If it at least dropped on LoS it would provide a way for players to remove it, and reposisition without the entire enemy team knowing where you went to.
Drones are still incredibly strong without the scouting aspect, i use them all the time to scout out an area to see if its safe to move, being able to also scout and keep tabs on people if they are there is just cherry on top.
For instance maybe I capped A on sveresk and dont know if someone is waiting for me to leave the cap I can just pop the drone and within seconds know how many and where they are. If this isnt strong already without scouting idk what is.
If anything drones should be given to every vic and slap a 200sp spawn cost to them, its dumb light vics that already get scouting have this incredible situational awareness tool at their disposal and it costs nothing. Would also stop people from scouting half the entire enemy team as soon as the match starts.