Ok I admit this is a pretty stupid idea. How about to give scouts a bit of extra mobility they can get a glider upgrade. Basically just climb up somewhere high and jump off while holding down a button to glide down over a longer distance. Currently this would possibly give the scouts a bit too much advantage (and break some maps) but maybe it would work after aircraft and AA guns are implemented (could only allow it on aircraft maps). Also if the scout gets shot while gliding they drop. Now I look at this again, it doesn't really fit in with Empires style at all. But what the hell, I will throw it out there.
i like the idea of giving the scout a way to go silently behind enemy lines and infiltrate. In 3.0 they could eject from a second seat in a plane and instead of dying by fall damage they could open the glider (or something else better suiting to empires with the same effect) and float behind the enemy (the glider could be a buyable skill in 3.0)
