I believe that one of the reasons most gorns dont take the PFs is that most teams flying against the PF instinctively know to make sure to stay out of the PLF range, making the PLF pretty much useless. a few good drones, or a mess of dizzy+phasers can kill a PF and the PF does not get to hit with plF. I realize that 8 PF in a squadron will definitely make a good punch in time with the phasers alone, and it would be with the phasers alone as there are so few big Plasmas available to hit a ship going fast.