Reminder for Scout Pilots

[vogue]

wtf are you guys doing in scouts

[Adept]

QUOTE (DonKarnage @ Dec 14 2010, 01:07 AM) I usually drop probes along the way to my destination so that I can dismount missiles and shields if i need to. no point in leaving them at home.

This.

[djrbk]

QUOTE (LANS @ Dec 13 2010, 08:13 PM) escorting a low-sig HTT

A scout with sheilds up and missiles down has the same sig as a log-sig HTT.

[Gandalf2]

QUOTE (Jimen @ Dec 14 2010, 12:11 AM) Are you really that dumb? If they've got mini3 dmg2 hvy ints, then what comes next is usually HTTs.

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What kind of crazy game would you do this - if the enemy has mini3 dmg2 hvy ints they almost certainly have pps too... they make probing pointless, the only probe worth anything in that situation is your own pps or your own scouts, lighting the map up briefly before getting podded.

[cashto]

Vortog's advice is not bad, just context-dependent. Sometimes six probes and a nan is all you need.

As Jimen points out, it's not always easy to stealth nan (but oh so satisfying when it works!). Lot easier to do with adv scouts. I put this in the "advanced techniques" bucket, not the "stuff everyone should know" bucket.

Gandalf is correct that endgame tech is designed to be probe-resistant. Trying to catch HTTs with EWS 1 is almost a sure lesson in futility.

[Broodwich]

QUOTE (djrbk @ Dec 13 2010, 04:32 PM) A scout with sheilds up and missiles down has the same sig as a log-sig HTT.

this is only true for adv/hvy scouts

[Broodwich]

oh, and having scouts without shields on a nan run means i can roll through at 200mps and vape 2 or 3 in one pass. yes please follow vorts advice, im not as good as i used to be

[TurkeyXIII]

QUOTE (Jimen @ Dec 14 2010, 11:11 AM) Are you really that dumb? If they've got mini3 dmg2 hvy ints, then what comes next is usually HTTs.

PROBE

And if you're probing you have no need for a shield. QED.

[Adaven]

QUOTE (vogue @ Dec 13 2010, 08:16 PM) wtf are you guys doing in scouts

Eyeing the bomber so you can rush it?

[vogue]

QUOTE (Adaven @ Dec 14 2010, 12:14 AM) Eyeing the bomber so you can rush it?

silly people! just get more ints, hopefully we can just spike it when its 500m from our expansion!