Scout Milestones

[-Jv-]

Who's got them all? And what do you think about the new weapons?

I've got them all but I just hate it that you lose doublejump because of the sandman..

 

[Darth]

Ive got the first 2, but need the last one. I hate the no double jump. I hate the force of nature design, its to squashy and just bleh..

 

[Captain Ashton]

2 more achievments to get milestone 3 here. The lack of double jump sucks but I love everything else.

 

[Baumer]

I love stunning ubers!!!! The energy drink is neat, but not that useful because you can use weapons while juicing. I love the Sandman though and using the FaN gives you a little of that double jump back.

 

[pitchblack]

Sweet, scout update.

 

[-Jv-]

I love stunning ubers!!!! The energy drink is neat, but not that useful because you can use weapons while juicing. I love the Sandman though and using the FaN gives you a little of that double jump back.

Ye the FaN does I got all the achievs on my server with some other eGO members

 

[SScagnetti]

SPOILER ALERT -- FULL REVIEW

I got them all last night and I will say I am still not a huge fan of the scout, but I love the variety of these weapons. Unlock Heavy and Pyro, which have great unlocks by the way, these ones are so different it's really cool to see.

I like The Sandman the most, it is extremely useful to avoid what otherwise could be certain death. Then I like the Cola because of the usefulness it has in rushing and the cool "Wunananana" noise the Scout will make sometimes (it makes me laugh a ton). The Force-A-Nature is ok but it really only works at EXTREME close range. I still think I prefer the scattergun overall.

 

[Properly Basic]

I like the idea behind the force of nature, but I think the weapon needs a bit of minor tweaking to make it competitive. Maybe take away the -20% damage part and keep the range really short.

I can't stand the sandman, it is too easy to use--the flare gun is tougher and isn't nearly as good. With the force of nature, you have enough of a double-jump to go across 2fort. It might just be me being an ex-WoW player, but the stun is frustrating, and I feel incredibly cheap using it on someone. And nothing is more frustrating than getting stunned and being able to do nothing but watch yourself die.

I haven't gotten the energy drink, but I've watched a friend play with it. He hadn't gotten good yet, but I have a feeling that we will see it become more useful when scout populations go down and games become more normal.

 

[I-Die-Often]

From the receiving end, the Sandman is a bit too much.... too much time spent dazed... when a scout can take a heavy down from far away with his pistol while the heavy can do nothing? I expected something more like the heavy's Natasha... some slowed response but not 5+ seconds of it.

Give it a week and once not EVERYBODY is playing scout, it won't be so annoying.

I must say though... I have never had so many people dominated in Blackmesa... nothing like a heavy parked next to a lvl3 disp and lvl3 sg to ruin the day of many scouts!

 

[Plork]

From the receiving end, the Sandman is a bit too much.... too much time spent dazed... when a scout can take a heavy down from far away with his pistol while the heavy can do nothing? I expected something more like the heavy's Natasha... some slowed response but not 5+ seconds of it.

Give it a week and once not EVERYBODY is playing scout, it won't be so annoying.

I must say though... I have never had so many people dominated in Blackmesa... nothing like a heavy parked next to a lvl3 disp and lvl3 sg to ruin the day of many scouts!

Gotta agree. The stun is just too long. I'm wondering if some sort of a good knock back might be more balanced instead of the stun like the flamethrowers blow back.

 

[cooley]

the force gives double jump at a cost of a shot

 

[Carmine]

I feel the stun time is fine, got all three of my unlocks and I feel every weapon gives you something good but also takes something away that you always seem to need when you do die.

On the energy drink, useful but not as much as I expected, I have been using it to retreat to safe places as well as running past enemies and im not missing the pistol, I feel it is an upgrade because it lets you get to the soft stuff you can kill easily, although right now with everyone as scout you tend to get swamped and die as soon as your isotopes and such wear off.

 

[Letis]

Well i got them all now (achievement farming ftw..NOT!) I think Sandman is probs funniest and most Useful unlockable.. as a Support. It indeed is fun to stun ubers and let the stunned die to a sentry . Sandman also makes scouts stronger 1vs1 (probs a bit too strong) like many have said, you easily kill anyone 1vs1, atleast on Blackmesa vents. So might be just a bit too Overpowered atm.

Then comes FAN, i tried that and normal with sandman and i have noticed that its easier to kill those heavies with normal scatter gun while they are stunned .. With Fan you usually need to reload or just start batting (which also works)

And Bonk! energy drink is probably quite useful when running away from SLOWER enemies (when it goes to normal again in few weeks) but when escaping from scout/scouts, its usually a certain death if they are wise enough to catch you. Overall still best update imo, or atleast funniest