"Less durable than alot of the other top tier ships." No, not at all. It's the second most durable, I believe this youtuber is trying to misdirect us into not using the OP ship so he has less competition XD
If they add the Frigate into the game for players, it better go 18 knots, because the enemy ships that i assume are frigates constantly keep up with my Brig, sometimes they go even faster than me.