Another thing to keep in mind, is that the Min Assault is going to be getting a racial bonus to the effects of damage mods.
+25% at level 5, meaning that every percentage higher you push the mods themselves expands the value of that specific medium frame over all other medium frames. At some level it becomes "the" medium frame to run and that's not where we want to be. I can't comment on what that threshold is, no one can clearly yet because the sheer volume of changes in 1.8 dashes the context on the rocks of uncertainty. Which brings me back to my common refrain, CCP, small granulated changes more often are better practice than huge pendulum swings every few months.

~Cross