Edit: for real though its weak to phase ships
Oh, definitely. I don't even bother. What I do is kill everything that isn't a phase ship with the Odyssey, then pursue the retreating fleet and kill the phase ships/tankers with one of my "Little Macs":
Hyperion-class frigate
- Safety Overrides + Advanced Optics, max vents
- 2x Phase Lance
- 2x Reaper Torpedos
This little bastard is the fastest thing on the map and one of them can sometimes pop 2 cruisers and 6 destroyers before the enemy fleet has a chance to retreat. Very expensive to deploy though.
Tri-Tachyon fleets with their mass of fighters and bomber and phase ships are particularily annoying to fight against with an odyssey, though that might be true of Tri-Tachyon fleets in general.
I've always prioritized PD over hull mods and so this seems to not be an issue for me. I run my Odyssey with accelerated shields, stabilized shields, max vents, no capacitors, and every small mount with a PD weapon. With this and spark interceptors replacing my reaper bombers, I've never been very threatened by fighters. I approach with right side facing forward and it shreds the small ships. Once they're gone, turn to the left side and start melting carriers and cruisers. Then plasma burn away, circle around, rinse and repeat.
So, seems here are some good other loadouts:
- Conquest with mjolnir/gauss/locust. I've not given serious attention to any of these 3 weapons in my player ship so far, so I'm looking forward to trying this.
- Astral with Longbow/Khopesh and MLRS.