To be honest, Archangel was pointless even on bombers. I would take the Excalibur over it any time. No change there. I don't think the current state needs changes in order to make certain weapons more or less useable on fighters. Just the same balancing changes as were done before. Maybe some greater concept to change inter-class balance... We shall see.
Four Archangles on a Spatial worked great, I love that ship...
Codes should be rare as they are experimental weapons that have to be looted from wrecks in the far corners of the universe... It's probably good that Fighters can only mount one or two of them at a time now... All you have to do with codes is fire sparingly untill you have a good shot then lay it on them. It's just different from spread fire weapons.
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Just whack 4 c0des on your fighter and shoot straight. Thats the idea. Simple. Dont spam gunfire. Codes are for pro's who opt for less shots and high damage.
I would 'LIKE' to see the range improved on codes but is it necessary?
I am pretty happy with codies the way they are. They are supposed to be good, but not godly weapons. They still need to have some disadvantages; mainly rarity will come into play, but lately I everyone I see is mounting at least 2 codies in lvl 10 spots so maybe that isn't a problem anymore.
Extra range and speed would start to tip them too far to the side of uberness. You can always aim more and shoot less. Energy is good where it is.