Caps with armour unbalanced? Ever fought a horde of gunboats or cruisers who've never heard of armour? In the same week, I fought a group of four Rogue gunboats and a group of three talarca cruisers, none had armour. Both times we had two or three bombers and a gunboat, as well as our own cruiser for the Talarcas. The bombers cut through them both times in less than five minutes.
Granted, they were all horrible pilots, but that's besides the point.