Interceptors are good in maps that need mobility. Frigates are good in small maps and modes which need staying power.
Nothing new here.
Good players chose interceptors because it is easier to carry the team with them. But you need a team to support you (mostly frigates and fighters) or you won’t be able to do anything.
But since DSR was discarded, survival rate is not an issue, and you can just die whenever you want and still be useful. I mean, I respect people like takamina that fly with 2 or 3 survival modules in their interceptors but come on… Class modules are more useful for the team.
I don’t care about nerfs to interceptors. I can play with any class, and I can do as well with a patriarch as I do with a golden eagle. You just need different support and positioning.
The main problem is that usually your randoms don’t give a xxxx about you and your positioning, so the most straightforward way to win is to fly a carry ship, and interceptors are the best solo carry ships, specially recons.