Revert cruiser slots changes

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The changes for cruisers and battlecruisers feel artificial because they are artificial. I once mentioned in the playtester channels how the backwards cruiser (even on the initial new battlecruiser heavies) weapons feel unnatural especially on slots and ships where previously such weapons were safely able to do full turns. It's a chronic problem that lasts for more than a decade on how capital ships were modeled as if they were enormous fighters, with all guns trying to fire forwards, with little care for rear and broadside ship modelling and placement. This is why limited arc guns feel extremely jarring, even silly, to look at.

I think we all can agree that remodeling every single cap to fit the new gameplay is out of the question.

Back to the original topic, I think creating new, exclusively defensive slot weapons like the battlecruiser heavy treatment and moving the 3 fan favorites (shard, impact, storm) back to the front a good start. Even better if some weapons like the tachyon, blasters and repeaters are allowed to be placed anywhere and able to do full turns as I can now have many more so called viable loadouts. I've been dueling in conn almost exclusively with my cruisers, and the two options consisting of tachyon/mortar becomes dull very quickly.

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