Apogee... I consider that ship undervalued - probably too cheap at 18 DP. It feels more like a 20 DP ship.
Problem with Falcon/Eagle's energy mounts is they are set so far back that it eats into their range. At least Fury's big mounts are near the front.
I mean a gravitons 200 dps vs shields vs a tacs 75 isn't that bad right? You might not bypass the venting but losing 200 flux venting from a single ship does help give the heavy blaster a chance to compete.
Only if it overcomes dissipation. One graviton will not do it against most ships. If you plan to have multiple beam ships gang up on one ship, then fine, graviton may get the job done. But, if ships wander around and get into their separate duels, I do not see them stacking enough beams to be effective, barring exceptions like Eagle or Paragon.
The 200 is anti-shield only, and all of it is soft-flux - bleh! Against armor, it is only 50.
I use Tactical Laser to pile a little damage against non-shield defenses. I expect continuous beams to be absorbed harmlessly by shields.
It also has a 180 degree Omni Shield which means the Front Shield Conversion will give it 360+half cost. It's kind of an OP tax but I'm ok with that.
If I plan to spam blasters, I want it anyway for the shield upkeep discount, although I will not say no to 360 shields. Even with Aurora today, if I pass on missiles and leave most mounts empty aside from blasters, Front Shields are a must for two blaster only Aurora to keep it cool.
Yeah there's no way it could support 2 Heavy Blasters (maybe with SO), I think even one is going to be pretty much close to its dissipation since Alex said it doesn't have enough flux for all potential forward weapons (2 medium and 2 small energies). And with 4 total small energies that can't even shoot all at one point, guess what they'll always be used for. Build I have in my head is a Pulse laser with Phase lance and a Typhoon maybe, but I'll probably end up with Sabots in the end.
I doubt I would even fill the small mounts with anything except some form of PD. Maybe IR Pulse Lasers for anti-fighter or anti-frigate if those medium mounts do not swivel enough.