Question: Scouts and stealth

[Akmatov]

Scouts have no magic stealth abilities other than their small size and no X-ray vision spotting

Just came across this while browsing. I actually think scouts should have a modest increase in both stealth and spotting.

I believe scouts, specialist scouts not just a random infantry squad tasked with scouting, generally receive some specialist training in scouting beyond that given to line infantry. In the US Army, at least, scouts and infantry are separate, obviously closely related, specialties. Therefore I would think it reasonable for them to have a modest stealth bonus over the 'third infantry squad from the left' who gets tasked to move forward and see who shoots them.

I suspect that scouts might be more likely to have binoculars than the 'third infantry squad from the left', hence a modest increase in spotting would seem reasonable. More questionable would be if scout training makes them better at actually seeing what they are looking at. However, I have seen presumably fairly well trained line infantry completely miss things that more elite troops notice immediately. Of course, this situational awareness is something that improves for those who survive to become more veteran, but then not all troops are such veterans so some modest differentiation would seem reasonable.

Don't expect any changes, just been thinking about this and chose to share.

[Imp]

They do have a modest bonus plus 3 experince & I disagree that they should get more for the reason that most scouts in game situations are more a half squad designated to do recon. Correct me if I am wrong but true Recon units tend to be a good distance ahead of the main force finding & reporting on the enemy, more modern the game generally the deeper they are.
Therefore most in game scouts might well represent a bit of extra training or an experinced squad tasked to the job because of there experience,