I've got a feeling that if attrition damage showed on the stats damage screen people would change their mind about them. More specifically, a cap of mk1+mk2 spirecraft attrioners + gravity 3 turrets + a couple of forcefields will kill any number of high or mid cap fleet ship with little to no risk to the protected base.
I really hope the stats screen get improved and that attrioners get their damage on there for the next expansion, scrolling through the stats damage screen is no fun at all.
Substitute Attritioners with Snipers and accomplish the same thing. Surround a wormhole with FFs and use long range turrets and secure a system with little risk. Many ways to accomplish the same thing.
Oohh, oohh! Or combine them all with a Heavy Beam Cannon IV and laugh like a mad scientist every time the enemy
gives you salvage tries to attack you >D
