And unless I miss my guess you’ve also never flown with a serious 0.0 PvP alliance before. Interceptors and AF’s are a joke. No FC I know has ever or will ever allow, let alone request them on a roam, gate camp or fleet engagement unless the pilot is an absolute noob who can’t fly a real ship.
No, they are not. They have no niche, at all, especially post speed nerf. Given a choice between a dozen interceptors and one single Sabre only a fool of an FC would request the 'dictors. Especially if the choice grants you one sabre, several anti-support ships and some fleet battleships.
No. T2 ships are uninsurable. For the same price as an AF which accomplishes precisely nothing, after the initial purchase a pilot can instead be in a fully reimbursable battleship which can absolutely wreck other battleships or support, depending on how it’s fit out.
AF’s instapop against any decent POS, or even most crap ones, they are unable to RR a fleet, and if they’re anywhere near top damage then your fleet is doing something wrong. I can’t think of a single POS busting mission I led, that any FC I know lead, or that Pandemic or the NC led that would have been better off with an AF in the pack. Maybe Goons, but they fly Rifters.
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I’m an FC in a major 0.0 alliance. I’m talking about what works in 0.0 and lowsec combat. AF’s pop like popcorn when faced with a half competent gang led by an FC who’s got more than his brainstem functioning. And that’s if the FC doesn’t have a dedicated anti-support wing. If he does, you simply will not get within tackling range.
Judging real PvP by the alliance tourneys is an absurdity. Using that metric we might as well determine that a 10 Caracal or Thorax swarm is totally awesome.
No. And any pilot who found themselves in a real 0.0 combat organization would find that the same exact advice was given because its correct, pragmatic, and efficient.