[PvK]

Sure, but most of these things go way beyond the simple balance mod proposed in this thread, and could be done in many different ways.

Personally, I like SEIV Meson BLasters at range 6. I guess it'd be ok to extend the tech tree some levels to give range-8 Versions, but you'd need to mod some AI files to get the AI to research them. Again, way beyond the scope of a simple balance mod.

Which isn't to say that more comprehensive balance mods wouldn't be good to have, for their own sake...

PvK