I want to drive the Deliverer in Reinforced Armor

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The Deliverer is one of my favorite vehicles, and it is one I generally cert in at high levels. However, in my experience, it is rare to see these vehicles being used to transport squads around. In random pickup squads it makes sense, because the odds of finding two deliverer drivers hanging around the sanctuary is slim at best. On the other hand, there is a sizable gap between the firepower that can be brought to the field by a squad with two deliferers and either a galaxy or sunderer squad. That difference is exactly two MAXes.

I don't thinking adding a MAX slot to the deliverer would be the best way to address the firepower disparity, because I think the max limitation is interesting and appropriate to the class of the vehicle. Instead, like the subject says, I wish the Deliverer was treated as an open cockpit vehicle for the purpose pilot armor. This helps close the gaps, as a squad of 10 reifs can easily perform on par with a squad of 7 reifs, 2 maxes, and an agile.

I started this thread after listening to the latest Smokejumper interview on AGN. I'm the one that submitted the question so I decided to take his advice and post the reasoning behind the question.

If he meant to post this on the official forums, oh well sorry Deliverer pilots. I'm not posting over there until they stop nazi-banning people for having unpopular opinions.