So idk if it’s just me, but it seems like the Interceptor class is the least played class in ALL of Star Conflict. I believe this mainly due to the fact that they are only useful in PvP and in no other game mode really. PvE co op and open space seem to perfer fighters, frigates, and destroyers.
Just wondering, has anybody else noticed this aswell? Is there a way to make them more useful?
Thats a highly subjective opinion in this case, i use everything equally and cant see them being underpowered.
well if you don’t counts tai’kins not really, there is a lot of ecm those days, but ceptor aren’t really great in pve anyway (even tai’kin are not use there) mostly because the AI have a aim bot, but ceptor like cov ops are still great and i’m starting to see more of them since nuke buff
All depends from missions, for example in crimson haze 2th stage I use ever interceptor, is best for capture beacon, or in pirate fort raid for kill turret is good, if you use in defence contract is useless… I use often cover ops also in Spec Op rank 7-10 with nuke you kill some emitter and phase suppressor and horizon is perfect to distance fire
4 hours ago, LoSconosciuto said:
All depends from missions, for example in crimson haze 2th stage I use ever interceptor, is best for capture beacon, or in pirate fort raid for kill turret is good, if you use in defence contract is useless… I use often cover ops also in Spec Op rank 7-10 with nuke you kill some emitter and phase suppressor and horizon is perfect to distance fire
Smart boy!
First stage of Pirate Raid - intie is just awesome. Cap dread, first stage if you have 3 heavy ships in the team, intie makes it faster. Same story with second stage of Ice Belt.
I do most of my PvE in a covie so I don’t really see what you mean. And in OS, recons are great for just doing quick missions as fast as possible.
4 hours ago, TheDarkRedFox said:
I do most of my PvE in a covie so I don’t really see what you mean. And in OS, recons are great for just doing quick missions as fast as possible.
In OS i prefer federation tackle, 700 m/s speed is very good to travel and drones kill all enemy fast 
In PvE there are 2-3 missions/stages that are pretty good in an interceptor, like a Fort Muerto, but for the most part Frigs are simply superior due to them havings tons of regen and continious mid-long range dmg output (and aoe)
In coop inties are a waste of slot, you are much better of with something that can kill bots fast and reliably, which is basically an another form of a PvE.
In OS inties could gank, but with how pretty much all the sectors are safe, there is no point in that either. Well spectre falcon recon aint bad for some farming.
In a PvP interceptors (aka not Taikin) simply dont fit well into a current metagame. It all noticably started with Adaptives nerf (no hull resists) + implant 8-2 nerf + tacklers buff, and diminishing continue with gauss buff, Desstroyer, thargas, guards buff, another tackler buff, dessies red turret buff, and lately with AOE missiles buff.
All of these changes directly affect a viability of a close ranged builds, which most of interceptors are, and in bigger games close range fighters are sply not worth it, since you can easily and reliably out dmg from midrange and survive.
The only ships that are effectively capable of close ranga are Tharga and a Taikin, well and a fed guard but not in the same sence.
Majority of players are incapable of keeping up with how fast star conflicts close range brawls is and tend to prefer a slower paced gameplay, hence why there are still many complains about “broken alien ships”.
Even though Tharga is about as good as any gunship should be and it is not a tharga that is broken, its most of other gunships being to weak for the meta.
Imho Taikin still need some tuning, especialy in CD department for some of its modules, but rather than that it is about right.
Wow, interceptors are way better than I expected, it’s just I see nobody using them in PvE when i’m in PvE myself.