I have to say, of all the cruisers I flew in the last version (1 of each House), the Liberty Cruiser was my least favourite. When loading up, you think "oh, yeah, I have this big gun, I can mount less heavies", but, when it actually comes to a fight, you'll start wondering why you decided not to mount a LM...
Sure, it is a small-ish cruiser, but it'd be much nicer to fly if the forward gun was replaced with another turret slot...
(Oh, and the only thing I ever managed to hit repeatedly with the forward gun was a bomber...that insisted on jousting me 1v1...)