Hated the Scout Pred, now i LOVE it.

#1

I decided today to watch some youtube videos just to see how things are going in other peoples sessions, and i see alot of zerkers rushing in with sticks. Fine, not really how i wanna play, so i read the commments.

This one guy…changed this game for me. “I use Scout and i dont play to kill them, i play to get as much money and xp as possible, so i only damage them and let them revive and even reinforce”

This sounded weird at first, but god damnit people…changed the game for me. Scout is my main, i only use Shoulder Cannon and all i do is stalk them and down them, over and over. They cant get me, because i never really engage, all im doing is slowly wearing them down, and my goal is not to win, so i dont have that “pressure” anymore. It felt fucking amazing.

It almost seemed like they gave up since i downed them so much, and then i would come down to the ground and run circles around them showing them that i allowed them to revive their mates. IF they were aggressive id just hop on a roof and let them see me waiting for them to revive and try again.

I think alot of people get annoyed because they are going for fast kills against decent fireteams, it doesnt really work unless you get lucky or they mess up. It frustrates Predator players becasue the balance right now doesnt really allow for the Predator to annihilate the Fireteams, he is too squishy.

I advice some Predator players to try this, it becams einsanely enjoyable now for me, my mission as the Scout is to stay far away, keep them in my sights at all times, fire shots and down them, let them revive and keep harrasing them.

10.000xp for a match like that, rougly, i did this in my last 5 matches, won 4 and lost the last because they sniped my mask off.

They can heal all day long, let them, xp scales on damage done, so if you kill them fast, you basicly nerf your score.

Let me know if this makes sense, i had a blast playing like this, didnt care about the outcome, my job was to wear them down and take as little damage as possible. They didnt even get me into SW either, i never let them.

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#2

Been playing the scout with disc, its so fun to use when you crank the dpi on your mouse.
too bad they nerfed it out of this world thou.

It has a cd that it cant deal damage in rapid succession u need to wait like a second or second and a half.
Fun class to play when you don’t even try to kill them all just stalk and be annoying xD

1-3 kills and im happy with the round.

#3

Yeah the disc needs some love, i cant use that thing at all, but i also prefer to stay so far back it cant reach anyway. Im basicly a whipshot master, thats all i do with the shoulder cannon, downing one after the other and i just let them revive, im going for score and not the kills/win.

Yes stalk and be annoying is the best play for me, it feels like you are in total control of the game and they are only alive because you are letting them.

#4

Love the scout and is pretty much my main at this point however it’s so damn difficult to be one when everyone on the FT is carrying the 7EN and all it takes is a few shots to decimate your health bar. I understand you have to keep moving and getting potshots here and there to whittle them down however you have to stop to shoot and and charge your shot whereas they each have 5 good chances to make you rethink why you even attempted to try and attack them.

I just played a match where everyone had an 7EN and they abandoned their objectives to hunt me down, whenever I tried to take a shot or run far away to get the jump on them whether it was the trees, cliffs or ground they found me and shot me. Each shot hit like a truck and destroyed my health bar.

#5

I just cant make myself hold off once I see some sort of weakness. Sadly, my games all end in 2-3 minutes and I only get like 2-3k xp each time, but destroying the other team is fun.

#6

Im gonna give you guys a VERY useful tip if you wanna be successful with the Scout.

Forget trees excist. Dont use them, never.

Use roofs, cliffs they cant get up to, and learn to charge your shots without aiming at them, and whipshot before it goes off. One down, everytime, if you hit. Even if you miss, you do some decent splash damage, and the scout doesnt use energy when in vison mode, so they are easy to keep track of.

Play the game as if your job is not to kill them, your job is to land shots and just down them. You will see the score go up and your aim improve,and frsutrate the shit out of the fireteam. And also confuse them alittle when you never go in to claim them, even tho they see that you clearly can. Claiming is too risky for a scout, so dont do it unless the guy is dead and they left him and moved on.

Again…I NEVER USE TREES, i have remapped my “jump to trees” to a button i dont even use, so space is ONLY jump, he doesnt grab trees. It can get you killed, so fast.

#7

I dont even look for weaknesses anymore, causes me to stress the hell out. All i do is find them, and let them start their objectives, then i circle the mission area so i never pop up the same place twice in a row, snipers can melt your mask if you do that,and then you only have melee left, scouts suck for that.

I let them calm down and then i start picking at them with fully charged shots. Even if you dont down them, its great xp, keep doing that for 10 minutes and you got yourself a fun match and some seriously nice xp gains.

Basicly…be an asshole,ok?

#8

eh, I’m still trying to beat my record of 2:17 to fireteam dead

#9

Thats fine, i just prefer not to wait for 5+ minutes for a 2 min match.

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#10

I love Scout Predator too and i am playing with him/her all the time. What weapons, gear and perks do you use?

#11

I only use Cannon for ranged, and combistick incase i have to melee, but i try to avoid melee because the scout cant really deal with the damage taken, even if you down the guy.

Perks i only use ranged damage, xtra enegy and faster energy regen, its all about that shoulder cannon.

#12

Scout is a pretty good class, and pretty fun to use since he is quite fast and nimble, which makes the player learn how to stalk and harasse the FT, forcing them to keep constant watch on their backs and surroundings. It also makes the player learn how to quickly go in and out, and doing the possible to not take damage or get in Second Wind. I really enjoyed this aspect of him.

And I fucking love using the bow as Scot, it is really useful to split the FT and to keep damage coming without completly giving away your position(which is normaly pretty far way from them), it fit Scout like a glove. Plasma caster is just the nail in the coffin afterthe bow runs out of arrows.

I just hope the make the Scout faster and be able to jump further, at the moment he just doesn’t feel as fast I expected him to be(don’t get me wrong, he IS fast, but I think he could be a little faster), but his stam is definitely way better then the others.

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