EVE Online: Weapon families and roles

Small signatures and movement make frigates useful for tackling, scouting or exploration, depending on hull bonuses.

Destroyers fit several small weapons and trade some frigate agility for a larger damage platform.

Cruisers move into medium weapons and broader combat or support roles with different fitting demands.

Battlecruisers add larger subcapital presence; hull bonuses can support combat and command roles.

Large weapons require attention to tracking or application against smaller moving targets.

Logistics hulls apply remote repairs to allies; repair range and capacitor planning affect the group.

Electronic warfare modifies targeting or enemy effectiveness; racial hull bonuses determine the exact tool.

Industrial haulers move cargo, while specialised transports change escape and tanking options.

Mining hulls differ in yield, hold capacity and defence, so the route matters as much as raw extraction.

Command platforms support mining fleets with specialised holds and fleet-enhancing tools.

Freighters maximise cargo volume; jump freighters add fuel and cynosural-route planning.

Fighter squadrons are a separate control and replacement problem for carrier pilots.

Siege commits a dreadnought to a powerful but restricted combat window.

Force auxiliaries supply capital remote repairs; triage commitment changes their survival plan.

Titans are strategic supercapital platforms with substantial fleet and movement requirements.