Is there any bonus to using orbital probes rather than scanning other than having tiles explored faster? If not, at least they're somewhat cheap, but my colony isn't growing so fast that I feel the need to purchase any.
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Probes get the ability to deep scan via an early game tech.
At the start they can be useful to scan for a better starting location.
Their main use during the mid and late game is to finish the "Scan all Sectors" objective earlier, which means more points if you play for score attack (so basically a "exchange money for some points" option).
At the start they can be useful to scan for a better starting location.
Their main use during the mid and late game is to finish the "Scan all Sectors" objective earlier, which means more points if you play for score attack (so basically a "exchange money for some points" option).
Ya I got the deep scan ability as second or third tech, so I was gonna get some probes; but then I realized I could just scan sectors for free which also reveals the underground deposits, so that option seemed better since I already had a sensor tower and wasn't expanding fast.
