My Two Cents on Class Parity
ScoutsEWAR (i.e. passive scans, active scans, range extenders) needs work, and we need to either rework/replace the currently lackluster passive scan bonuses or find a way to make them meaningful again (without being OP). I'd personally prefer seeing the CA Scout made into a decent passive scan platform and the AM Scout's bonuses replaced with either efficacy bonus to biotics or the scrambler pistol (either option would make it much more fun to play). Also, Scout scan profile normalization has been proposed by several different mercs (Varoth worked up a spreadsheet); I'm inclined to agree that this would be the best way to get Scouts other than Gallente back into competitive play. While profile normalization would disenfranchise the GalScout to a degree, it would make for a strong step toward restoring intra-class parity. Need be, we could later find a new edge to set the GalScout apart, but I don't think that this would prove necessary as the GalScout's base stats and slot layout alone make it a solid option. What is or isn't within the scope of hotfix here, I'm uncertain.
AssaultsUnpopular, I know, but we absolutely need to stop buffing Assaults or buffing things (like HP modules) which disproportionately benefit units with high slot counts (like Assaults); they're far enough ahead of the pack as is. Or so it seems to me.
SentinelsIf it is in fact happening on a large scale, Assaults winning toe-to-toe engagements against HMG Heavies is unacceptable. If reigning in slightly some of the more recent Assault buffs (i.e. slightly reduce Assault shield regen buffs, slightly reduce GA Assault RoF bonus) is for whatever reason is off the table, I don't see any option other than to buff heavies and deal with the pandora's box of power creep that follows.
LogisSee Spreadsheet below.
CommandosNo input at this time.
My Two Cents on Everything Else
Google DocIncludes hotfixable tweaks to the following:
Sniper Rifles
Swarm Launcher
Breach Shotgun
Assault Mass Driver
Nova Knives
Ion Pistol
Breach Flaylock
Sleek AV Grenade
Active Scanners
Cloak
Packed Remote Explosive
Proximity Mines
Small Blaster Turret
Range Extenders
Dropsuit Module Tier Progressions <--- somewhat poke Kevall; this one would improve NPE.* and a couple other things beyond the reach of hotfix (namely, a CalLogi buff and some EWAR tweaks)