I think the true problem is people thinking they "must" fit for their bonuses. I think it's silly to force all the dropsuits upsides and ignore the downsides of that (Like fitting only caldari weapons leaves you spooling up for every fight).

But, maybe the current bonus could bleed into the allied faction? Like 10% to rail and 2.5%~5% to lasers for example.


Conclusion: bleed current bonus into differnt weapons to broaden options.

ATM I use the Amarr commando on this profile and the Minmatar commando on my other account the reason I use commandos and not Assault suits is because you CCP have failed the assault suits and have done a good job with the Commando suits.

Commandos

Have good bonuses for their roles witch seems to be med to long range suppression.

The reason the Minmatar and Gallente Commando suits are used more is because they have more then 2 weapons that get buffed
-Minmatar: Combat rifles, Mass drivers, and (Swarm launchers, are they also considered a light explosive weapon?)
-Gallente: Assault rifles, shotgun, and plasma cannon.

all the Amarr and Caldari get are 2 weapons
-Amarr Laser rifle and scrambler rifle.
-Caldari sniper rifle and rail rifle.

Suggestions; increased the speed and agility of the 3 races commando suits to be more like the Minmatar has they have less HP then their heavy and sentinel versions.
Also bring in another Laser and rail light weapon
and possibly add a 3rd bonus to swarm launcher damage and missile velocity.

Assault suits

the 5% reduction to PG/CPU is very good for these suits
the Assaults could use a 3rd bonus to a defensive modules.

Medium and Assault suit hit point and module slot configuration done right. this way scout suits will never have more HP then the medium suits.

Amarr Assault
Armor 250
Shield 175
High slots: 2
low slots: 5
10% heat reduction to laser heat build up per level. 5% is not enough. they should be able to empty a laser rifle battery.
% bonus to armor plate hit points.
the PG and CPU on this suit will need to be increased for the additional module slot.

Caldar Assault
Armor 175
Shield 250
High slots: 4
low slots: 3
could possibly add a zoom buff while using Hybrid weapons.
reload bonus is fine
% bonus to shield exteners

Gallente Assault
Armor 210
Shield 180
High slots: 3
low slots: 4
is their a way to make it easyer to hit targets with hybrid weapons?
hybrid weapon bonus is fine
% bonus to armor reps

Minmatar Assault
Armor 180
Shield 180
High slots: 5
low slots: 2
slow down this suit a little but keep its agility the same. also make the shield recharge competitive with the caldari.
projectile magazine bonus is fine.
% bonus to all shield recharging modules.

The Amarr sentinel Rail rifle damage resistance bonus needs to be changed from shields to armor to reflect the Amarr tank style as it is armor damage resistance.

I think the true problem is people thinking they "must" fit for their bonuses. I think it's silly to force all the dropsuits upsides and ignore the downsides of that (Like fitting only caldari weapons leaves you spooling up for every fight).

But, maybe the current bonus could bleed into the allied faction? Like 10% to rail and 2.5%~5% to lasers for example.


Conclusion: bleed current bonus into differnt weapons to broaden options.

Thanks guys, this is been a great source of information. I guess my main take away is the swarm bonus which does make more sense as a caldari and the CR needing a tweak, and a few additional improvements.

Arkena, the current use is
Minmatar
Gallente
Caldari
Amarr

We are going to come back with a holistic view of the next patch and see if we can't fix a few things this round. I will still make a sticky and keep an eye out for additional info.

I really like the idea of changing the breach MD to an AV weapon!

Can the scrambler be (simply)made a little more effective in the mid range? Other than that, we think it may course correct if shield v armor tanking becomes a little more balanced and we see more shield tankers out there.