unfortunatly all the balance issues (even the TEC's lone combat-orientated ship, the Marza) is being "balanaced" for multiplayer issues:(
apparently despite it being a Dreadnought (and the only one of its class) it should be able to provide as much firepower as it does (according to all the non-TEC players)
also i didnt notice untill recently but the Vasaari's starbase actually moves around :s