I think that these latest updates have really harmed the carrier. First, they took away the carriers ability to combat-hug, which was a huge part of what made playing it fun, then they took away mutators which will cripple it beyond repair.
The queen no longer can take faster laying and the carriers can not increase their capacity.
Therefore carriers will end up carrying around a few huggers at most and have to rely on everyone else to MAYBE get a hug on someone. Meanwhile, if there are multiple carriers in a hive it will make it that much worse.
I would be ok if they didnt bring back the STAT mutators but they did restore ones like faster laying, more carry capacity, stronger acid etc. Their mutators added a really nice flavor and make the Xenos more fun to play.