So in which kind of scenario does a carrier in need of extra armor. I would like to see the reasoning behind that beside “skill issues” 
when died to more mechanically skilled player. And the reasoning of open ground is dumb since I can counter with “queen can die in open ground”.
And the reason of a chasing marine shooting carrier down, why could such marine in that situation in the 1st place. The reasons would boil down to hive “skill issue”. You can’t punish the good player winning by their skills with “this caste should have more stuffs”.
And since I lack playtime on carrier perspective I will use my playtime in pfc to justify how hard it is to have an opportunity to chase down a lone t2 or even t3. And yes I sunk hundreds of hours using the worthless guns like m39, dual mod88 or the m16 and not once I made a thread on “x to be better”, iirc.
Case in point:
Also thanks @pvtHugger for a crisp thread on carrier.