Are you seriously going to do this? Full room of guys who are meant to protect the figurehead of the entire command. They are not going to have any old schmuck in that armor. They're even lightsaber resistant, Snoke isn't going to just let Kylo Ren kill him, there needs to be some precautions. Or are you also forgetting Rey needed help in that battle to in order to just crap on a character you don't like?
And I know it's later on in this thread but what do you mean by "earning his keep"? Like everyone in this franchise has this benchmark for success.