By not balancing after the 2% who can actually abuse the game mechanics, you open them up to destroy literally everyone else even easier. For the duration of the Cortez event one of my faction members (who is arguably one of the best snub players in the mod) made a Plier, and killed people that were hugging 10 capital ships without losing Nanobots and getting out alive after.
If you give everyone tools to easily destroy other people, there's always going to be the guys on top that use it and it'll make your life even more miserable than before