i mostly deal with larger vessels, this is a pretty good ship for my fleet.
nice upgrade

The Mk.I was decent at handling enemy fighter if they were suing the previous meta, which is to say Gatling Guns and Rocket Launchers.

But now fighters are packing Assault Cannons and Artillery, so the Mk.II needed more fire power that could fire at an extended range, plus be able to deal damage at said range.

Hence the upgrade.

The Akula Mk.I was a good ship due to it's anti small grid capabilities and it's low Pcu and generally low cost, dunno why you'd make one with anti large grid capabilities when you could just make a Protos Corvette which bridges the gap between it and an Atlas Frigate. Still a good update.