I see what you mean. I guess there would still be a place for the dial/token. I wonder what FFG has planned. Squadrons are not exactly useless but they do not feel as useful as they should.

You are using these tiny groups of crafts to launch piddly lasers and small torpedoes at these hulking ships that are 10 times to 100 times your size if not bigger.

How effective should they be?

Effective enough to blow up a 160 KM battle station, I should think.