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[Thaago]

I just got a Dominator for a (mainly) combat skill focused character - and I love it! I'm kind of amazed at how great they are if you take care not to get a big enemy behind you.

Build:
2x Hellbore
2x Flak
3x Reaper (5 shot + 1 from perk)
7x light needler (I think there are 7 slots?)

Dedicated targeting core
Armored weapon mounts

I have the lvl 10 ballistics perk and about 3 levels in tech, so the vents/caps are nearly full. I've also found that the lvl 10 piloting perk is a game changer with this ship (speed bonus up to 25% flux). The Reapers are surprisingly versatile - long range "bowling" for destroyers is a heck of a lot of fun.

Anyone else have Dominator builds they really like?

[Flare]

I personally like the large autocannon IX in the large mounts with maulers in the medium slots. The maulers are good enough to remove armor once the shields are overwhelmed, and once the armor is ground away the autocannons do as much damage as the maulers.

Course though, this is incredibly vulnerable to fighters and bombers since the dominator is basically left with peashooters in all the small mounts.

[Cycerin]

Light Needlers are almost universally the key to making low/mid-tech ships work. Enough of them, and frigates can't even get close to you without having to back off, take hull damage or overload, leaving you free to do whatever you want. Maulers are also amazing on large ships with ITUs.

Personally I love flying it with Hephaestus ACs, a pair of flaks, light needlers and harpoon pods. Hullmods differ but generally, you'll want maneuvering jets.

[jimy]

I say that Autocannon + heavy armour + light assault guns at the front + Anhilator rocket pods + armored weapon turrets + armored engine + flak for the point defense is the ultimate heavy assault ship.
The tactic is too get the enemy flux high witht the autocannons and then brun drive into their face and spam rockets. The light assault guns do the rest.
In most fights they don't even get past the armour.

Also I almost made it to kill an Onslaught in a 1v1. Without any tricks and big movement we just faced each other and kept firing.
I actually only lost because I vented too early and was killed when the Onslaught had 5% hull.

[Reshy]

Why dedicated targeting core instead of integrated targeting unit?

[Thaago]

I don't have that hullmod in that game and I still find it awesome even though it costs more OP.

[Temjin]

I like the Mark IX Autocannons, Annihilator Rocket Pods, and flak. The autocannons devastate shields and the shotgun blast makes it work very well even against smaller, more mobile ships. The Rocket Pods strip armor and allow for a withering fusillade of fire that doesn't cost any flux. The flak protects you against bomber runs, torpedoes, and Harpoons.

I usually run a pair of Railguns or light needlers in the back to scare off hounds, with vulcans or heavy machine guns in the rest of the small slots to take down flankers.

[hadesian]

Gauss cannon sniper all the way