repulser beam - OP?

[necrodoom]

it seems that high leveled repulser beams are way too powerful against short ranged ships. on one multiplayer match, i got in a match between starbases, mine being a battle and his more of a cargo carrier. as my starbase got close, the enemy's repulser beam fires and throws my ship out of the combat zone aswell as the sector itself. made it impossible to beat him.