so my corp mate and I where discussing that the real problem with equipment and grenades is that their is no cost to them, visit your local supply depot and spam like a mad man. sure you have limits on the number active but the balance on them is limit them to uselessness or they are every where, instead have them cost isk for each and every one, this makes them strategic assets not something to be throw right in the front line or blindly around a corner. Make them real physical objects that get used every time you place them instead of when the suit is lost.

of course this means you couldn't have packs of three but in that case you just have a stack limit for the item, or, you make grenade and equipment holsters and make those take up PG/CPU, depending on number and type they are designed to carry and number they allow active at a time, and maybe give other effects like speed reductions.

dunno I like the idea it doesn't change much but it would be less restrictive and allow for more dynamic strategy then other options.