I asked for a restecp, not respect!

OKAY OKAY! Since you asked so nicely...this is what we're thinking.

Assault [5% reduction to PG/CPU cost of light/sidearm weapons]
- Caldari Assault: +5% to reload speed of hybrid railgun light/sidearm weapons per level.
- Gallente Assault: 5% reduction to hybrid - blaster light/sidearm hip-fire dispersion and kick per level.
- Minmatar Assault: +5% to projectile light/sidearm and +1 to Minmatar explosive weaponry clip size per level.
- Amarr Assault: 5% reduction to laser weaponry heat build-up per level.

Logistics [5% reduction to PG/CPU cost of equipment]
- Caldari Logistics: +10% to nanohive max. nanites and +5% to supply rate and repair amount per level.
- Gallente Logistics: +10% to active scanner visibility duration and +5% to active scanner precision per level.
- Minmatar Logistics: +10% to repair tool range and 5% to repair amount per level.
- Amarr Logistics: 10% reduction to drop uplink spawn time and +2 to max. spawn count per level.

Will copy + paste this in to the Feedback thread too.

Not all hybrid weapons, only hybrid-railguns, hybrid-blaster/plasma weapons are Gallente.
The initially proposed ROF bonus was for all assaults, not a Caldari specific racial bonus. It would have been useless for many weapons, so a PG/CPU reduction bonus is better overall (lets you save PG/CPU for more damage mods, etc).
As for making that ROF bonus a Caldari racial bonus, sounds pretty OP; perhaps the state of the RR after the nerf may convince me it will be balanced, but not other bonus increases DPS in such a direct way. The Minmatar and Amarr bonuses for example would only allow you to keep shooting for a longer period of time (before reloading or overheating).

Hey guys -

Brought some of this feedback up with Remnant. As mentioned, this is simply what we're thinking and still isn't final yet.

Here are some updates:

- There's a good chance that the Minmatar Assault bonus rounds to explosive weaponry will go away due to the buff to Mass Drivers.
- Caldari weapons generally suffer from a smaller clip size and long reload times, so the reload speed buff will impact them and their ability to dish out damage the most. Remnant thinks this'll probably actually be quite a nice change for them once it's implemented in the game and people are able to experience it for themselves.

I'll keep you updated if there's anything else, but we're still tweaking around. :)

Cheers

Because the rail rifle is OP, because TTK is too low (other weapons are being tweaked to deal with the issue, not just RR). There is a difference between dishing out a lot of damage, and dishing out too much damage. You make it sound like the RR is the only Caldari rail weapon available; right now there is also the sniper rifle, and in 1.8 there will be the magsec SMG, and the bolt pistol.
Assaults are about offense, so they should get bonuses to weapons, not HP tanking; if there is an issue with shields, it should b addressed directly in the stats or modules (regulators for example need to be buffed to make using them more attractive to shield tankers than armor mods). A damage bonus would be too much, no other assault is getting anything nearly as powerful as that.

"Dishing out the damage" was just a phrase - it's not really how we see Caldari in relation to other races. A 25% reduction to reload time is pretty substantial.

Additionally, RRs aren't the only weapons that are having their base damage reduced. The tweaks will affect a number of weapons as part of larger TTK adjustments. The plan isn't to simply nerf the RR in to absurdity.