1. They cost time, materials, and base slots to build
2. See: NPC Bases
3. See: Point 2
4. Bases should be hard to siege.This isn't the singleplayer campaign where Trent can solo an entire station in a starflier. Bases are a moneysink, and if you could take one down with a few fighters then what would be the point?
"Now please, tell me, when did Weapon Platforms ever created better interactions or gameplay?"
>>>he hasn't been a part of a 20+ man coordinated siege on a defended core 4