I've owned every generation of the Scout and find the latest feels livelier than the '18/'19, despite the added travel. The '15 was definitely a different animal though.
Been loving your bikes for years now, have a 2015 Patrol, 2015 TransAm, and a 2018 Smuggler - that being said, the new Scout has about eclipsed the old Patrol measurements, and every bike is getting bigger and bigger. My only critique with the newest geometries is similar to what Bike Mag said: that your designs are outpacing the skills...