I 100% agree that fighter fights need to end quickly. However we would need to address transports again. In a fight with tank target I had a C-trans, normal armour mark 8, and 8 turrets which did 400 at the time. I was also short 130 bats and bots because I just bought the ship. That fight took over 2 hours and we were evenly matched the whole way time. I eventually lost (I flew into explosive gas hoping it would help, but I was shielding him and taking all of those hits)
Now if transports remain as is, and the fighters are given weaker armour, a transport will rape incoming fighters in seconds.