Suggestion: Give all combat bots weapon "hardpoints" that can fit the bots' "standard" weapons (i.e. Medium EM guns on a Kain, Medium Missiles on Tyrannos, etc) and are included in chasis mass with no penalty to default speed. Any un-standard weapons (firearms, missiles on laser bots, etc) would have an increase in mass, but would still be tactically pheasible.
Reasoning: The current system encourages bots used in certain roles - artifact scanning (non-combat sites), scouts, transporting, EWAR, etc - to run around the planet unarmed (and rather unaesthetically pleasing). From a game-play perspective, you want all combat bots to be armed, even when the pilot may not have anticipated the need he now finds himself with to fire them. Ganking unarmed bots = no fun and having to leave your guns at home to get more speed is frustrating and simply un-fun.
All thoughts welcome, drop them below.