Point of Scout squad

[Qberry05]

The title says it, a 3 man team is rough for their durability. i mean i understand scout squad is meant for recon but you would think they would have a sniper or 2, or maybe a upgrade for one. especially with them being just a smaller riflemen team compared to Jaeger squads which are what 5 man teams with 2 snipers that just seems weird to me.

Note i am a casual i only really play against the Ai so maybe they are a lot more powerful vs real humans?

[Dredd]

Scouts > Airborne Doctrine > Rifle Grenades Op for instant snipes

[Fuzzyballs01 ꦙ]

isn't the first upgrade choice between healing and hiding?
almost like they serve a specific purpose
maybe the name "scout" is a big hint?

[Qberry05]

Just because hey have a set idea of being recon doesn't amen that should be the only thing they can do. You cannot say a unit has a specific purpose when other units do what it does With almost no difference just ever so slightly worse, While having no other strengths like those other units.

If a unit is going to be weak in all categories then the one categories it is supposed to be good at better be REAL GOOD. Which right now they don't feel like that.

The scout is labeled as a Recon/Anti-Infantry unit, yet it seems to lose at their effective range vs every other infantry in the game.

[Qberry05]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Aodha:

smoke is very useful, and without upgrade to pathfinders you can use it against machine guns, vehicles and bunkers. If you want to overcome them with other infantrie or get some protection against suppression.

Besides they are also quite useful for reequipping weapons laying around. They are cheap and the seize of three men makes them nearly exactly fitting for that. Although there is a vehicle/truck (dont know the name) for same purpose, but it is more expensive, maybe you lost one recently and cant afford a new one. Sometimes you need to equip a useful weapon on the ground fast, and the best unit to spawn and use for that is the scout squad.

You can combine the scout squad also with the weasel out of the battlegroup. The weasel is capable of dropping mortars or machine guns (when updraded), if i remember right, for free. So you can build some machine gunners or mortars quite cheap in combination with the scouts.

Are you referring to the weasel or the veteran 1 jeep? Because i believe both can deploy weapons however they not only have to be manned they cost munitions to do so And quite a few if i remember its like 70 munitions for a morter.

[Kai]

I think scouts should get a range increase if you put them into tall buildings, they just can't one shot units like a sniper.

[Tiger 131]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย katzenkrimis:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Qberry05:

Scout squad

I am a casual i only really play against the AI.

Maybe they are a lot more powerful vs real humans?

I played as the Americans for a bit.

Your best bet with Scout Squads is to immediately turn them into Pathfinders via the Airborne Battlegroup.

turn them into pathfinders and spam as many as you can, it seems what alot of people do when playing as america

[Aodha]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Qberry05:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Aodha:

smoke is very useful, and without upgrade to pathfinders you can use it against machine guns, vehicles and bunkers. If you want to overcome them with other infantrie or get some protection against suppression.

Besides they are also quite useful for reequipping weapons laying around. They are cheap and the seize of three men makes them nearly exactly fitting for that. Although there is a vehicle/truck (dont know the name) for same purpose, but it is more expensive, maybe you lost one recently and cant afford a new one. Sometimes you need to equip a useful weapon on the ground fast, and the best unit to spawn and use for that is the scout squad.

You can combine the scout squad also with the weasel out of the battlegroup. The weasel is capable of dropping mortars or machine guns (when updraded), if i remember right, for free. So you can build some machine gunners or mortars quite cheap in combination with the scouts.

Are you referring to the weasel or the veteran 1 jeep? Because i believe both can deploy weapons however they not only have to be manned they cost munitions to do so And quite a few if i remember its like 70 munitions for a morter.

I mean the weasel of the special battlegroup (dont know how it is named exactly in the english version). If the jeep can do this also, then its no worse.

You are right, the weapons cost ammunition, 50 for each. But as said, under some circumstances it could be useful. I.e. if you are low on labour, but have some ammunition in reserve. I rather use scouts to fill gaps as to use any other unit.

I know, that being a Gap filler doesn't necessarily make sense in and of itself for a unit, but it is sometimes necessary to have one.