My longest fighter battle was in tau-23. Took me 2 full hours to take down 2 cylon raiders. TOO LONG.
Capships got it quite right - their recharges are enough for a single shield refill and max 2 hull refills. n fighters, it's more in both cases (not to mention if someone is handing fresh bots :angry:
Not getting rid of refills, not getting rid of universal armor... gee, that's tough.
Quick fight = large damage to a weak target.
Improve fihter guns more? nah... it would mean capships being owned yet again.
Loos klike that whatever gets done, it'll cause a chain reaction.
But maybe... Maybe as Treewyrm said - making ALL fighter guns get an insane, nearly instant-hit projectile speed. Won't make a differencewith capships (Which SHOULD have slower projectile speeds) and it'll accelerate fighter combat - fewer shots missed = more damage done.