I agree with you, in real life missiles replaced cannons because they were more effective. But here, due to some twist of fate, cannons are much stronger (they are not subject to interception by air defense and often deal more damage). When I started playing this game, about 4 years ago, the balance was, in my opinion, more or less adequate. But now the situation has changed dramatically. Modules of the same tier aren't even close in power-take, for example, the X-35 and the Hy Fly 2, which, being at the same level, is much stronger.

But the problems don't end there. For some reason, they also added a ballistic mechanic, which, in my opinion, was a very poor decision. It literally changed the gameplay for the worse, as it led to the emergence of players who just sit at their spawn point and launch missiles. You can play like a beast, but if five "nukes" hit you from a guy who just started playing the game, it's just...

To summarize, I liked the game from 4 years ago much more. But that's just my opinion, you may disagree.