you can already do that by (assuming you’re making a custom challenge) going to spatial anomalies, choosing “Cruisers not available” and “Fighters not available”. it kinda sucks that there’s no “No Frigates Available” option though.
oh yeah, never thought of that. I just enforced supply limits on all frigate modules if I want to have some ships with no engines. (although that’s usually not my strategy…)
I am certain that I have a high quality frigate design. It’s about 500 credits, armed with twin Beam Lasers and twin Missile Launchers, an engine, shield, crew and power source. Alone, its not much of a threat but I usually send them in parties of 5 to 10 in which Cruisers tend to focus on my cruisers while being pounded by these small Frigate Wings.
Sad thing is…the Swarm could easily make a better and cheaper Frigate…This Frigate is a Loki Hull named Rogue.
Frigattes aren’t useless. They are by far the most efficent way to deal with enemy fighters. Don’t waste your money on anti-fighter cruisers and don’t waste your preccious slots in cruiser for anti fighter weapons. Take Frigattes. They are support ships, that’s what they are build for.
Don’t use them to hunt down cruiser (well, of course you may use frigattes to hunt them down. Good for you if you succeed.), use them to support cruisers. Some Frigates with anti-fighter-rockets to guard your otherwise helpless cruisers. Some frigattes with emp rockets between the lines of your big missile ships to render the enemy ships useless.
Be creative. I never build a fleet without any frigate. That would be unbalanced.
I like to load my frigates with a tractor beam, an anti-fighter missile launcher, and 2 EMP Missile II units for support against cruisers (and so they aren’t dead weight when the fighters are dead).
