It's even easy in the current game, because you only need to mod one component. Replacing the -50% attack cooldown with a +50% attack damage, might just do the trick actually. But that's not my point. I play with a modded AI I made loosely based on Horemvores. If I thought this was personal preference, I wouldn't argue.

My point is, that I really don't see any good reason why it remained unchanged for all this time. It is obscenely overpowered, it should be easy to fix and it was reported on multiple occasions (in multiple forum threads).

Can we now build modules on starbases to give them more HP?

When designing starbases can we determine the weapon layout (number and strength of weapons)?

Do starbase weapons also fire individually like ship weapons?

Seeing that weapon and defense modules for starbases need all the resources for all three weapon types, wouldn't it be a better idea to break up those modules into three seperate ones so that you can upgrade all starbase weapons and defenses individually, according to the availabiliy of resources?