Yes. A regular laser mounted in a heavy hardpoint will actually have two weapons that each fire, whereas a heavy laser will only have one.

That makes sense, but I really think that this should be more clearly presented in the ship design window, since right now there is no indication of that ...

Started playing the beta yesterday, like what I see so far. :D

I had a question regarding weapon mounts. I just researched the first few ships that can mount heavy weapons, and now the icons for my old, small mount weapons in the design screen have changed:

http://i.imgur.com/jV16yB0.jpg

The ...