Who uses Illuminator+HCruiser anyway? That's like the worst combo u can conjure up.
Not really. Let's remember that the Illuminators have -three- laser banks for anyone that tries to flank them, and that Destras can put out a lot of plasma fire, and that the pair of them benefit from the Halcyon's passive energy weapon cooldown/rate of fire ability.
~25 fully upgraded (+30% damage, +12% range) Illuminators were doing about 400-500+ alpha/volley damage to TEC capital ships (even Kols) in a game I was playing against the AI. The enemy caps and fleets just melted under that fire. Most structures just
vaporized within one or two volleys too. Illuminators, like the other LRFs, need to be micro'd for maximum damage of course.
The only things in my fleet that were actually out-damaging the illuminators were maybe my caps and the bomber swarm which spent a lot of time being boosted by a Rapture's Concentration Aura at level 3.
Likewise, the Destras (with +30% damage, +15% ROF and Ruthlessness) were doing a fair bit of damage - but not as much as that wall of illuminators.
It's like Kodiaks and Javelis'. The Kodiaks tackle and keep them busy whilst the Javelis' sit at range and pummel relentlessly w/ AOE munitions.
But with only 20 destras, 12 illums and 2 caps (and no defense), he rather deserved to get raept by your fleet - bombers are nasty.
