Personally, I didn't hate the Vin, in spite of my ragging on it to get Raptor's goat, but I didn't care much for it, either. If they'd skipped the lasers, and just went with 2 full tachyon guns (vice the light tachyons it mounts) I'd not have minded it so much. And that puny single laser in the turret? Either double up on lasers, or put a mass driver back there, as was done with the Thunderbolt. One overglorified flashlight is hardly a disincentive, especially given the limited field of fire thanks to those huge tail fins.