As title says, before this whole update fiasco and complete changes, let's say 2016, carriers were quite literally a fearsome force. They were able to instantly snap huggers into your face by simply throwing them directly at your sprite, how was this avoidable you ask? You press the throw button and pray you catch the hugger, from which then you were able to drop it and end its life. I've done this a lot of times back then and it was super satisfying knowing you just caught a game ender. You were also able to take huggers off other marines and after several hugger removals, if the carrier caught them again, it would fracture their skull by repeated melting/aciding to the face, there was the waiting game, did you get impregnated or did you not by watching the symptoms. I really want some of these mechanics back and I believe devouring should be eradicated completely as a way to balance this out.
This new permanent nesting update brought down carriers to a mere sack of shit, all they're able to do is lay traps and wait around until some warrior brings a captured to him so he can take time planting the hugger, they can't even use the eggsack properly anymore without queen being in ovi and within fifteen tile radius. Carriers are no longer feared, they're absolute garbage, please make them not garbage, thanks.
Also, this update made ungas even more aggressive with their pushes, knowing they can't get caught by a hugger that easily anymore, capture rates dropped by a lot.