The Scout

Posted By: LE-Lore
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You can already play the Freemage, the Ranger, the Defender and the Barbarian in the early access version of the game. Last week we presented you the Shaman, followed today by the most outgoing of all Dwarves: the Scout!

The Dwarves of Clan Winterwind are the most outgoing of all of their kind. They are the ones most likely to be found on the surface or dealing with outsiders. They are expert travelers and have deep knowledge of the wilds.

The Scout and the Defender share the same taste in melee weapons, but apart from that the differences are substantial: What the Scout lacks in physical defense he makes up with higher vitality and arcane resistance. His magic abilities in the magic schools of fire and light make him a versatile caster of damage and healing alike. However, the strongest trait of the Scouts is their passion for crossbows - which only they can wield with grand master expertise.

Dwarven Specialties

Like all Dwarfs, Scouts have increased fire resistance. Also, they get more health points per vitality point. And if they're male, they have an impressive beard.

dwarf race abilities

Skill Tiers

These are the skills of the scout (start skills are Crossbow and Axe):

scout skills

The Pathfinder

The Advanced Class of the Scout

Scouts who have survived a dozen or so adventures on the surface of Ashan and whose tales have reached the ears of all the Dwarf Clans, are given the title of Pathfinders. It is said that Arkath guides their steps and that they are never truly lost, for each step is leading them to a chance for a fight, fortune and glory.

Active Ability: Snaring Shot

The Pathfinder performs a ranged attack with his crossbow, immobilizing the first target for one turn.

Why would you want to have a Scout in your party?

Scouts are a stout, yet astonishingly flexible class that excels at ranged combat with crossbows while retaining fair melee, casting and tactic abilities. Also, they’re nice to look at:

male scout 1

male scout 2

(Please note that all info provided within this blog post and seen on the screens are still subject to change until final release of the game.)

Tags: Game mechanics, General discussion

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jsebela

September 25, 2013 17:34:08

I wonder why all those faces in game look like they´ve just eaten something really sour... On top of it that female looks nearly same as female defender.

Valadurs

September 25, 2013 17:34:35

I think there is a mistake in the skill tier chart where it says Master in Light magic instead of Earth.

LegacyForTheWin

September 25, 2013 19:20:35

Jsebela: Thats because they only have 4 portraits per race (at the moment at least). So all classes within 1 race look quite similar.

September 25, 2013 19:28:22

Looking at the skills I dont see ANY reason to pick a defender anymore. The scout is much more versatile while still being a excellent tank due to a) being a dwarf (vitality bonus) b) higher dodge skill possible c) higher endurance skill possible.
So in essence the scout:
- will have more spells
- will have have same HP
- will be better with the crossbow (in the long run)
- will have a little bit less armour
- will have better evade values (in the long run)
...

That does seem to need balancing.

vaderbg2

September 25, 2013 20:29:56

I see multiple reasons to play a Defender over a scout.
1. Shield guard + GM Shield.
2. GM Warfare. Taunt mutliple enemies at once.
3. GM Axe. Extra Melee damage. Always great and works great with the Master Shield Ability.
4. GM Heavy Armor seems to better protect especially against crits.
5. If Crossbow will be as good as Bow is for the Ranger right now... Well, wasted Skillpoints.
6. Early on a Defender will be WAY more effective because the Scout is MAD.

September 25, 2013 20:32:52

One more thing: I don't know if they'll implement it or not, but according to an older blog post all classes are meant to gain HP and MP at level up. A scout will most likely gain fewer HP and more MP. Hard to tell which is better, but for pure endurence, a Defender will most likely take the cake.

September 25, 2013 21:38:57

1&2) Yes, its nice to have it, but the benefit is not big enough IMHO
3) Scout also can have GM Axe
4) True, but comes with penalty. So not necessarily better
5) True, but it will change for sure
6) ?

Regarding HP and MP: So far I didnt read anything official that they will implement an automatic increase when leveling up.

September 25, 2013 22:34:42

1&2) Personally, I think being able to block for another party member is great. My Defender in the EA version takes WAY less damage then the rest of the group, because he can block.
3) Missed that one. My bad.
4) I'd think a GM won't have much of a penalty.
6) MAD=Multi Ability Dependent. A scout will need pretty much all abilities. A defender only needs Str, End a bit Prceision.

HP/MP on level up: https://mightandmagicx-legacy.ubi.com/opendev/blog/post/view/your-recent-questions-our-answers

Istreibitel

September 26, 2013 00:06:06

Why? Why this medicore active ability? Don't we already have immobilization as the starting spell of Earth school? There is absolutely no need for this ability to ever exist, especially gotten so late. And it won't work against bosses anyway, so what's the point? Easier to kill monsters that are already easilly killed?

Scout needs a more powerful and more synergetic active ability to be viable.

PS: Bug in picture? Shows mastery of Fire and Light but in text it says Fire and Earth?

GrakorTheOrc

September 26, 2013 05:20:28

I'm curious which is the error: the mention of earth magic in the description, or the notation of light magic instead in the skill graphic.

That said, I'm not terribly worried about the scout making the defender obsolete, balance stuff can be worked out during early access. One thing I am concerned about is that they use near-identical equipment. I wonder if this will discourage, as an example, the use of a scout and defender in the same group, since both will be competing for axes.

September 26, 2013 08:39:05

Well, yes, the active ability is not too exciting. If they keep it they maybe should change it to passive. Cause otherwise you will a) need mana (which you need for spells being half a caster) and b) its quite redundant to the entangle SPELL then

@Devs:
Also I would suggest to go through all the nice ideas of the previous MMs and screen if some of those are suitable for MMX, e.g. via the great Wikis and Fanpages where spells, skills etc. are listed in very well structured way.

LE-Lore

September 26, 2013 10:10:49

It's actually fire and light, so the chart is right, but I edited the text. Sorry, my mistake!

September 26, 2013 11:10:34

That's an interesting combination. Judging from the EA version, it seems Earth is more useful than light but I guess Light works, too.

At least the special ability is no longer something the scout can do at level 1 with a spell.

September 26, 2013 12:57:48

Vaderbg2: Sadly, balancing classes is only small part, that spell system really needs some working on, especially there should be dynamic spell power - as was in MM6-8 where every little point spent in spell skill, increased power and potency of all spells. Also I ´d like to see return of those great spells - Town portal, Enchant items, Shared Life... Fortyfying items against breaking wouldn´t hurt either. Also what use is water spell that protect against attack by 0.3% and costs 25MP?!!

September 26, 2013 13:29:50

Oh, I'm judging exclusively by the EA Version. It's not like we have much else to judge by, really. But they already said they'll look into spell balancing so I hope for the best.

The current spell system needs a major overhaul. Expert and mastery ranks only reducing enemy resistences is a bad idea because it does nothing for buff/healing and utility spells. One point in Spirit is not enough for even the weakes spell. Spells are way too expensive overall making mysticism a must have and so on.

Puzzomns

October 11, 2013 11:30:12

nice) i like dwarfs

The Scout

Dwarven Specialties

Skill Tiers

The Pathfinder

The Advanced Class of the Scout

Active Ability: Snaring Shot

Why would you want to have a Scout in your party?

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