I'm going to get right to the point.

How about we do this:

Change the commando suit bonus from +5% reload speed per level to something like 20% ammo capacity per level. Reason being the reload bonus is more suited for assaulting and the extra ammo it helps the commando be a more of a suppressing role. (that's 9 more PL cannon/ 18 more MD/ 6 more swarm rounds) maybe buff damage bonus?

Then we give assaults the +5% light/sidearm reload speed bonus and change racial bonuses to something similar to below.

Amarr:
Current: -5% laser heat build up per level
I don't think this should change, people seem to like this but if it were to change i would give it a straight up armor bonus

New:
Keep current bonus OR (read that again) +7% armor hp per level
Reason:
this is more in line with the racial tendencies. Amarr skilled into armor upgrades would have a armor base of 405 compared to the gallente's 262 base (143 hp difference) without further movement penalty allowing them to tank more than any other assault.

Caldari:
Current: +5% rail light/sidearm reload speed per level
New: +20% shield recharge rate per level.
Reason: reload bonus would not be needed. This would make shield tanking more viable for cal Assaults and make it much less likely for them to be hybrid tanked (regulators look much more attractive now). this would give cal Assaults a base recharge rate of 60hp/s making them the best shield tankers.

Gallente:
Current: -5% blaster hip fire dispersion and kick per level
New: 1.2 armor rep rate per level
Reason: this is more in line with racial tendencies. at level 5 this would give the gal Assaults a total of 8hp/s (Gal Assault comes with 2hp/s) without using a slot allowing the gal Assault to have the best reps.

Minmatar:
Current: +5% projectile light/sidearm clip size per level
New: -12% shield delay/depleted delay and +0.4 armor rep rate per level (also fix slot layout)
Reason: this is more in line with racial tendencies that being the most versatile suit. the minmatar from what I've heard are more evenly tanked with a slight biased towards shields.

this would allow them to be the best hybrid tankers and the most versatile, however they would not be able to shield tank as well as Cal with a shield rep rate of 25, nor would they be able to armor tank as well as Gal or AM with an armor rep of 2hp/s and base armor hp of 169 (with armor upgrades lvl 5).

My goal with these bonuses was to make the assaults more self reliant than any other role allowing them to move ahead of the pack (behind scouts) and stay in high combat situations longer than other roles.

So tell me what you guys think is this good/bad ect. thanks for reading.

honestly I don't know why anyone complains about the assault rifle bonus the gall assault has.

a reduction to kick/dispersion allows the user to control his/her rifle much better with more deady accuracy. FROM hipfire.

ever tried a breach assault rifle on the gall assault? I can ensure it will rarely if ever miss. at levl 5 gall assault and ar sharpshooter 5. the hit rate on the gall assault is ludricous. don't get me started on the ion pistol. that thing is just mean and nasty.

as for the rep rate bonus. its not really needed. with 2 complex armour repairs the gall assault is capable of a whopping 20.75 (or was it 20.25) armour repair a second. far above any other suits self sustanabiltty.

*Cough*
Gallente/Caldari current bonuses are terrible, and the new bonuses aren't that much better.
Combined with the old, they'll reach the level of mega terrible! *tun tun tun*
*Cough*

On serious note:
The Gallente repair armor, Caldari repair shields, they're supposed to be about even in that regard with the Gallente slightly slower but having no delays.
That's not slightly slower.

So are you saying cal reps are too high or gal reps too low. Also take into consideration that rep tools and triage nanohives exist. what bonuses for cal/gal would you instead suggest.

I don't feel like thinking of new bonuses right now.

Anyway, I'm saying that the Caldari repair would completely outshine the Gallente repair, when they're supposed to be about equal, just in different ways.

As a minmatar assault...

I don't think you should take the current weapon bonuses away. Amarr is awesome (like you said), minmatar is awesome, I personally like gallentes, and I've heard many caldaris say the reload bonus is sweet.

I like the additional bonuses (maybe a bit too strong) but it probably won't happen. I think with HP and fitting buff for assaults in Charlie, the assault class will be balanced. These buffs will allow people to fit more regen orientated modules while still leaving the sandbox fairly wide open for each suit.