What if we gave assaults 2 new pieces of equipment: a shield booster that functions kind of the cloak (in that its a localized active module with a cooldown) and when activated immediately starts shield recharge but consumes all of the energy on the booster for 80/60/40s, maybe the charges could be shorter and the proto module hold 2 'boosts'. The second being a nanite pump that also functions similarly to the cloak, that when activated drastically increases the effectiveness of local armor repairers (say by 200%) for 10/15/20 seconds with a 60/75/80s rebuild to full charge (the number gets higher per tier but the effective worth in seconds of recharge goes 6/5/4).

In either case you'd actually need to *have* shield recharge or armor repair mods to make the booster or nanite pump valuable to your fit which would mean that logis would still play valuable roles to these suits.

Cannon fodder.

Distractions.

Purveyors of the zerg rush.

Easily knifeable.

On a serious note, they should be the jack of all stats, the quintessntial infantry unit. Mobile enough to get into position, enough firepower to kill opposing units, but requiring more than one truly shine.


I feel like they should have a bonus to their damage based on how many friendles are in their proximity. Some like 2% per friendly, capped out at 10% (five friendlies=full squad=10% bonus damage) promoting concentrated team effort and squad based tactics.

I always thought that the assault suit should get three grenades.
Also involve the CPU/PG reduction to grenades as well.

....Also larger reduction bonus

In trying to figure out the role an assault suit should play, many people are missing out the key feature behind what an assault is and just suggesting skills based on what they think an assault is or what they would like the suit to do.

So in order to really define the role, I think it would be a good idea to try and define the word as a community. Try and be as succinct as possible, with no copy/paste from dictionary.com (please). Also try not to suggest skill bonuses, although I realise that this may be your only way of demonstrating what best reflects the word in Dust.

To me, the word means GÇ£attackGÇ¥. Whether through physical or mental force. The words GÇ£pressureGÇ¥ and GÇ£agressiveGÇ¥ come to mind immediately as well as images of soldiers storming the beaches of Normandy or the Battle of Berlin. From this I feel that assault suits should be the go to suit when pressing an objective, skill bonuses for which we can figure out once we have defined the meaning.

Thanks for your time guys, make this a good one.