Yes, we started enforcing licenses because otherwise you could level up, add stuff, and then level back down and still have everything. Reserves for unlicensed gear are available to add for specific modules but there’s not a way to add them to a pilot in the general roster. I’ll make a note to see how we can support it, but since reserves are somewhat niche it’s not going to be high priority.
If you want a quicker-but-more-labor-intensive solution, you could join the discord and pick up the modkit to mod in your desired stuff yourself.