would be great if cpu was more on the soe ships or have them with a bonus to reduce the spu amount of Expanded probe launchers as the cpu on soe ships is garbage currently and maybe a little upgrade to asteros cargo hold
Some ships are intended as combat probing ships and have such bonuses. T3 destroyers, T3 cruisers (with the right subsystem), Monitors, faction navy versions of the exploration frigates.
The SoE ships have a good role as combat-capable explorers, but I don’t see why they need an expanded probe bonus (or the CPU to fit one) for that role.
The few times I’ve used the Astero to fight other explorers and the many Asteros I see used to fight other explorers already have a good way to find other explorers: a regular probe launcher.
SoE ships are thematically explorers first, and they can fight well in sites they scan. Their role isn’t about warping to other ships on grid, or hunting other ships in space. Combat probing is more of an on-grid thing, like Monitors do, or something not necessarily meant for explorers but more for combat ships.
I think the SoE ships are thematically fine without such a bonus and are not in need of such a buff either.
But if you do wish to fly a ship with expanded probe launcher you can either make some fitting sacrifices with CPU upgrades to your SoE ship, or use one of the many ships that are specialized in that role, like the ones I mentioned above.
The main competitors of the Astero as covops cloaky frigates are:
| Ship | Cargo size (m3) |
|---|---|
| Pacifier | 150 |
| Helios | 175 |
| Anathema | 190 |
| Buzzard | 190 |
| Cheetah | 200 |
| Metamorphosis | 200 |
| Astero | 210 |
I think the cargo hold of the Astero is exceptionally large already.
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