I really don't like where Rattati's going with the Assault, but i understand the motivation. Increasing hp is a safe answer, but it's about as uninspired as it gets.

Tbh i feel the same way about the proposals to increase dps & rof, but agree with the sentiment that the assault should be the class that pushes objectives.

Buffing hp and/or dps just leads to more disparity between vets and noobs, and leaves us playing the brick tank/dps game.

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So if we don't buff tank and dps what do we do?

My answer is buff by 2-3%/lvl of assault suit operation all the skill/abilities that allow an assault to apply damage: sprint speed, range, dispersion, reload, shield/armor recovery rate & delay, ammo capacity, melee, resupply rate, respawn time. Why? Because these buffs would do very little to help hapless noobs, but would be powerful in the hands of a competent merc. They are a buff for assaults who know how to assault, without inflicting hp inflation or dps inflation on the game.

Defining the assault suit around all those 'soft' skills also allows it to be a strong generalist suit, and as an added bonus we prolly wouldn't see a repeat of fotm fiascoes like the heartbreaking sadness that is the heavy/RR combo.

Imagine facing your mirror image opponent, but with them basically 10 to 15 percent better at everything. How is that fight going to go?

Buffing the soft skills will allow assaults to apply pressure sooner, harder and longer, and also allow them to quickly react and flexibly adapt to changes in the battlespace around them.

Looks like CCP intended the assault suit's advantage to be built in (i.e. It is a medium suit and it is for assaulting with a basic well-rounded, mid road ability). The suits were gimped from previous bonuses due to it being the go to suit for stomping and the other suits were falling by the wayside.

However, players don't want to use a suit simply because it is basically geared for its role as is esp. since the other suits are so effective.


CCP defeated the purpose of the assault suit altogether by gimping it just as they made the other suits better.

The idea of an assault is that it is a team endeaver. Assault suit should have squad boosting stats and be the group play suit. The heavy, commando and scout are the solo suits.


Bonus could be the person with the highest lvl suit skill boosts the squad damage so long as the squad member is within range of the defend order etc.

And how do they exceel in that role if i may ask? A heavy has more HP, more firepower and has much better fitting options. Give assaults a 100% bonus on damage mods so we could re create the old order.

Maybr on rifles but that would kill the sg. However buffing dps somehow would make the near equal h p stcking less affective and force them back into tjeir role.