Has anyone noticed that most endgame fleets have several capitals and nearly the rest cruisers, with few if any destroyers or frigates? I guess it makes sense since the player might try that, supplies and fuel permitting. Pirates, with weaker ships, are the worst offenders with several Atlas II and Colossus 3 and Ventures filling out the rest of the fleet. For deserters, I routinely see about four or five Conquests and a bunch of cruisers like Herons and Gryphons, or for low-tech fans, a Legion, three Onslaughts, and Dominator and Mora spam.
Would raising the fleet cap (to 40 for player and NPCs) bring more smaller ships to NPC endgame fleets? It would be nice if there was more variety of endgame fleets. (It would be nice if player can use a frigate or destroyer swarm to engage such fleets.)
I find myself bring no more than twenty ships due to 1) supply and fuel costs and 2) unable to deploy more than three to five ships at a time at map size 300.