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It's called a Legion. Or a Tengu if you prefer the Caldari version (which is admittedly superior for exploration in many ways).

They just stopped these ships from accessing these sites.

I know. Hence i thought a t2/faction cruiser to replace this specific role would be good so the low sec explorers don't get the short stick from this change aimed at hisec farmers.

It's easier to get into a T3 than getting into a HAC (skill wise), so I kind a wonder what the improvement is here.

While i am literally giggling right now at the thought of hundreds of highsec tengus becoming useless, it's the wrong way to address whats going on in highsec exploration - because those pilots will soon discover the Cerberus, or similar boats.

Randomizing of signature strengths and/or looking at loot tables (why are the invulnerability fields, as active hardeners, dropping from 4-6/10 sites - it would have maybe been better to put them in 7-10/10 sites - but then again eanms are sort of their counterpart, so i dunno) would have been much better.

Removing 4/10 from highsec would also be an option.

If you restrict access to those sites, be even more strict and disallow also t2 ships and pirate/navy variants.

None shall pass! Ok, maybe Ventures are ok, everything else too OP. :3

The Phi-Operation Protector, aka serp ded 4/10 overseer has a 75% chance to rep 1250 hp every 25 seconds. The equivalent of 50 hp a second. Even if his reps landed 100% of the time, with his 70% EM resists, 200 dps of pure EM is sufficient to break him, though it might take awhile. Since I had over 200 dps and also dealt thermal as well EM, killing him was no problem, just time consuming.

A way to set the probes ranges all at once other then shift clicking the first and last probe would be nice. Like a set range button you can right click and set all the ranges at once. Left click the button to set your probe range to default. The default range option could be in the right click menu. Thanks

Actually, if you're using covops and probing subsystems, cerb is doing more dps then tengu with very similar resists. Bit more buffer, thats it.
If you go for mwd+cloak trick on tengu (no cloaking subsystem) it will do more dps, but have almost same buffer (again, resits are pretty much the same). However, this way the likelihood of getting caught on a gate is slightly higher.
There are numerous scenarios we could consider, and while it is a fact that tengu will be better then cerb or any other tech 2 ship for this particular purpose, I can't but ask - isn't that the point of having a tech 3 cruiser? It's not like they come for free or don't require significant investment of time for skills.

Fact that Tengu is a ship of choice (among tech 3's) has mostly to do with the combination of mechanics which are not balanced per se (missiles against turrets for damage projection and dps, shield tanking flexibility in comparison to armour tanking, resistance profile suited for guristas which are the most profitable race out there for faction modules etc.).

I don't think you'll find too many people complaining about exploration tech 3's in lowsec or nullsec, and for a very simple reason - when someone notices you on d-scan, they'll get all their available corpmates and their mothers to pile on top of you in hope of either juicy kill or a good fight, so it's risky by design.
Just today me and two mates lost a 6/10 to a bigger gang. We fought em, kicked them out of plex, they reshipped and got more folks in, we couldn't get reinforcements to system in time and they completed it. They got nice loot, we got butthurt a bit, but that's life in low and we accept it for what it is. How is this not balanced, and where is the need for nerf there? I don't see any.

So you see, while I understand that there are some problems with exploration farming in hisec and rewards in general at the moment (guristas being a particularly problematic faction), this tech 3 nerf is not the way to solve it because it hits the hardest the people who had nothing to do with the problem to start with. It's kind of like treating bacterial infection using antipyretics - you're treating a symptom, not the disease. At the same time, there are much simpler solutions to farming problems which were not implemented (discussed earlier in this thread).

Also while talking of tech 3s, I find it hilarious that CCP saw a need to do this change and leave tech 3 combat boosting properties intact for Odyssey. Says a lot about prioritising issues wich are actually impacting gameplay I guess.

Except I hear that the Orca won't allow any non-industrial ships to be put in its hanger now. So you can't move anything buy mining ships in an orca in odyssey

Confirmed this in not true.
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