I hear there's a new Cybran anti-shield unit being proposed, like the Aeon disruptor. Recently, Cybran coms gained the ability to have nano (in addition to laser). It seems the balance team (who do amazing overall, you know I love you) are pushing to make the factions too similar. IMO, the differences between factions make the game great. When choosing a faction, you should be making a tradeoff: some cool toys unique to that faction, at the expense of a lack of some other things that belong only to other factions.