I think I'm gonna be hated on for this but I think all these spool-time/charge-time/range etc. bonuses on certain weapons will remain as garbage bonuses. The reason? They pinhole the suit into a specific weapon thus subverting all customization.

Stay with me here. Look at the Scout and Sentinel bonuses. Do you notice something? The bonuses every Scout and Sentinel gets applies to their suit REGARDLESS of how they fit it. They get base stat bonuses to scanning, hacking, damage reduction, etc. This allows them to use any fit they choose and STILL get a bonus from the suit. Why then can this logic not be applied to Medium Frames?

I simply don't understand the desire to force a Caldari Assault to only use Rail Rifles, a Gallente to only use an AR, etc. This completely goes against the logic of customizing your suit to your preferences. Can we not completely redo the bonuses such that the bonuses will be useful no matter the weapon?

This is honestly one of many reasons Assaults remain so lackluster.

How about this instead:

We balance the weapons accordingly and independently such that they're not complete garbage in the hands of anyone but their respective racial variant, and then proceed to give the suits according bonuses relative to their designed racial lore. Tune the rail rifle a bit. Take the Amarr bonus and apply it across the board to all laser weapons. THEN proceed to give each racial variant a useful Assault-oriented bonus.

I'm just making this up out of my ass but something like

Caldari gets some sort of shield regen/delay bonus.
Gallente gets armor repair/reduced armor usage penalties.
Minmatarr gets speed/stamina/shield regen or what have you.
Amarr gets some sort of hybrid shield/armor bonus or something.

Make the bonuses appealing and not pinhole the suit into a specific weapon. I want to run a Caldari Assault with a Combat Rifle because I like shields and I like burst-fire. Right now I can do that but my suit bonus does NOTHING for me.

Take the design philosophy from Scouts and Sentinels and apply it here. It doesn't make sense that Scouts and Sentinels get the privilege of completely free customization while the Medium Frames are limited to specific weapons.