Then they better "fix" the op suit (if there will be one) and leave the HMG alone, it has finally found its place and theres no need to mess with it. It will be slightly nerfed if they change the damage mods, that is enough of a change for the weapon itself, the suits however I will leave alone until they are tested out in battle... not that Im worried I will be using a "op" heavy as Im gonna go all out Minmatar...

My prediction:

A lot of players will bail out of assault and logi suits with only the truly dedicated remaining.

Many players will flock to sentinel and maybe commando suits for raw eHP power that medium suits won't be able to match. Speed isn't a problem when you have the same range as everyone else so light weapon + heavy suit > medium suit + light weapon.

The HMG Sentinel suit will reign as the CQC king. The AR, shotgun, and any other weapon who doesn't have a longer range will be inferior, only to be used by die hard users.

Many people will try out the new scout suits. They will excel at being very difficult to detect, however it may not matter. Already a well tanked sentinel suit with an HMG has enough eHP to tank AR DPS, turn around, and kill said scout before dying. Therefore with the decrease in rifle weapon DPS, nerf of complex damage mods, and increase to sentinel resistances it could very well be possible that surprise won't be a powerful enough factor to kill a heavy in a 1v1 situation.

Due to the previous prediction people will complain loudly about how heavy suits are so powerful, particularly sentinel suits with light weapons or a HMG. They will start calling it Heavy514 or Fatsuit514 and there will be much forum raging. Six months from now when CCP does it's next update, the *might* address it. Otherwise it will go on till the next update (ex: tanks are currently stronger than they need to be, however CCP does not seem to address this issue in 1.8 and likely will in the next update).

The Assaults and Commandoes are getting buff to their DPS/DPM, the Assault in interesting ways (less heat, faster reload, bigger clip) and the Commando in pure ways (straight damage buff). The Heavy gets a bonus to his defenses to even it out, while the HMG remains untouched because the Assaults aren't getting any tankier. Makes sense.

In English.
Assaults get more ATK(if they match), Heavies get more DEF(if they match)

4. I feel that one bonus or the other should have been used for heavies. Either they gain a resistance to certain weapon types based upon race, OR resistance to explosives. Getting both at once I feel leads to a huge discrepancy for other suit users, heavies will reign supreme, particularly light weapon sentinels."