On the older Klingon ships, you'll notice that almost all of the phasers can fire to the rear of the ship. This was originally to deal with Kzinti drones. The phaser-2s are intended to do double duty, defensively as drone defense and offensively up close. Not much use in the sabre dance, but in SFB Klingons have DERFACS [Disruptor Extended Range Fire Something Something System] which makes their disruptors more accurate at long range. That makes up for the relative weakness of the phasers.
The Klingon D5 was a radical design, it used fewer but better phasers and used a special fire control system called "aegis" to improve its drone defenses. (In FC, the seeking weapon impact system works kind of like aegis works in SFB.)
Klingon D4 Early Cruiser
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Yes you're right about the disruptor fire control systems. I'm quite glad these are standardised in FC, it does make things simpler although admittedly you do lose a bit of detail and individuality because of it. The Klingon wing phasers were also installed in the palces they were to provide all-round drone defence when fighting the Kzintis, weren't they?