The payout scale is pretty much what I've been advocating for in the relative cover of the Xbox forum
I think it is a sensible improvement, though I think the cap is a little on the high end.
EDIT: Also, on the gunner role, is the decision to toggle all utils one of design simplicity sake or is there a road block in the coding of it? I had hoped to have specific control over utils, such as letting gunner use all of them except SCBs.