I think it's interesting that you could have your suit freed up to finally play, say, a Heavy you wanted. But if you'd been logi-ing in the meantime, you effectively have millions of SP wasted in equipment that you won't be able to use at all (since Sentinels can't carry equipment).

If you played an Amarr Assault that was dual-tanking, SURPRISE, you're now heavily focused on armor hp. Don't worry, you can respec into another suit type... oh wait... did you skill into lasers because you were an Amarr Assault? Yeah, those will be crappy if you try anything else. Sucks to be you.

So you were already a Commando using some different light weapons? Awesome. What were you using? Combat Rifle, Plasma Cannon, Swarms, and Laser? Oooh... sorry, none of the new Commandos (including your old one) will be bonused to use even two of those. Also, we made sure to make Swarms completely unusable by anyone. Sucks to be you.

The whole idea of "dropsuit only" as if these decisions were completely independent, was entirely asinine.