Wouldn't really call 1 medium + 1 potential medium slot a "bunch of missiles" for 20 DP. Manticore has that much missile firepower and it's not even built around it. Anyways I can't believe my eyes someone would say Fury is a safe ship, or more recent, that a pack of Furies mean business. No, both are factually wrong because my very first playthrough this patch, I had 3 Furies in my fleet probably 80% of the game. Eventually had to change them out because I was so disappointed with the performance and the biggest issue was them dying first in fights. All 3 were different versions of builds, all 3 were safe and sane builds, neither had a reckless officer, and all had 2 s-mods with maxed officers. Speed of a destroyer is a non argument when almost every fight they just burn in, maybe kill a frigate or two, and then get into a bad position where you have to rescue them. It's really not me crying about it because I ran a couple of sim tests. I played a full damn campaign with them and they're just underwhelming. I currently have an Eagle in my fleet and despite the slower speed it's a much better performing ship (and that's the one people think is weak right now!!). I'm not sure what else can I say to paint a clear picture that the Fury is the problem, not everything around it.
Speaking of other cruisers, think I'll make a separate topic for Eradicator, so this one doesn't get derailed.
Btw you don't have to compare Fury just to a ship of the same cost, compare it to an Apogee, Champion, Mora, etc. And see what each ship brings to a fight compared to our little topic here.