The paladin still has its place in the current game.
Liberators are still pretty top tier as well. Since Inquisitor upgrades are not really accessible you have a better chance of maxing out your destroyer potential through MK elite liberators.
Vindicators are potentially the fastest cutter in the game when you factor the harmonics. Sure they crumble like paper in a fight but they are good for a solid fleet escort.
Lastly, the Pegasus is a good anti squadron ship you may want to take along for basing, when you dont want to jack up the fleet level with your Tyrant. They can also carry a lot of cargo...
Sure would have loved for them to be OPEN refit tokens, but then they would have probably had a price tag of 1-2 million each
People would pay 3 million most likely points are easy to grind sort of...
Paladins are ancient almost
Vindicators are potentially the fastest cutter in the game when you factor the harmonics. Sure they crumble like paper in a fight but they are good for a solid fleet escort.