Something about Phase Charges:
I don't know how many of you guys tried it, and realised how powerful it is as a weapon.
In this scenario, I use Dominator armed with three hardpointed Phase Charge Launchers. Now, I know it is a heavy cruiser, but truth to be told, any ship can make it, provided it has enough Medium Missile slots (2 is good, 3 is perfect). Why? Because you will take almost no damage whatsoever, as I shall demonstrate.
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http://i47.tinypic.com/9td7nr.pngExpanded missile rack helps a lot, so you can spam charges. As I said before, you can take 0 capacitors/vents, it doesn't matter really, I did, because it was a test, and I didn't know yet.
Now, let's start with entire simulation fighter fleet: (note: I screen'd at wrong moment, and didn't catch selecting fighters, you can see them on the next one, in the upper left corner)
http://i45.tinypic.com/vqhav5.pngThe tactic is to turn your ship from one side to another, while shooting Phase Charges (they are on alternating fire):
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http://i46.tinypic.com/30nexc2.png3.
http://i47.tinypic.com/1rx24w.pngOn this one you can see that Gladiuses are the only ones that will ever hit you, because they have biggest range and flank you from both sides. Nevertheless, they will be ripped to pieces in just a moment:
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http://i46.tinypic.com/20t33x1.png5.
http://i46.tinypic.com/zsapi.pngOne Phase Charge is enough to take down entire Talon wing, most of the time. When you shoot at least two of them at a time... fighters just don't stand a chance.
So I thought, let's see how this works out in a real fight - my Dominator(same setup as before) versus simulation Dominator:
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http://i46.tinypic.com/2rdf6h5.pngJust shoot in his general direction, lead the target, bring up your shields from time to time so that he doesn't destroy your missile mounts, and watch him die.
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http://i47.tinypic.com/2hfl6cp.pngAnd that's it. He doesn't even last a minute. No overloads, no hull damage, no visible armor damage.
All this might be useless after the patch, as I cannot easily predict how this weapon will work after changes. But still, for fun
And maybe it will help Alex in future balance, et cetera.