killed by a ferocious sneeze. Anyways, sorry Scout pilots, I guess you aren't cheap dinglenuts after all.

Glad to see someone has the nuts to admit they were wrong about the scout. I've seen so many fall to the darkside blaming that mech for so many things.
Prior to the HP dumb down they were a problem no offense to scout pilots, same thing with infiltrators. After the HP dumb down though I have not said anything about A class balance whatsoever anymore except for the fact that it better than ever before.

P.S.  Also if you guys are willing to get me a computer that could run this game at 60 FPS instead of my current 15 FPS(WTF DEVS?! Last two patches nerfed my FPS hard what happened? Went from 30 FPS (in a fire fight which wasn't ideal but it was playable) to 20 FPS (at which A classes move so chunky and stuff and the aim cursor moves clunky and stuff that it hard to hit fast moving stuff) and now last patch nerfed me down to 15 FPS?!) /RANT OVER

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Posted May 17 2014 - 06:20 AM

View PostSoldierHobbes11, on May 14 2014 - 12:09 PM, said:

View PostWraithknight, on May 14 2014 - 11:22 AM, said:

Do yourself a favour and pick up the HEAT Cannon and learn how to use it well.  This turns the Scout into an all-range missle assault ninja and will seriously piss people off who sit around and wait for you to close on them only to realize you're just going to send missles up their ass from distance.
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Posted May 17 2014 - 08:17 AM

View Postcaduceus26, on May 17 2014 - 06:20 AM, said:

View PostSoldierHobbes11, on May 14 2014 - 12:09 PM, said:

View PostWraithknight, on May 14 2014 - 11:22 AM, said:

Do yourself a favour and pick up the HEAT Cannon and learn how to use it well.  This turns the Scout into an all-range missle assault ninja and will seriously piss people off who sit around and wait for you to close on them only to realize you're just going to send missles up their ass from distance.
Heat Scout in a nutshell.

True! True!

Disclaimer:  The Heat Cannon and the EOC Repeater have been among the most difficult weapons in the game for me closely followed by M4MA and PPA. :)
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Posted May 19 2014 - 06:38 AM

Actually I finally bought a Scout too. Cripes this thing is fast. In fact, here's genuine footage of my first time using it:
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Posted May 19 2014 - 09:37 AM

It's not OP, just really really good, but it is at its best with the HEAT. I once beat a reaper in a ranged fight. The reason it's so good is because of the timings for dodge, reload for the charged HEAT and TOW reload. It allows you to poke like nothing else, but in an open fight you will instadie. Just learn how not to get hit, and then you'll be OP again.

That said, HEAT is insanely difficult to learn until you charge shot it. I never use un-charged shot, as the sheer damage from charged is worth the small wait.

Edited by Cryogene, May 19 2014 - 09:39 AM.





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