so you really think the inability to use grenades is going to stop killer bees? i highly doubt it.

the killer bees take time to increase damage of their gun, they really wouldnt care about grenades.

and how is a logi going to support without equipment?

understood all but this part... unless u were mocking me in some way. reword that in a less sarcastic tone please so i may understand what you are attempting to say.

Command suit need that equipment slot for future command specific module(that will give bonuses to squad, same as in EVE).

Or play with a squad that has one and invest in a mic...

Removing sidearms didn't phase killer bees, why do you think removing grenades would too, you're just making logi's combat ineffective, not assaults more combat effective.

The problem is the high number of slots and high CPU/PG let them fit better modules and skip equipment all together, instead of using that extra CPU/PG to fit better equipment. An assault can still carry traige nanohives why would taking that away from them make a logi any less appealing? Take away logi hi's and low's, give the assaults a fitting boost (1.8 assault weapon bonus) and you'll see more balance.

Well, what about snipers? Hives are nearly integral to certain operations...

I am sorry but I disagree with this. The point of running a logi class is that you are support. You literally enhance players around you. The reason for running an assault is not just slaying but being versatile; able to defend and attack. Without equipment assault becomes just about slaying enemies. With updates to logi bonuses combined with higher ttk I think the interaction of the two classes will change drastically.

Currently dust is about who has the highest eHP and DPS. Obviously there was an issue with logis and that's why their bonuses are being directed towards their intended role. For assualts though, again it's all about eHP and DPS. With ttk being increased it should become more about a balance of eHP, dps, and suit regen. In the new build ammo will run out quicker people will need more healing etc. An unsupported assault will be a dead assault. Removing equipment from assaults will do nothing but make them completely dependent on a logi. Instead what I think we want to happen (assuming only assault and logis exist in this simple conceptual scenario) is that an assault plus logi > assault plus assault and/or logi plus logi. But also logi plus logi = assault plus assault. Without equipment assaults would need to suffer greatly in eHP or dps in order to maintain suit regen not to mention be constantly running to a supply depot.

Tl;dr let's see how the new ttk and suit bonuses pan out. They may be better than you think. I think removing equipment from assault would greatly UP them.

Sorry if this didn't make any sense kinda was distracted.

Seriously making equipment scout specific over assault, too many people think scouts deserve much more than they do, scouts are high speed and rapid combat, not sustained warfare and I'd say your argument had some validity if you just said only logis should be aloud to carry equipment, just so you know i run only caldari assault suits

would much rather equipment be able to go into the grenade. equipment instead of a grenade then you could remove equipment from the assault, heavies could carry 1 equip if they wanted ,scouts would only need 1 equipment slot and logis could be more effective if they didnt want to use a grenade or wanted to use a more tactical explosive like proxies or remotes

scout will never be suppy thats the caldari logi role

0-Heavy
1-Assault
2-Scout
3/4-Logi

The formula is already fine as it is. While CCP should promote suits to a role, they shouldn't restrict suits to that role. This idea is as bad as Logis defending themselves with Flaylocks.