They do not, at least not in the long run. Why? Because it would ultimately be an SP and ISK sink.

Vehicles would eventually be balanced around pilot suits. This would mean that pilot suits wouldn't be so much an enhancement, but a necessity for vehicle users. You wouldn't wear it to get an edge: you would wear it to just perform at the standard tier.

That's why vehicle users don't really want pilot suits. They will give them nothing.

I never claimed superiority over anyone. Granted I lost my temper and insulted Spkr4theDead, though he did insult me first. I specifically said that I want conversation and have explicitly stated that no one person's view should be imposed rather we should talk about the issues of the game civilly and without passion. Passion clouds the logical mind because it makes us choose impulse and instinct over logic and reason.

Of course, because I won't play along to get along.

lol "vehicle alts"

Those that have "vehicle alts" still spout out the nonsense about how easy it is to use a vehicle and how difficult they are to destroy. Their opinion is moot because of that, especially if "they have 2/3 of their SP into vehicles." That makes them a majority pilot, and if they still complain about how hard AV is to use and how difficult it is to destroy vehicles, they might as well cut off their feet if they don't like the way they look.

Positive discussion? There is no "positive discussion" when someone that's not a pilot speaks for all those that ARE pilots and says "pilots don't want the pilot suit." There cannot be any rational discussion with someone that insane. That's like Hannibal Lector saying he eats people because he's hungry.

There cannot be rational discussion with people like that.

Belligerent? Hostile? Difficult? What do you expect me to do when infantry dictates the direction of vehicles, be quiet and say "thank you sir may I have another?" I'm supposed to shut my mouth when these people tell me how I'm supposed to play my desired role?

I hate infantry dictating the direction vehicles go in, and yeah, I want the pilot suits because I'm a pilot.

Aah I missed this, spkr's incoherent whining about because nobody is him or his friend Taki they shouldn't get a say as to how vehicles work, yet they are allowed to say how Infantry works, loving that logic.

Now I'm not saying that Spkr is entirely wrong their are somethings, that he says here I agree with, even if he lacks the tact to put them across elegantly.

1) Pilot Suits giving penalties based on race.
Shouldn't happen, if I put a Rail Rifle on a Minmatar suit, do I recieve a physical penalty to my stats? No. Do Caldari weapons synergise with Minmatar well? No. The conflicting styles are enough off a penalty in themselves, this should be the same with vehicles.

2) Pilot Suits giving fittings bonuses/reductions based on race
Can't happen, unless the devs find a way of incorporating Pilot Suits directly into the vehicle fitting screen, you will never be able to call in your fits, because they will all be invalid where you have built them with your suit in mind. While this makes for the simplest bonus to pilot suits, it's also the hardest to implement.

Now I'm not going to bother going over the bad points that spkr has made, I've tried that too many times and to be honest I already have an exercise in futility at home.

However when it comes to pilot suits, their main job is not to give bonuses to the vehicle user (not saying I'm opposed to them doing so, it just isn't the primary use). Their priority job is to turn vehicles into a fully fledged role, that the player entirely commits themself to. To stop the current situation where a player can stroll round in a tank, take a few hits, get out amd continue to slay as infantry.

To stop pilots operating as their own ground support, to stop vehicles being a very expensive second suit for a player.
I don't think the vehicles in the current state of play are ready for pilot suits, but they need to be introduced before(or as) the vehicle roster is completed.