Ships & Modules

It's "decent" Hi-Sec "all in one-solo-exploration" cruiser (scorch at 23+5 that lasts for days, 2 utility highs, 1 mid for codebreaker). And for spinning in hangar ;)
Needs Large Cap Battery II to work. Was using it in BloodRider space can do everything - kinda fun.


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[Phantasm, Exploration.T2]
Damage Control II
Heat Sink II
Heat Sink II

EM Ward Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Medium Shield Booster II
10MN Afterburner II
Codebreaker I /// Change this to LSE II for some buffer for combat sites (hisec has stations allover so refit is ez)
Large Capacitor Battery II /// solves cap issues without boosters, counters BloodRider NOS a bit ;)

Heavy Pulse Laser II, Scorch M
Heavy Pulse Laser II, Scorch M
Heavy Pulse Laser II, Scorch M
Sisters Core Probe Launcher, Sisters Core Scanner Probe I
Salvager I /// Change to Medium NOS or something if you use Salvage Drones (helps vs bloodriders sometimes)

Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I // Can change 1 rig to something else if you have cap implants - Amarrians usually do ;)

Hobgoblin II x3

425dps - 23+5 scorch (this is range you need in Blood Vigil, pocket 2 for EM fields - or your tank fails when things get in range)
571dps - 7.5+5 conflag
111 dps tank (vs lasers) // 6400shields with LSE // 71em , 51therm, 63kin, 69exp
560m/s

Pretty sure there are ships that do this better for same price, but it worked with my skills. And yea putting some faction mods on it, quickly improves fit.

Just throwing it out there:

A 100% damage bonus is basically a capacitor bonus - you are doing the damage of 6 lasers at the cost of firing 3 lasers - just as if you had 6 lasers with a -50% cap usage bonus.

However, its base capacitor stats still suck - but the problem isn't the ship bonus.

All the Sansha ships need a buff IMO, yes, even the nightmare (but not as much as the cruiser and the succubus)

You could keep the weak cap and give it a range bonus to nos, that way your rapidly draining capacitor would ensure the function of your nos.
I'd like to see the phantasm actually be anything other than a pile of meh. I'm torn whether or not the succubus should get buffed; it has to be the ugliest ship in space.

MANY years ago they used to have an armor tank :) 6 lows iirc. Oh thems where the days

What?

Actually from a skill perspective it IS part Amarrian... you need Amarr Cruiser (hence the lazorz) and Caldari Cruiser (hence the shield tank) both to fly it.

But as for what to use it for... I have one that I fly for solo exploration, running probed sites with it. I prefer beams personally and the tank on it isn't that bad and with max cap skills and/or implants that help with cap it makes it more viable. I don't have my fit handy but if I get a chance later I will add it.

Thats gotta be the best way to blow 2 bill ever! i want one!

No... it's really not.

-Liang

Understatement of the year there. A missile Phantasm is a Caldari ship. It uses Caldari weapons, Caldari tank, Caldari slot layout, etc. There is nothing at all Amarr about it. And since there are already plenty of good shield tanking missile ships it's a redundant Caldari ship.

Also, the Vindicator and Bhaalgorn are Minmatar because of their web bonuses and (in the case of the Vindicator) speed. The Machariel isn't Gallente, but CCP's utter stupidity with the Angel ships doesn't excuse making the Sansha ones just as bad.

The Omen can do that better, truth be told. If a small frigate gang shows up out of nowhere, the Omen has a drone nay, drones to spare, and solid DPS at range. Before the Omen was buffed (something like January of last year was when I did this) I took on a small gang of frigates in a solo Omen and handled them. I think even two Jaguars were involved.

As people have said, the Phantasm is lackluster as a cruiser. I will admit I enjoyed it for the very short time I piloted it, but I realized very quickly that both the Omen and Omen Navy Issue could do the same things, but better. Wit hthe changes to the Omen, base stats make it a much more profitable ship. It has higher base speed, higher base agility...and for a lot less than the Phantasm. Just as a comparison, I'll give you the fitting of my Omen as opposed to a similar fitting of the Phantasm:

[Omen, Comparison]
Damage Control II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Adaptive Nano Plating II
Heat Sink II
Heat Sink II
Nanofiber Internal Structure II

Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
Warp Disruptor II
Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I

Heavy Pulse Laser II, Scorch M
Heavy Pulse Laser II, Scorch M
Heavy Pulse Laser II, Scorch M
Heavy Pulse Laser II, Scorch M
Heavy Pulse Laser II, Scorch M

Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
Medium Energy Metastasis Adjuster I


Warrior II x5
Warrior II x3


[Phantasm, Comparison]
Damage Control II
Heat Sink II
Heat Sink II

Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
Warp Disruptor II
Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I
Medium Electrochemical Capacitor Booster I, Cap Booster 25
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II

Heavy Pulse Laser II, Scorch M
Heavy Pulse Laser II, Scorch M
Heavy Pulse Laser II, Scorch M
Small Energy Neutralizer II
Small Energy Neutralizer II

Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I


Warrior II x3

Overall (assuming equal skills), the Omen has slightly over 400 more velocity (1,936 to 1,521) and better align time/agility. The Phantasm, however, slightly nudges out the Omen in terms of DPS (414 to 405) but significant more alpha (1,123 to the Omen's 749). Overall for the "kitey" ships I believe the base Omen to be better by far.