On Foot: Shields need to be nerfed and/ or time to kill once shields are down need to be 1/ 2 bullets. when raiding a settlement and you get 3+ guards on you no matter how good your aim is you cant do anything! there is no skill gap. the time to kill is way to long especially for gunfights in space! not to mention the current optimisation, 20 fps and 10 seconds per soldier your finished. it is not fun! also disembarking from my ship without landing is needed! a lot of settlements i cannot land my corvette near, so why cant i drop out like the soldiers in the training then dismiss my ship? or you could make a ship launched fighter made for landing? also i would love to disembark in my fleet carrier and walk around a view lounge/ give my squadron access to the bridge.
The swarm style AI is indeed challenging on foot when you're using a level 2 suit and gear. You really need those shield grenades and need to outhink the AI. They don't jump, so you can get on things and wait until they run up the stairs, you can use the SRV to gun then, rockets from your ship, etc. Dump the 'vette and fly a small ship for the foot missions. I'm using the Cobra IV I got for Horizons, armed with dumbfire rockets and 2 SRVs and it's great. Easy to land, etc.