The problem I think here is actually a real problem.
The punisher has adequate PG and CPU to fit dual 400mm compact plates an MWD and a scram with 4 off 125mm AC’s in the top.
This gives the Punisher approx 107 dps & 20,000 effective hitpoints.
Twenty… Thousand… Effective Hitpoints. Without boosts or implants. or any fitting modules / implants
Personally. I agree. This is cancer to the T1 frigate balance. No other T1 non faction frigate can compete with these numbers. And the real trick is to fly in a pair. One with a scram and the other with a web. This ship needs to be hit with the nerf hammer.