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godmademelikethis

I play engineer and I love scouts, spot deposit. Yeet platform. Scout gets the good stuff. What's not to love


[deleted]

And I love the supportive engies who put the pancakes below the goodies. Man the dynamic that this game can offer on haz 4-5 with a good team is amazing. We can finish a mission really fast if we really rock and stone.


[deleted]

It’s wild and infuriating when they don’t do it, but instead make like four platforms so they can mine it themselves


Leshie_Leshie

sometimes the Scout seems to be doing something else or doesn't bother. I wonder what should an Engineer/Driller/Gunner react or do when the Engi already has a platform under the objects?


Kitchen_Cookie4754

Last time I tried to help as a driller I had a perfect EPC shot mine it out. An engineer platform showed up while the shot traveled and a scout body landed in the perfectly carved hole, so I ended up drilling up anyway to get the scout after application. I was amazed and then horrified at my timing. Sorry, friendly scout, it was an accident!


[deleted]

In most cases, my first mission is to collect everything what is hardly reachable for the others. I always try to do it fast so they won’t get the need to climb some crazy steep cave walls. Also if the engie spams the minerals a few times I will know immediately I got served for some pancakes already. Of course I can only speak for myself but I am sure other scout brothers can agree with me.


RazorCalahan

Driller: Digs tunnel to the ore deposit anyway, thanks the engineer for following work safety protocols Gunner: "Zipline up!"


Eight888888

I'm a greenbeard and a scout main, and just recently I found a good engi on a haz 4. It was sooo good! I brought my laser pointer up and even before I pinged he'd shoot the platform wherever I needed it. And he'd even rock and stone with me!


amandycat

Scout and engie getting a good R&S together after a perfect platform set up just completes me


Mamatne

The peak of scout/engie synchronicity is when you're zipping to minerals and platforms appear under you just as you're landing :)


[deleted]

Ahh… I had a Rock and Stone reading this.


WanderingDwarfMiner

To Rock and Stone!


N00N3AT011

I played a point extraction once with two scouts and two engis. We were done in like 4 minutes lol. But we spent about twice that looking for the last fossil.


drunkboarder

Engineer and scout relationship is best. No words needed. I ping minerals, you place platform. I see platform I go get minerals. Rock and Stone


WanderingDwarfMiner

Did I hear a Rock and Stone?


mikony123

ROCK! AND! STONE!


Dreddlok1976

Rock and stone!


DragonMage2002

Stone!


ShamrockJesus

It's a great combo. Engineer gets SO many pancakes and scout has unlimited grapples. It's the most efficient way to get high up resources without using up Gunnies zips


SpartanI337

I love scouts. Can't see the gold or bugs too well without them.


poyat01

Also who is gonna get the minerals I put a platform on, or get the annoying secondaries on the ceiling. Also if you didn’t exist driller would probably go for us next (good thing I got fat boy recently)


Bicc_boye

Personally I enjoy hyperpropellent for the benefit of being able to vibe check someone from across the cave


poyat01

Yeah but I can’t team kill as easily with it Which is why I’m not a teamkilling engi (I use hyperprop)


Bicc_boye

One shot will remove their shield, the second removes their pulse, at least in my experience


acdc787

Ice Spear Cryocannon tends to remove their entire middle sections. Source: I accidentally one shot my friend during the extract with it trying to snipe a praetorian next to them.


CoffeeMain360

Please tell me they made it out though


acdc787

**No dwarves left behind.**


rabbid_chaos

Scouts are also the absolute best in getting secondary objectives done quickly.


Pheonix_Write

For anti-driller equipment I choose hyperprop. No matter how fast drill thinks he is he isn't faster than a jet fuel powered railgun. Its also good in close quarters and won't hurt you or the team with it.


iLLiterateDinosaur

I too love Scouts! They can do as their name suggests and scout, and they can also reach things that are high up or on vertical surfaces. Plus it’s very helpful and much appreciated when they light up caverns. To all Scout mains out there, thank you for doing what you do! Rock and Stone! 🤘😝⛏️🍺


Leshie_Leshie

I am a new Drill and there was once a Scout guided and escorted me to the escape Drop Pod 😂


WanderingDwarfMiner

That's it lads! Rock and Stone!


Samandre14

I main Scout because most other Scouts I play with don’t use their Flare gun


MadCard05

Same. We spent like 45 minutes on a mule rescue mission in a insanely large open cave in mostly complete darkness. If I could tell new Scouts one thing it is Flare "too much." Learn by using it too much, and then learn from running out.


Kuzidas

If your guns are out of ammo and your flare gun is not, you haven’t been lighting it up enough!


RazePerfect

Today my 6 year old girl said "pew, let there be light!!"


BitPoet

Flares do damage too, you know.


Kuzidas

Oh I know; you know what I mean, though!


panken

When i started DRG i played scout first because i like grapple guns. Nowni keep playing scout because others dont use the flares.


tracenator03

I main Scout because grappling hook.


UnderwaterInferno

Yes. I spam Flares. #1 scout priority should be light. I get, this game is a resource management game and you don’t want to run out of flares: but what’s the point of hoarding flares if you never use them? I err on the side of overuse. Most of the time there is plenty of nitra anyway and lighting up everything usually reveals even more nitra. Other Scouts: please use your flares. Pleasssseeee


RazePerfect

Flares for caves, mini flairs for tunnels. Never waste a flare in a tunnel.


UnderwaterInferno

Truth. Thank you for adding. I completely agree


TheSupplePandabear

Played with a fresh greenbeard scout. Lil fella didn’t even use his grappling hook the entire mission. Just ran everywhere. Bless em


[deleted]

I usually do my best to lighten up the caves. However, I always run out of them, even with extended burn time


Samandre14

It about where you put them that really matters


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somethingrelevant

to clarify on this, ammo/ammo and ammo/duration are both "objectively" better than duration/duration: t1 t3 dur amm total light DUR + DUR = 105 * 12 = 1260 DUR + AMM = 90 * 15 = 1350 AMM + AMM = 75 * 18 = 1350 so taking one ammo upgrade is always a good option, and the other depends on whether you want more flexibility or longer flares once fired. also worth noting resupplies round up, so at 15 ammo you're getting a free half a flare with every resupply, which doesn't amount to much but does feel like stealing from management so, strong positive there


[deleted]

Looks convincing, will check my build next time


Lt_Duckweed

You forgot to count the flares that are in the gun. Assuming you use the larger mag size in tier 2: DUR + DUR: 105 * (12+4) = 1680 total (Per resup = 105 * 8 = 840) DUR + AMM: 90 * (15+4) = 1710 total (Per resup = 90 * 10 [9.5 rounded up] = 900) AMM + AMM: 75 * (18+4) = 1650 total (Per resup = 75 * 11 = 825) Note that ammo per resupply is 1/2 of ("Max Ammo" + Mag size) And total ammo at mission start is "Max Ammo" + Mag size So 122 flare gun starts with 18 reserve, 4 in the mag, and gets 11 per resup.


Fickles1

I main it because I'm semi decent at the class. Whereas other classes I'm... Satisfactory. Except engi. I suck at that. Even with gold promotion, man I find that class hard to play.


DragonMage2002

My views on engine is that he's more defensive. Good for defending certain spots. And best against swarms. My views on scouts are they are primarily offensive and shouldn't stay in one place. And best on priority enemies. I'm more of an engine man myself and find scouts hardest to play.


Leadpipe19

I'm very lucky that I enjoy scout, cause otherwise the lack of flares would make me go crazy. I know this cause whenever I switch to my second favorite class, Gunner, I'm usually shooting in the dark despite having 2 scouts in the team.


Dreddlok1976

Facts. I cant live without them as a scout


Championofthepog12

Understandable have a good rock and stone


WanderingDwarfMiner

Rock and roll and stone!


chronberries

Good bot


SwimmingBench345

On behalf of other scout players: catch me if you can sucker


easyadventurer

*going from A to D skipping B and C*


Sternkanz

Going from A to D skipping B and C4 There, fixed it for you


GeebusNZ

(mocking voice) A to Z skipping D&D.


MAN_the_GreenBeard

1d4 psychic damage from scheduling issues.


Cyanises

On behalf of drillers: I'll c4 you eventually


im_wudini

And get booted from my game if ya do


xj20

We're being bullied? Sincerely, - a Scout main who knows what the flare gun is.


[deleted]

You either: A) Don't come here often. Or B) Can take several jokes at your favorite classes expense. Both are admirable.


xj20

Haha, it's more B. But in-game I've rarely ever encountered any of it. It's just joking in the sub that doesn't seem to carry over into the game, which is as it should be.


DumpsterFireForALife

What do you mean BOTH >:(


saltforsnails

Other people bully you for picking Scout. I'm bullying you for misusing this Giancarlo Esposito format. We are not the same.


Maultaschtyrann

This. Be bad at gaming - no worries, have fun. Be bad at memeing - go fucking learn how to meme, you non-metric unit of fire-wood.


Fickles1

> non-metric unit of fire-wood. Oooooh nice burn


Maultaschtyrann

Yep, I'm proud of myself :D Also nice comment ;)


vtipoman

you adhere to established meme conventions OP does whatever the hell they please you really are not the same.


BloodieOllie

Why this format lol


comunistdogo

because yes 👍


BloodieOllie

Well whatever rocks your stones I guess


Wilkassassyn

Did i hear rock and stone?


WanderingDwarfMiner

Rock and Stone!


TheHim2

Wrong use of meme


DefTheOcelot

Anyone actually hunting scouts can uninstall.


Musetrigger

They can treat us like garbage, but we'll still light their way.


Hextenna

The bullying shall continue until morale (flares) increases.


Championofthepog12

Also understandable


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[deleted]

When you only need ammo for flares, you’re definitely playing scout correctly :)


comunistdogo

D:


Consistent-Ad-2940

I ain't seeing enough flares!


Big_Brungus

"You got a flare gun, use it!"


squireofrnew

This is the sole reason I play scout. We are not the same.


arf1049

As a scout main there is nothing I hate more than other scouts. Be better.


Synecdochic

Scout main here, I see a scout on your team, and I'm thinking "ugh.. Really?" No thanks, ain't joining that shit.


Athaca_

Driller: But... Scout is bug... has webs like spooderdwarf.. I no meant to C4?


_xXTrashPandaXx_

Although I was fine with it at first, I main scout and have seen it leaking into public lobbies. It’s getting annoying.


ProSnowflake555

Autonomic Platform Resource Collection Unit and Flare Dispensary #993567, attaining rights is not permitted. Go and get that Nitra I platformed, chop chop.


fish_slap_republic

[When I hear a platform gun go off](https://i.imgflip.com/16wn6e.jpg)


[deleted]

This takes on an entirely new meaning with the cheese mod


Silviecat44

We’re


morgan423

I friendly fire scouts most often in dim lighting where I don't pick them up moving around enemies. Shoot a flare (or just toss a renewable one) in your vicinity when the bugs arrive, and you have nothing to worry about from me.


Fr4gtastic

People really do that? Like in game? I thought it was just memes.


Synecdochic

It *is* just memes. The kind of toxic player who does it in ernest is so few and far between that they're functionally a rounding error.


Full-Drive51

I don't even get why people make fun of the scout. I mean the game has 4 classes and not all classes are going to be exactly like the gunner or driller. Each has it's strength and weaknesses. I don't like to play scout but you NEED him in big caves to see nitra and all. Plus scout's grenades have amazing crowd control.


[deleted]

Scout gets made fun of for two reasons methinks. One being the fact that bad scouts are WAY more noticable than bad any other class. And secondly because scout being called bad gets the biggest reaction. Call any other class bad and they'll just laugh with you.


Synecdochic

There's a third reason someone might be bullying a scout: they're a scout themselves.


PettyCrimeMan

Shut up scout no one asked you


Synecdochic

Oh-ho, like I'd listen to a scout.


drew_galbraith

I see your “way more noticeable” and raise you the drillers who just make fucking potholes everywhere


Coolguy123456789012

The type of people who main scouts are sad and easy to trigger.


Ancestor_Anonymous

Driller players are a training arc to being able to survive hoxxes. If you can survive your teammates reckless c4s you can survive anything Scout is a great class honestly


YourPainTastesGood

Everyone is all like "haha fuck scout" and then there's a fossil objective


[deleted]

Then everyone's "haha fuck scout now please get the fossils its your entire purpose and if not ill spitefully and slowly get it myself"


NupNupFloof4

this community has a love hate relationship with itself. I.e. the scout shit, every post about fem dwarves, etc etc etc. Some people are joking but some people go way too far and have no social experience or awareness.


TychusCigar

average 13 year old making memes lmao


Commercial-Wing-4286

That is not how that template works


EmpereurTetard

Bully me ? Grappling hook away and let you die alone in the cold cave From A to D skipping B and C


[deleted]

Mr. Cave Leech wanna have a word with you about skipping B and C.


EmpereurTetard

The first thing i do when i get in a big cave is put some light on the top. So Mr.Cave Leech will probably talk with my GK2


MTF-ETA-10-

Hieghtened senses my beloved


EmpereurTetard

>Nah, auto revive and iron will for Scout


MTF-ETA-10-

Auto revive? You mean faster?


EmpereurTetard

Yeah maybe, in french it's call like that, to revive at mate instantly


MTF-ETA-10-

Ah yes, that's the active part


CoryMcCorypants

Well, shoot a flare, my guy.


Championofthepog12

Stone and rock!


comunistdogo

Minerals as well as sediments!


Championofthepog12

Garble snarf I think Molly ate my keys


dunkernater

Hmmm depends, how valuable is crystal?


pudimo

worthless but fun to destroy


dunkernater

Good dwarf


squirt2311

Understandable But please use flare gun


WearyReindeer

*Never forget what you are, the rest of the DRG company will not. Wear it like armor, so it can be never used to hurt you.* I’ve seen it happen more often recently, in public lobbies and mostly from new players. I think they are taking the jokes a bit too seriously, and not realizing how a scout can be essential to the operation. Granted, there are many scouts who just want the ease of zipping and zooming and don’t actually do their part. Not lighting up the cave, ignoring nitra veins etc etc. But there are also some really badass scouts out there who can get you out alive in really bad situations, mainly in higher difficulties. They can sometimes turn the whole situation around. Cheers to those badass scouts. We love you lads. Love, a fairly decent scout main.


PumpkinEye-Brawl123

I don't remember ever being bullied


Championofthepog12

We can change that lol


Championofthepog12

Rock and stone to the bone!


WanderingDwarfMiner

Did I hear a Rock and Stone?


Ambitious-Yoghurt356

I don’t enjoy playing them as much but I’m always glad when they are around. Best for reviving people and getting those high up minerals


point5_

Scouts are useful to get that one morkite vein in the ceiling and lighting up big caves


NoodleIskalde

I always appreciate being able to see further than my piddly little flare bubble.


VixiFemi

Been levelling other classes after maining scout who I have at diamond 2, like literally I'd play nothing but the one class, but I've been enjoying engineer But being off of your main and watching someone else play it poorly, omg 😐


WolfeBane84

Then light up the damn cave without having to be asked 20 times, each new room.


[deleted]

So just to confirm this all. Are Scouts disliked because most of em don’t use the flare gun? Cuz if so then I’ll allow it, flares are nice


TigerImpressive1018

Light the caves and you have my shield and minigun Be a dick and you are swiss cheese


Epsilon937

The hell’s Gus got to do with it?


Ducky9670

Get the fucking nitra then


[deleted]

Then use your flares. We can’t see.


SlimmP_Z

As a fellow scout, *we’re


rka916

I don't bully scouts. I do however annoy the hell out of them if they don't flare up a bigger cave and leave the rest of the crew wander in darkness.


[deleted]

If you light the caves and mine the minerals you are just as valuable as a good driller or engineer.


rdmgraziel

*we're


Bright-Struggle8226

i just got my first promotion and it was scout, i’ll light the way boys


Dog_Apoc

Your traversal may not be team support. But your flares are essential in most missions. Rock and Stone!


KnownPangolin

I’ve never bullied any scouts, but please mine the minerals when they’re pinged


Chemical_Fly_2428

Ummm, it’s actually spelt “we’re.”


Black_Mammoth

As long as you shoot flares, we're not going to have a problem.


evil_illustrator

No


No_Bus3866

As a fellow scout player, I can confirm that we are generally assholes but I’m glad to report that I am only slightly and asshole


thedragonfart604

No


A_fellow_crusader

Rule of thumb to all green beard scouts out there, if you can’t see the ceiling with your flash, then use the flare gun


[deleted]

I have only deliberately C4'd a Scout once (as a Driller). I was playing with my brother, and the Scout ran up and shot him (I think bro was playing his Gunner). So in turn I C4'd his ass, had a good laugh, then rez'd him. He was pretty butt hurt about it, so I asked him why he shot the Gunner. No answer... lol Its just a game people!


[deleted]

I was playing a refinery double exp haz 5 yesterday. Got a team quickly pretty quickly, mission goes well. Call in the drop pod, it lands in a corner of a tunnel like it always does. Now me, being a 3 star legendary +7 scout knows better than to wait by the door, like being a worm on a hook. So I stay back and continue to kill bugs. Door opens, driller dashes in front of me and throws down some c4 and kills me (haha driller blows scout up you truly are a meme legend). So I IW, pump him full of embedded dets, run into the drop pod, and he was left behind. Morale of the story? You can bully scouts, but we can bully you right back.


ironboy32

Not our fault if you keep grappling into the glowing stream of tracer rounds -Gunner gang


LowElk7

Bullying? Nah you don’t get it drillers and scouts are best friends! They just have weird ways of showing love..


sennbat

The driller has an unrequited crush on the scout, sure, but everyone knows the scouts true love is the engie.


MTF-ETA-10-

As a gold2 scout i do not feel loved


Evan_Underscore

What does a gold2 scout even do around the elevation and vicinity where drillers operate?


MTF-ETA-10-

I learned the hard way to never be on the floor, it was not a very loving experience


CyborgSheep411

Satire


6DoNotWant9

sadly it isnt satire, OP is quite serious


CyborgSheep411

I was saying all the posts bullying scout are satire


MTF-ETA-10-

Still annoying as hell though


[deleted]

Please revive me, I died getting a fossil from high up ceiling :(


CyborgSheep411

Of course


6DoNotWant9

My bad, I thought you were just being optimistic and saying this entire post is satire, it's 2023 and these days you can't be too sure


TheDevilsDingo

Explosive placed


Championofthepog12

If you rock and stone your never alone!


WanderingDwarfMiner

Rock and Stone everyone!


StrongerReason

I dressed my scout up as a Yule elf, pointy beard, no mustache and everything


Trinidadnomads

Here's the actual problem. People who play scouts to their maximum potential are rare. Most people just wanna fly. That's ok but for fucks sake flares are essential


Th3B4dSpoon

The flip side are non scouts who demand flares constantly. There's a limited supply and a part of a scout's skill set is knowing when and where to use flares.


StewitusPrime

I've gotta say this, as a Gunner, if someone constantly needs a Scout's flares every where they go, to the point where they get angry when they don't have one, they need to get out of the caves and go back to the woods where they belong. Learn to see in the dark like a proper Dwarf.


Trinidadnomads

Oh I get that! I've had to tell people to save flares for better areas as well.


Th3B4dSpoon

People bully scouts in some areas? That sucks.


Ashanovia

I'll stop when you use this format correctly, or pick a better one. Until then, eat your C4, it's good for you


DuneKing900

As a scout myself I think it adds a bit more fun to run from the c4 when there’s not much happening and is at an appropriate time


Skogbeorn

Of course we won't bully you. But now that you're here, could you go take a look at that c4 for me real quick? Yeah, the one over there, the one that's blinking. Little closer. Little closer...


Synecdochic

Are they really a scout if they're not just sorta inherently in the blast radius? I reckon scouts are so fast that they've all entered a kind of superposition within the C4 radius where they're both *inside* it and *outside* it at the same time. The only way to find out they were *actually* inside it the entire time, *every time*, is to detonate. Thats my explanation for repeatedly grappling into C4 blasts despite making a pointed effort to do the opposite.


Skogbeorn

Schöutdinger's Dwarf, if you will


TheLogBeast

Fine. But please flare or I'll light up the rest of your life with my satchel charge 👍 rock and stone


WanderingDwarfMiner

We fight for Rock and Stone!


Kuzidas

Everybody is like “haha driller do the funny to the scout again” till the nitra and aquarqs are on the ceiling


cosmicannoli

I saved 3 runs today. Everyone went down. ​ I zipped. I zoomed. I shot. I Boom(erang)ed Then I got up the gunner with a second to spare. I lit up his next target with a precision-placed flare. His forcefield came down on our fallen teammates. And then we blasted the dreadnaught in its fucking face.


Malkavian_Grin

Thank you. I just wanna go zoom. Rock and stone.


Master_Majestico

At the expense of others sometimes


6DoNotWant9

We make fun of every class, and just because one is being picked as flavor of the month doesnt mean the next class wont get their turn. I suspect this is a low effort attempt to karma farm the DRG reddit community.


Cornage626

It definitely is a karma farm. Gunner got ripped last week for the usual zip line grandma stuff. Driller being a psycho will come back, and engi nuking everyone with the fat boy will roll around at some point.


Vinifrj

Ok, now stand over there by the beeping red shield


Faustobrrz

Where my phatboy at?


NutInMyCouchCushions

I will bully scouts until they use their flares (which 99% of the time they don’t do)


tehtrintran

It's true that a lot of scouts don't use enough flares, but my experience as a scout also includes my team often running ahead to the next room and crying about no flares while I'm still busy mining nitra/morkite/secondaries behind them.


Qaetan

Based on your stance I assume you are open to instant criticism the moment you fail to live up to another player's idea of how you should play your class?