RHS vs Alban Frigate
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 12:30 pm
Is there a particular reason some players prefer to build swarm fleets of Rift Heavy Scouts over the Alban Frigate?
The Alban Frigate costs exactly the same as the RHS, but provides 5 additional tonnage class, and thus over twice the firepower as the TC 4 Rift Heavy Scout.
It boils down to 225 RUs per ton for the RHS, versus 100 RUs per ton for the AFrig.
Is there something special about the scout I am not seeing ? A shipyard can build the same number of Afrigs as RHscouts.
I don't see a lot of these fleets traversing Rifts, but, rather, defending non-rift-capable war fleets and carriers, so the advantage of being rift-capable seems to be lost.
The Alban Frigate costs exactly the same as the RHS, but provides 5 additional tonnage class, and thus over twice the firepower as the TC 4 Rift Heavy Scout.
It boils down to 225 RUs per ton for the RHS, versus 100 RUs per ton for the AFrig.
Is there something special about the scout I am not seeing ? A shipyard can build the same number of Afrigs as RHscouts.
I don't see a lot of these fleets traversing Rifts, but, rather, defending non-rift-capable war fleets and carriers, so the advantage of being rift-capable seems to be lost.