Isn’t the point of mass condensers to add complexity to the game?
You have to actively think (with knowledge of other waves) whether it is worth it to crash and lose FP.
That way, the game won’t boil down to “use one of few generic strategies and see who does it the fastest.”.
It’s not really just about thinking whether or not it’s worth it. You have to pray that you actually get back all your firepower, which can easily not happen, and it’s just luck. You can’t do much about it.
Honestly aside from their niche use I don’t see mass condensers being useful anyways. I think they need a more complete rework rather than one of these solutions, however I don’t really see an easy way to fix them without turning them into one of the other existing items.
At it’s current state I’d just say they should be deleted as they just make space races even more luck based and otherwise serve no purpose. I mean you can cheese bosses in normal missions too, but, it’s not really that interesting of a mechanic.