He is leeching sight by relying on other ships for it even in situations when it's not needed.

In this case even sending a scout at default towards the enemy line would be better than not doing anything.

In shared exp game modes, you gain exp for what your teammates do. Therefore, you should be scouting if you are able to.

I know that I dont launch scouts when A) im fighter camped B) have sight and dont notice my scout is down C)Im to busy fighting other bb's and AA bombers. I play the SY with 8 scouts and some games i come out with 8 still on board others I dont have any left and yes running a 50% exp penalty is pretty much forcing them. If it was 10% maybe 15% that might be okay but think about it as a maximum of 50K a game with 200k attack... Also as long as we on the topic why don't we make cv's take a 50% exp penalty for not running fighters....? One fail bb dont cost a team the game but one fail cv can. This is just a huge waste of time because good players can play without sight going by where the enemy is shooting from. There are also players that players that rush in and play within their on sight range so again should they lose exp for not launching a scout but at the same time providing better sight then said scout...? Your idea is full of holes that cant be easily fixed. It would be one thing if it was 70% 80% 90% of people wanting this. but its at the most 60% I cant seem to find the old poll your talking about but do vaguely remember it and that after it was done sde did nothing about it and even that only had a slight majority. Do you think that IF 30% of players didnt like this and 10% of said 30% left that it would "enhance" the game enough to bring atleast that many New players to fill the loses?

I'm not sure if scouting is, in any cases, better for the whole team than, for example, faster repairing of one of the major ships. People should be able to find that out on their own without some kind of penalties.

You aren't sure? Let me help you figure it out. Have you ever died during a duel, because a ship just outside your sight took a cheap shot on you? That was due to crappy vision. Have you ever lost sight of the actual ship you were dueling and been killed? That was due to crappy vision. Have you ever been sunk because a teammate couldnt repair 2% faster, or have 12 sec more OH? Nope, probably not.

There are only 2 stances here, since the actual claim is irrefutable: "No, I don't think this is a good idea , because I am selfish, and don't care how useful a scout would be for the whole team, it still will not outweigh my personal benefit of being able to repair 2% faster, or have 15 sec more OH" Lol, watching these people parade by sounding like politicians, speaking lawyer-ese, cracks me up. Just own it, no law against being selfish, but don't be a selfish weasel, be selfish and proud.
Other stance: " yes, I feel that the HUGE team benefit of having a scout loaded, EVEN IF I NEVER USE IT IN CERTAIN BATTLES, is MUCH greater than being able to repair or OH a teeny-tiny bit more in every battle. "
That's it: Either "Im selfish" or "Im not"
So anyone else who wants to post, save us all the time and heartache, and just type one or the other. Then, if you're the selfish type, go to a GB and cry about vision, while you leech your way to another XP screen.