I really like the t10 (visually) but its not a very good ship. The Anaconda, using a class 6 shield, has better shield capacity than a T10 using a class 8 one. So if you don't need shields for anything other than occasionally bumping into something, then the t10 can be okay. For fighting, the hardpoints on the Defender are really, really far apart and i have yet to find a useful loadout with turrets of gimballs that is even remotely acceptable for me.
On the positive side the t10 has good sounds, nice visuals and an awesome cockpit. It just happens to perform worse at pretty much all tasks compared to other ships.