CCP Saberwing, any news on when we will see the assault and logi bonuses and stats like we saw for the other dropsuit specializations? We need to be able to give feedback on those like we got to do for everything else; its been so long since the other suits' info got released, like close to a month, why the gap?

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EDIT:

The bonuses aren't perfect, but certainly a step in the right direction.

I proposed a reload bonus for Caldari assault, but it was rather unpopular. I would recommend pairing it with something else like recoil reduction, and/or ammo reserve increase. The Minmatar scout will have more than one bonus, please do the same with the Caldari assault.

The Gallente one you guys are going with seems like won't help the shotgun or, plasma cannon (unless maybe it tightens shotgun spread, IDK if shotgunners would want tighter spread or not though). Only AR users might benefit.

I LOVE the Amarr and Minmatar bonuses. Perfect.
EDIT 2: Just noticed the Minmatar explosive thing, maybe should be to ammo reserves instead of clip size; +1 explosive clip size per level sounds like it could be incredibly OP, as awesome as it sounds.

As for logis, many find those bonuses restrictive, but I like them. When every race has at least 2 equipment type, the bonus should be expanded to include 2 equipment. Example:

Minmatar could get bonus to repair tools and REs and PMs.

Caldari can get bonus to nanohives nanine injectors.

Gallente can get bonus to active scanner and [INSERT NEW EQUIPMENT].

Amarr can get a bonus to drop uplinks and [INSERT NEW EQUIPMENT].

Anyway, thank you.

While I agree that a reload bonus (on its own at least) is not as good a bonus as the others listed, but assaults are about offense, so they should have bonuses to their race's weapons (hybrid-railgun weapons in the case of Caldari). HP tanking bonuses like shield extender efficacy do not emphasize the offensive/weapon oriented role of an assault.

I personally would like to see the Caldari assault get an additional bonus to ammo reserves of hybrid-railguns (5% per level), so a Caldari assault could basically keep killing without needing to stop and resupply. I'd like ammo reserves + reload, or ammo reserves + kick reduction, or maybe all 3 together; none are that great on their own, but I think 2 or all 3 together would make a good bonus.

If you have any weapon specific bonuses you would like to see, feel free to suggest.

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:

- 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.