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Iwancoppa Fleet Admiral
Joined: November 15, 2008 Posts: 709
| Posted: 2009-12-19 15:15  
ive notcied recently that scouts(atleast on ICC) have became very popular all of a sudden....
I guess its the luth infestation. i've seen lately that having a scout instead of a dred in a medium to large group of ships realy has a good impact on the enemies death/jump out numbers. after all, they take forever to uncloak and recloak.
my only question is. scouts used to have the best sensors in the game. now if i want to ping a dred in a recon scout, i must turn on all 5 ECCM's at once to get a short blip....
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Azreal Chief Marshal
Joined: March 14, 2004 Posts: 2816 From: United State of Texas, Houston
| Posted: 2009-12-19 17:37  
Then you arent pinging right. I play in scenario and on the human factions with alt accts. I play scout alot. I have no problem pinging or beaconing.
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Pegasus Grand Admiral Pitch Black
Joined: August 02, 2005 Posts: 434 From: Eleventh galaxy on the right!
| Posted: 2009-12-19 17:42  
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No the devs readjusted the loadouts on all scouts.
From patch notes.
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Iwancoppa Fleet Admiral
Joined: November 15, 2008 Posts: 709
| Posted: 2009-12-19 17:42  
maybe i should try pinging a bit more.... xD
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Sauur Chief Marshal Praetorian Wolves
Joined: November 30, 2004 Posts: 475
| Posted: 2009-12-19 20:14  
there is an art to pinging with the scout for ur fleet - but like I am gonna post that LOLz
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SPaRTaN Z Chief Marshal
Joined: June 26, 2009 Posts: 235
| Posted: 2009-12-20 01:03  
icc scout is popular.. the utgo scouts turn like blimps in comparison
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Iwancoppa Fleet Admiral
Joined: November 15, 2008 Posts: 709
| Posted: 2009-12-20 05:10  
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On 2009-12-20 01:03, SPaRTaN Z wrote:
icc scout is popular.. the utgo scouts turn like blimps in comparison
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ya i know. i was flying a UGTO scout in scenario. it flies like a blimp all right.
i reckon a frigate could out accelerate and out-maneuver it.
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Azreal Chief Marshal
Joined: March 14, 2004 Posts: 2816 From: United State of Texas, Houston
| Posted: 2009-12-20 06:29  
Get a frigate. I'll get a scout. Lets see.
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Xydes Grand Admiral
Joined: August 07, 2009 Posts: 276 From: England
| Posted: 2009-12-20 06:33  
The new loadouts on the Human Scouts are actually quite good...
-ICC Stealth Corvette: 4 Fusion Torpedos, 1 Chem Laser
Not that good if you trying to shoot someone from anything further out than like 450 gu
-UGTO Assault Corvette: 2 Heavy Particle Cannons, 2 Proton Torps
Now this is wicked, I poped a few dreads just by using this. It's now my fav ship on DS. Better than my Modded BC.
-Kluth.... (I havn't played Kluth in a while so you tell me the load out on your Combat Scout.)
But as you can see, the Scouts are now worthy combat ships. But that comes at a price. What happen to the Sensors, ECM, ECCM? The AC used to have 1 ECCM. I was able to ping lots of luth with just 1 ECCM.
And also the Anti-Sens and Long Range Scout: Whats the difference. They both have the same amount of Sensor/ECM/ECCM slots... and they both have the same wep loadout: 1 Chem laser.
The only difference is that when you spawn a new Anti-Sens Scout it has pure ECM. And Vice Versa for the Long Range Scout. So wahts the point of these two scouts. They are absolutely the same. Please answer!
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Sens [R33] Admiral
Joined: September 27, 2008 Posts: 1020 From: Edge of th...
| Posted: 2009-12-20 09:28  
Different weapons.
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Borgie Chief Marshal Pitch Black
Joined: August 15, 2005 Posts: 2256 From: close by
| Posted: 2009-12-20 18:30  
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On 2009-12-19 17:37, Azreal wrote:
Then you arent pinging right. I play in scenario and on the human factions with alt accts. I play scout alot. I have no problem pinging or beaconing.
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i noticed with the icc scouts,there beacons stop firing after 1 or 2 refills.
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Icarus II Grand Admiral
Joined: December 23, 2008 Posts: 55 From: florida
| Posted: 2009-12-21 06:29  
"ya i know. i was flying a UGTO scout in scenario. it flies like a blimp all right.
i reckon a frigate could out accelerate and out-maneuver it. "
never seen my UGTO scout then i take it..hehe [ This Message was edited by: Icarus II on 2009-12-21 06:30 ]
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Fornax Marshal Raven Warriors
Joined: April 30, 2002 Posts: 906 From: Jacksonville, FL
| Posted: 2009-12-21 07:14  
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On 2009-12-19 20:14, Sauur {Praetorian} wrote:
there is an art to pinging with the scout for ur fleet - but like I am gonna post that LOLz
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Really? That seems a bit selfish.
Could it be to not use them all at once - instead, to cycle through each of the ECCM systems one by one to provide multiple chances to do so?
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Xydes Grand Admiral
Joined: August 07, 2009 Posts: 276 From: England
| Posted: 2009-12-21 12:39  
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On 2009-12-21 06:29, Icarus II wrote:
"ya i know. i was flying a UGTO scout in scenario. it flies like a blimp all right.
i reckon a frigate could out accelerate and out-maneuver it. "
never seen my UGTO scout then i take it..hehe
[ This Message was edited by: Icarus II on 2009-12-21 06:30 ]
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Yeah right, Ill take you up on that little challange. A frigate of your choice vs my Assault Scout. And you said you reckon a frig coult out accelerate it and out-maneuver it right? Well my Assualt Corv can be modded. If you think the frigs are fast and more agile.
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Sauur Chief Marshal Praetorian Wolves
Joined: November 30, 2004 Posts: 475
| Posted: 2009-12-21 14:02  
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That seems a bit selfish.
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Selfish - I don't think so.
I just find responses to the general forums to be disappointing from some players through to some greens at times.
Hence: I'll keep my thoughts and opinions on tactics for my fleetmates and friends if that's OK?
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