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Part of the problem is the fact that frigates can carry mounts (when they are large enough), thats true. But the Battleship WOULD outclass the frigate easily if it could hit it at all, the frigate has 78% defense bonus compared to 41% for the Battleship with each having 43% attack bonus I believe.

Armour is important for sure, but both have maxed armour and the Battleship has 2880 shields with 2880 kt armour while the Frigate has 480 shields with 1440 kt armour. The battleships shields are eaten through pretty quick though with the frigate landing most of its shots and the Battleship hitting nothing but space with like 9 outta 10 shots.

Edit- Gnome, I agree with your post as well, I didnt like how in SE4 smaller ships were totally useless in late game (well I used them as fleet support ships anyways for realism in my games) but here its the opposite, the thing is in Naval warefare while smaller ships have their purpose you would never see a small frigate or destroyer kick the butt of a battleship in a 1 on 1 battle in WW2 for example, the battleship would laugh off the puny guns of the smaller ship and annihilate it with its own.