Every year, up until this one, there has been a Bane Emitter upgrade. Taking out these Phantoms at 220k+ hull is not worth it if there is no chance of getting anything useful.

I mean, I was really looking to a "ReallyFreakingScary Bane Emitter" this year.....

Look harder next time...

From here:

I should add to this by saying, the Bane Dread, from which this drops, is Rank 2k+ Only.

so the bane dread does drop a ship mod cool lol all i got so far is the traps so lol but good to know the 400k+ hull with over 200k defense is still worth smashing lol

So far I've gotten 1 gun out of 19 kills from them...

Ahhhh. I'm just not big enough to play with the big boys. Only 1530.

Question answered. Thanks.

Well gee thanks for the kick in the nuts for those of us around rank 1500, Dan.
This years event is a waste of time for us under 2k, since we already have the terror charged emitters from last year.

I'll just hunt the big boss illuciar, since the phantoms are a bust for us.

Hey don't forget , there are those sexy bane skins, the Super-duper EXTREME (like nachos) hall of torment, and the ever loved bane traps. I found a guy the other day with 7 active traps....

Bane--because 7 is a lucky #. (at least i know i don't wanna use two null fuses and waste e just to trip the halc)

I am a little sad the horror charged requires level 2k. That seems antithetical to what Dan usually does. The norm has been to hose down the tier 1 high ranks and let us mid levels (1530 as we speak) see the lion's share. For us, there truly is not a weapons upgrade this season. But hey, not sure the 'upgrade' is all that critical anymore at this rank...really more a prestige thing.

maybe next year we can get a ungrade drop. lower upkeep increas atk. better systems easser to maintain. dont see why upkeep always has to sky rocket. like some kinda rock'et man