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I believe all sites currently on TQ are scannable with a right skill set from an unbonused hull and without scanning mods and implans (with a sister launcher and probes though).
At least I have no problems scanning down combat ladars with an ishtar and rangefinding at 4, and they should be 1,25% band.

As for the unbonused combat probes, I don't think you are supposed to catch slippery petes with that thing, and they are, as the ship class suggests, more of a tactical option to catch enemies MWDing around grid (thus you are dropping probes in a known position), not a way to seek and destroy unprobable tengus blitzing missions in low and null.

According to my calculations, an unbonused sister launcher with sister probles should be able to scan down targets with signature/sensor strength greater than 3. For example, a linked 2LSE 2 field extender ishtar with MWD off has sig/str of about 4.5. A scimi without MWD should be from 3.2 (1 LSE) to 3.8 (2 LSE) if it has sebo instead of ECCM. With ECCM it becomes unprobable (with MWD off, again). AB armor logis are typically unprobable too.

Fozzie, winning the forum wars. I,too, support letting the players have more effect on the lore and game universe; reintroducing consequences for player actions, or lack thereof.

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If you could submit a bug report with the specifics of this that would be great! I.e Where did the confessor you boarded come from? Was it assembled in a station or POS? Was this the first time you had boarded a confessor?

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Ultimately, CCP's experimenting with a new means for players to have a short-term impact on meta balance in EVE, and I honestly applaud them for doing something other than the usual, 'Everyone Develops The Same Thing At Once," that we've seen before. Further, considering that CCP's art gurus are busy with PBR, UI modernization, and various other things, if CCP were to do a four-faction release, we'd probably not see these dessies for a release or more likely two anyway. This is likely why Fozzie indicated that this method allows CCP to release ships more quickly: because they can more easily slot one ship's concepting, modelling, etc, in with other major projects than they can slot four ships in.

So. Honestly, as said, I think this is pretty nifty.

And, knowing that CCP is doing this sort of thing, perhaps you'll be more engaged when the next research race-style event occurs?

Well, considering frigs in holes would most likely be AFs, you'll have a VERY hard time pinning them down unless they are MWDing, because they have very good native sensor strength.
With good skills (and I'd suggest AR-8XX series implants which are a poor man's virtue) you'd probably be barely able to probe down a retribution or a wolf. Or an enyo. Possibly passive shield fitted frigs.

I could try running tests myself tomorrow substituting confessor with any other unbonused hull (my best scanner character can't into dessies), but I can only fly minmatar AFs (unless there's a very recent mirror).

PS: as for depots, standarts light up on scanner like christmas trees. Factions need at least a bonused hull. Yurt would probably requiere implants on top of that. Didn't try it. But wetu was pretty hard, and I had to use a bonused ship to find it, and yurt should be even harder.

PPS: unprobable as in unprobable by a particular ship/fit. A confessor in this case. It obviously has a cap for things it can probe down. Thus, anything above is unprobable. For a confessor.

So sick and tired of seeing you post this.

Lets take a good look at the Proteus subs that give it the insane amount of buffer that it is know for.

Augmented Plating
Gives +10% Armor HP per level
T2 Resists
3650 Armor HP before skills on a Cruiser, that a good 50% more than a standard Gallente cruiser would get.

Power Core Multiplier
+5% Power Grid per level
1165 MW of powergrid will skills at 5 that is 1820 MW of powergrid, again that is an insane amount of powergrid for a cruiser.

All that is coupled with the fact the Proteus can get 7 low slots,

but T2 resists are clearly the problem.

I'm inclined to agree, it's fine,
given its capabilities whilst being able to fit the dam things it's entirely reasonable that it's not actually great at probing and has limitations.

I'm having the disappearing mode button problem as well.

Boarded from a POS. Not the first time, it worked fine last night.

I have tried restarting the client, changing ships etc.

Mode switch still works through the fitting screen though.

Cheers,
Good job with the ship btw :)