You mean you will keep the old weapons?
Of course not! But contrary to the Final 1.1, each faction has weapons in 4 major categories:
- fighter weapons
- corvette weapons
- frigate weapons
- capital ship weapons
Each category has subcategories, for example the Wraith has 2 capital ship weapons:
- large plasma weapons
- artillery plasma
And there are 3 major categories of ships:
- fighters
- frigates
- capital ship
And also here, each major category has subcategories
As the Hive shall be good against other capital ships and of course frigates, it has weapons that are very effective against corvettes, frigates, cruiser but mainly against battlecruisers and battleships.
So, all i wanted to say with this is, each ship has now a weaponry, that fits totally to its role in a fleet.

(contrary to the FInal 1.1, where we simply added weapons without any concept)