ok the problem with my friend is that he insists that because i have scouts i dont get +1 for deploying first because i deployed scouts last... is that true?
Not true. According to the RAW deployment phase ends after characters are deployed. Scouts are placed after regular deployment and do not count towards your deployment.
Ding, Ding, Ding..... we have a winner. I know there is some argument on this, but that is the way it works. Tell him that 'haters gonna hate!'