Multi-Gun Corvette or Drone Frigate?

[Fluffy The Gengar]

Can anyone tell me which is better against fighters and strike craft, i get that the Multi-Gun Corvette isn´t good against larger ships but does that include other corvettes unlike the Drone Frigate?

Or is the Drone Frigate more of a defensive unit?

[Herp McDerperson]

pretty legit question:
The game and related materials use the term "strike craft" which encompasses both fighters and corvettes - the only real difference between the two being their hull strengths, as far as I know.
So there's presumably no specific mechanic that limits the effectiveness of multi-gun corvettes against other corvettes but they do have more hull than fighters.

[Male Sheep]

Multigun corvettes are effective vs ALL strikecraft - this means also versus corvettes since these are also still considered fightercraft like the interceptors and bombers but are more armored and more hitpoints.
The dronefrigate is supposed to be the end-all for fighting vs strikecraft. But the dronefrigate isnt that good actually, especially in the remastered version. The drones have a timed lifespan and will disappear when the timer ticks down. Then you have to wait until the frigate 'recharges' its energy to be able to launch the next batch of drones. On top of that, the dronefrigate has a deceptively short range, so using the DF vs other frigates is a big no since its not designed for that role.

So, my conclusion is this: use multigun corvettes versus ALL fighter craft (regular and corvette class ships). Avoid the Drone frigate (ofcourse, noone is stopping you from experimenting yourself with that danmn thing).

[Diomedes]

In all seriousness, they had to redo the ballistics system for the remaster, and unless a patch has changed this, its now probability based.. Meaning the best solution for me in the remaster is just using a wall of assault frigates, the amount of ballistics they fire at once will wreck any strike craft... And when backed up with a couple of support frigates, will last far longer.