Cool, thanks for sharing the detailed loadouts and notes! Really interesting to see you using Hephaestus as I kind of think that's a weak weapon, but its obviously working for you. Any thoughts about why you chose it and how its doing?
I'm morbidly curious about the same thing. HAG is such a weird weapon to me that I never got it to work on any ship, there's always a better alternative. I just look at it as a large weapon and then see the damage per shot, no thx. The crazy flux cost also throws me off a lot.
Between squalls, elite PD HMGs, rangefinder LACs, thunders, longbows and elite PD+target analysis monitors with 2 LMGs each shields aren't a problem.
Mark IX is out, flux stats aren't that hot and S/M ballistic doesn't have good 900 range HE options anyway. Storm needler is overkill, and 700 range.
Mjollnir eats too much flux for the damage, Onslaught has other weapons to worry about and 2 would be too much for the Dominator.
Hellbore is awesome, like the Manticores a lot so originally had 2 of them with it but they were a liability in hard fights.
It misses a lot more even with elite ballistic spec, turns very slowly and just doesn't have the same hull killing potential. Also easier to drop shields against.
While heph damage/shot sucks the double DPS+better accuracy kinda-sorta makes up for it in cracking armor, and once armor starts giving in the hull goes much faster.
Very nice for helping out the side guns for the Onslaught, Dominators can comfortably fire it with ordnance expertise so why not.
Also, I just like the sound. Onslaught burning into battle with TPCs and heph going feels super satisfying, somebody is going to have a BAD day
(almost)No joke alternative was Devastator.
Between gunnery implants, ballistic spec and elite PD the range gets silly and at low-medium ranges most shots connect so it HURTS for almost no flux use.
No range boost devastator:
Full range boost devastator:
