This is why I noted there is range bonus for side arms and the needs for a better side arms bunch such as carbine rifles.

Logis:

Well if you've been around the past days you already KNOW im against Logis being the most powerful suits. Here are some objective and FAIR ways that the drop suits could be balanced.

1st Option: Leave them as they are, but have a BIG CPU/PG decrease. Also replace the Path skill :+1HP to dropsuit armor rep rate , TO : 5% CPU/PG REDUCTION of equipment per level.

2nd Option:Limit the weapons they can use so people dont abuse Logi armors as Assault v.2.0. Weapons could be Sidearms, Laser rifles, Plasma cannons,shotguns,swarm launchers. No assault type weapons and no sniper rifles.

3rd option, have individual Balance tweaks to each suit:
Logi Min:- +0.2 speed increase.
- Minus one equipment slot.
Logi Cal: -Change= ''+5% efficiency to shield extenders per level ''/ To = '' +3% efficiency to shield extenders per level''
- 8 slots. take out 1 low powered slot [--]. Total 5-3
-Increase the Depleted shield recharge to 8s.
Logi Amarr:- 10 - 20 More Armor
- one more equipment slot
- 10 more stamina
Logi Gal:- 8 more stamina
- Sield recharge rate to 12 per s

SCOUTS:
The scouts got a huge nerf. The Proto suit from chromosome had a total of 6 slots (3 and 3) and now the maximum total is 5 slots for scouts. Any reason the scout s needed a NERF? And while all other suits got more powerful the scout is now even weaker.

Possible Fix:

-Both Drop Suits: Change Shield depleted time to 6s.
If speed is their thing, make them REAL speedy, + 0.2 in both movement and sprinting speed.

Scout Gal. Give them a High powered [ | ] Slot. That should make the trick . Total slots 6. ( 2 [ | ] and 4 [--] )
Scout Min. Give them Another High powered slot [ | ]. Total 6.. ( 4 [ | ] and 2 [--] )

Heavy:
The heavy is another weird case. Somehow the fact it now has 405 both shield and armor makes it gain great passive bonuses. They are cheaper , so thats good. But the fact that proto Logi suits can tank more and better than the heavy just beats its purpose.They are supposed to be he most powerful drop suits in terms of Resistance.

Possible Fix:
-1 High Powered slot [ | ]. Making it ( 2 [ | ] and 4 [--] ). If logis have so much slots because they dont have sidearms, Heavies deserve one more at least for not being able to carry equipment)
-Replace The +2% Heavy weapon Reload Speed. That path bonus is ******** since there is already a skill to do that and heavy weapons will always be slow to reload anyways. Instead put something usefull, like: +2% Armor Damage resistance. Similar like what Vehicles have, this skill would make that at level 5 of the Amarr heavy path the Soldier would receive 10% LESS DAMAGE FROM ALL WEAPONS while being hit (Applies only to armor, not shields). Not only would this make the suit a lot more attractive but actually worth in completing the whole Amarr Heavy path and give these drop suits a chance in the battlefield.As it is the bonuses of the heavy suit are just crap.
-Slight CPU/PG increase

Assaults:

The assault suits are pretty much balanced at the moment. They all have 7 slots except the Amarr that has 6.
Some minor twiches and they would be fine.

All assaults:Assaults are , well , offensive units. They need speed in order to be offensive. + 0.2 increase in speed too all assault suits. except Minmatar. Minmatar +0.2 movement speed and +0.1 sprinting speed.

Assault Minmatar: Increase Stamina to 200. Depleted Shield recharge to 8s.Shield recharge rate to 15/s.
Assault Caldari:I think the drop suit is balanced.With the speed increase they would do great.
Assault AMARR: Since they have as path bonus, something that benefits LASERS, a now almost useless weapon, give them 1 more equipment slot.
Assault Gal:I think the drop suit is balanced.With the speed increase they would do great.

I am not trying to 'nerf' the logi but encourage more of a support and assist role, not combat kings.

I am very open to the idea of giving them dual wield with the side arms. (provided they're one hand operational)

Concerning the MLT bonuses, allow me to refrain my earlier point.

You stated:

I can extract two meanings for that:

1. Generic bonuses that teaches how to fit that size/race before taking the later specilization into consideration.
2. Specific bonuses to certain modules that are supposed to show what that size is supposed to do later on.

The former could be composed in such a way that taking advantage of all of them is encouraged and intended to teach competent fitting.

The latter would need carefull balance as to not encourage hybrid builds that may stop beeing viable once we reach Military grade suits.

Of course this can very well be intended as a first lesson of specilization. I'm interested what you think about that.

Edit: Note to cosgar. Imagine what a potent range bonus would do to the flaylock.

Flaylock = Side Arm Mass Driver, and based on Fan fest was superior in damage and damage application in exception to range.