Seeing as how many people think reducing speed which is what makes a scout a scout is a good idea I thought I should introduce my own. I have no way of knowing whether or not reducing speed will be huge but this is, in my own opinion, the best possible idea.


+40% damage
+10 health
3 shots to a clip.
Increased damage fall off over range compared to scattergun. (possibly not for sure about this one.)
Every two kills automatically reloads your clip for you, instantly. Unlike the resupply locker it doesn't give you all your ammo back however.
35% less damage from minisentries.


Now here's where it gets awful.
MUCH slower rate of fire. Up to the users in the comments to decide.
This is mainly to get behind the enemy, attack some heavier classes, ex soldier, and destroy them.
MUCH slower reload speed. Comments decide too. This is a very powerful weapon but if you get caught exposed reloading you're dead.
15% slower weapon switch speed.
20% melee vulnerability
25% bullet damage vulnerability
15% Fire vulnerability
30% explosive damage vulnerability

Health restoring drops do not save you from fire
Jarate that splashes on you or even madmilk on you never lasts forever.
Louder footsteps.


Anyways, the scout is a fast paced class that excells at ambushing. Taking that away with any weapon is a no-no.


Making the scout do an amazing amount of damage yet extremely vulnerable is nothing new. That's what thee scout is. The extremely powerful scattergun can two shot a soldier with meatshots yet a single shot from a direct hit will kill you.

Making both the cons and the pros of the scout much larger and more apparent would be a drastic change to the scout that makes it much harder to play yet if you can master allows you to be an excellent team player.