I've seen the Domina activate Persererance on a nearly full-health Radiance before, along with countless frigates. Its not that rare for me.

It definitely needs a buff. Although it could be made to be better via removing the channeling part of Perseverance, or via removing the face-target requirement, that doesn't really fit in that well with the Advent's general feel. Especially given the research cost of Perseverance, something needs to be done. It might be enough to simply increase the repair rate from 25 hull/sec to 45 hull/sec or so (combined with a reduced ability duration). Although that's quite a lot, I think the research cost justifies it, especially since it'll mostly be used just on capital ships and large structures. Players need to be incentivized to actually build Dominas, and for that Dominas need to be effective in conjunction with other ships to support the Advent fleet.

doesnt it have to stay still too? or is that fixed now? Something was changed on them in 1.32, what was it?

Channeling is actually an advent concentration prayer as they gather all the psitech energy to heal there wounded brother and sister ships. What no one tells everyone back at camp is by the time they finished praying there usually isn't anything left to save.

What I don't get is why people try to get the Domina to be a healer as though that were its intended role.

Until the domina is fixed it's best viable use is as a micro'd Tier-6 repair unit.

Really the problem is with synchronized single target abilities. In the case of the Domina both abilities are this way. The problem with synchronized single target abilities is they tend to target the same unit due to the current targetting mechanism. Additionally because the are synchronized with ApplyTargettedBuffToSelf there is no way for then engine to know the intended sub-buff has already been applied to the target (hence multiple Domina's target the same unit wasting AM). Abilities that use ApplyBuffToTarget do not encounter this situation because a pre-check is performed to exclude potential targets that already have the intended buff applied.

Yup; I've suggested exactly that before.  The Guidance ability needs more synergies, and the Domina needs a rework.  I've suggested allowing it to channel multiple abilities simultaneously and then removing its requirement to face its target.  This would allow it to continue to "grab" different targets while still channeling and keeping existing targets, vastly increasing its power.

well, this is the main problem with the Domina: It's designed to be second-class.

It supposed to be a Hoshiko and a Subverter combined, but it can't be better than either one. The best path would be a completely new set of abilities and role for this ship, but working with the intended design... this is how it goes.

On the other hand, although the Domina is by far the worst, doesnt every race have 1 weak Utility cruiser?

Not Vasari.

The Overseer, "overshadowed"? It's the key ship in the common offensive starbase-based attack.

They both have their uses and are extremely extremely useful if handled properly IMO.

Its Reactive Nanite Armor is powerful enough IMO and the other abilities are expensive and not very useful. Using it simply as a healer makes the most sense, I think. Gameplay-wise, it's fine, but game-design-wise, those extra abilities are in the same region as the Cielo and the Subjugator and most of the nonessential research. (interesting but almost never worth getting in a game against decent opponents)

Ah, that's right, I get confused on these things, when I can't play the game to see what's going on, and end up having to rely on the wiki.