Well i agree, the tauri are at an slight disadvantage with not having an artillery ship. But they also have the fastest ships and can often outmaneuver the enemy to get behind enemy lines.
I think It´s more difficult but in the hand of a skilled player the tauri are the strongest faction.
I remember when we had testmatches and some of the other used the oddyssey to cloak and get behind my lines, decloak destroy stuff with the ship and cloak again. It was infuriating! Real hit and run tactics