- Irrelevant; campaign ships commonly have d-mods and those present in this battle didn't determine the outcome
Depends on what you're fighting. Expdrones, pathers, Luddic Church and (sometimes) pirates will have lots of d-mods, but what about everyone else?
If you can see the chaos caused by *one* lone 8DP ship, imagine that one ship accompanied by a proper fleet... and you're saying the video is an example biased in favor of the player? For real? 8 deployment points versus 200, and the one that's getting a raw deal here is the AI? Not the player, with 29 endgame ships they're choosing not to deploy?
Yeah, those aren't situations you encounter in campaign. Rarely ever will you fight 200 (and at some point, just 200) DP worth of ships that has d-mods, has no officers and no commander. That's why others don't find this demonstration relevant: it's not what you encounter in the game.
Other than that, yeah, phase ships are pretty good player ships, even after the nerf.