Well sure, but that's part of balance - battleships were dead in the water Vs bombers, now they are a challenge.
I'm just talking about overall enjoyment playing them - they feel like the most boring class to me now, with how they move, how they shoot like 2-3 secondaries when you run out of core.
I'd just lower both damage and energy requirement, this ability to shoot 20% of your guns on regening core is just well, unfun. Docking in lanes is a category on it's own