I don't even buy this. Assaults should have a role, but in any class based FPS you should never just decide out of the gate that one role should be the "top killers." Talk about reducing the depth and strategy. If one class is the "top killer" why bother using anything else?

Each class should have it's own circumstance where they are "top killers" that do not significantly overlap, or else you not only minimize Logi's, but every other non Assault class.

Would "active" variant of passive modules be a thing?

Like Adrenaline that would cost a bit of capacitor but would give unlimited stamina during its duration? or maybe boost the effects of biotic modules?

or shield hardeners that provide a damage reduction while active?

these would provide strong benefits while active but rely cap to run and function.

My class idea, my .2 aurum idea.

Light dropsuit class.
Scout.
Medic.

Medium dropsuit class.
Assault.
Logi.

Heavy dropsuit class.
Sentinel.
Vanguard.

The problem with dust514 was the logi is also a medic. They get bonus point on healing and equipment. They can carry lots of repair nanohives and repair a lot on themselves thats why they great at slaying. They stand to shoot it out even against assault class.

First off I just want to ask, how will this all actually work in game? Will it actually be intuitive to be going into a menu to use your active modules whenever you need them? I feel like that would make things a bit cluttered and cause for easy frustrating mistakes. Perhaps hotkeys? Also what visual indicators will be present as tracking this stuff is harder in first person. Having multiple active modules with different cap drains could be especially overwhelming to newer players who frequently find themselves struggling simply to aim at and track a hostile, let alone tracking the duration of all active modules, that is assuming they remember to activate them as they're being shot at.

Just saying that using cap as a way to ease new players in....yea...not really buyin that particular bit. It's definitely gonna take getting used to as most FPS games have abilities that generally do something right away and go onto a cooldown. Which I 100% do not want.

This brings to mind another type of module which should exist amongst your ABC of Capacity. The D, if you will; Burst Modules. These are basically Heal X instantly, lose Y Cap instantly. Provide X% shield resistance (vs type if that comes into the game..but...simplification because thinking is hard #cry ) for 5 seconds, drain Y capacity etc etc.

- Emp grenades that deal Cap damage / reduce cap recharge / increase cap drain for set time?

What actual limit will there be for fitting suits if not PG / CPU? (if there are modules to up cap capacity what keeps you from continuously adding these then something that drains less or the same cap? Will all classes share the same module layout for their respective suits. If we do away with tiers too, what sense of progression is there past unlocks? How fast can we unlock things? How many things can we unlock at once? How long will it take to unlock everything, and what's left when you unlock everything? What does it actually take to unlock something? How does this make sense within the lore of the universe? (genuine question, I love lore just a lore noob) Once you unlock a module, do you access all versions of that module? If everything is balanced against the same cap scale (more benefit, more cap cost basically) how would one determine which is "better" for ISK balancing, or would all modules share the same cost? Will we even still have ISK if everything is unlocked and sidegrades?

well there one issue I thought of. Does cap regen only if no modules are active? or does it regen at a constant rate?

If cap regens at constant rate then we need to check the math again.

100 cap at 10 cap regen per second. module has an activation cost of 25 cap and duration of 5 seconds

25 cap / 5 seconds = 5 cap per second cost

cap regens at 10, so that means you could run the module forever. so duration of modules is very important. you could run two of the above module forever.

another scenario:

100 cap, 10 cap regen per second, module activation costs 50 cap and has a 2 second duration.

50 cap / 2 seconds = 25 cap per second cost

cap regens at 10 cap per second, and cap used per second is 25, so you're negative 15 cap per second

100 still have a total cap pool of 100. this would deplete at a rate of 15 cap per second.

100 cap / 15 cap per second would mean you modules would last for 6.6 seconds before you ran out of cap.

using additional modules would drain your cap even faster and you modules would last even less time than 6.6 seconds