So the general feeling I get from the Noir ships (I haven't touched Looters, they simply don't appeal to me) is that they have massively overtuned shields/flux, but very poor weapons, aside from the Ghost. Most of the weapons seem to be directed at the back of the ships, especially in the case of the Ame, which leads to them being more or less unusable especially for AI.
Fighters seem to follow the same trend, extreme shields, poor weapons, although for fighters that's probably leaning them more into the overpowered territory rather than less useful.