The more I play the less and less I find myself using assault. If i'm on a vehicle map I'm playing usually Engineer, then recon and lastly, Support. If I'm on an infantry only map I'll usually choose Support, followed by Recon, and lastly Assault. Although Assault and Recon are a bit interchangeable on Infantry maps.
My point being that Assault is usually last pic despite having the powerful spawn beacon and increased capture rate. It's a jack of NO trades currently.
So thinking on this for a while I have come up with this proposal without adding any new weapons.
Give them smoke grenades.
Give them C4.
Maybe remove the supply pouch from Support and give it to Assault but have a slow resupply and allow only 2.
And this one will take a bit of programming but remove Flash and Stun grenades from the game and combine the flash and stun abilities into one new grenade called: Concussion.
Concussion grenades: Flash, Stun, and does half the damage of the Frag grenade. Start with 1 and can have up to 2.
Possibly remove the fast cap ability if it is now too powerful with these meaningful gadgets.
This class used to be my favorite during season 1 but the more I played the more I learned it really is lacking in every area.
With these changes it can truly be a jack of all trades and master of none. Able to do a little bit of everything to help out in any situation.
I really hope BF Labs can pick this up and run with it.

You are right, hagental and it's probably the most picked class next to medic. I don't think a lot of players know how good the spawn beacon can be as you can continuously assault a flag plus you have to unlock it through challenge's. I think all classes should have smoke but the rest can stay as is. I would argue that the stim is a self revive or exchange it for the ladder.

Honestly, assault is fine. The only thing in dire need of changes/buffs is X ability.

Every class is fun. Assault is very good to flank & capture points. I would say recon is trollolo class.

No, assault is not fine. Sure it can be fun, but I would rather play any other class. Recon is awesome. If you only use recon for claymores and C4 you can have an awesome time. Like I said, I started playing Assault as my main during the launch of the game. I would rather just play Support over assault since it can pretty much do the same thing except for the spawn beacon which isn't a big problem since it pretty much does the same thing as spawning on a teammate. Ever notice how barely anyone plays assault these days?
You are lying to yourself if you claim the least used class with the least useful gadgets, except the spawn beacon, is some how fine.

No, assault is not fine. Sure it can be fun, but I would rather play any other class. Recon is awesome. If you only use recon for claymores and C4 you can have an awesome time. Like I said, I started playing Assault as my main during the launch of the game. I would rather just play Support over assault since it can pretty much do the same thing except for the spawn beacon which isn't a big problem since it pretty much does the same thing as spawning on a teammate. Ever notice how barely anyone plays assault these days?
You are lying to yourself if you claim the least used class with the least useful gadgets, except the spawn beacon, is some how fine.
Skill issue.

No, assault is not fine. Sure it can be fun, but I would rather play any other class. Recon is awesome. If you only use recon for claymores and C4 you can have an awesome time. Like I said, I started playing Assault as my main during the launch of the game. I would rather just play Support over assault since it can pretty much do the same thing except for the spawn beacon which isn't a big problem since it pretty much does the same thing as spawning on a teammate. Ever notice how barely anyone plays assault these days?
You are lying to yourself if you claim the least used class with the least useful gadgets, except the spawn beacon, is some how fine.
Skill issue.
You should have mentioned you were a troll to begin with. Would have saved me some time.

Assault is op if you play CQ, especially if you are with a Support player... Other than that, I mean its "fine" if you play default big map modes.

I think assault is good enough as is, if there's any aspect of the class that needs to be improved it's the adrenal injector.
Assault has various tools that make it easier for your team to assault positions, such as the assault ladder and spawn beacon. The grenade launchers are also really good for alpha strikes and driving enemies from cover.
Most people who steer away from assault do so because they don't understand just how valuable those tools are to a team.

Skill issue.
You should have mentioned you were a troll to begin with. Would have saved me some time.
You should have mentioned you were just bad at the game to begin with. Would have saved me some time

assault is great because you get a nade launcher and a shotgun,

Assault is by fundamentals of the game an useless class, and there's no saying otherwise. The role doesn't add anything besides... the spawn beacon that due to how the maps are made it becomes pointless. They should go back to the Bad Company 2/Battlefield 3 class system. They should separate ammo from healing, and have both a Medic class and a Support class. Everyone that used to play Assault from BFV and BF1 are just playing Support now because at the end of the day its a selfish class

2 primary weapons a spawn beacon and the ability to cap a flag faster than any other class, its fine.