To be fair, Light Fighters are - by design - supposed to be a cheap, mass produced and, ideally, automated swarm. Light Fighters' strength is supposed to be in great numbers, small size and great evasion. The only realistic way to make it otherwise is to give them powerful missile armament because it will not have impact on the core. Buffing LF guns to higher damage output, on the other hand, is just a crutch.
This kind of "utility" approach will make them better, sure, but don't call them Light Fighters after that.
I think that LFs in general should be used more in crowd scenes.
