IMO, TEC cruisers weren't buffed because of just how good they already were compared to the others.

EDIT; BTW, I'd consider not using such a thread title in the future.  Scares off people.

As much as I'd like credit for the big balance poll, that's deceiver's work.

I don't know why Cielos were the sole exception to the buff.  Certainly for guardians and hoshikos (which don't have any real need for a firing arc) it wouldn't have made a difference, but Cielos do indeed stick out.  I do think, however, that Cielos never really had the same problems as Subverters or Subjugators.  Yeah, they're overshadowed by Hoshikos, but they're still quite good, and the patch didn't change that.

Cielo targets are typically in the enemy fleet, whereas an Overseer often has to target something right beside him.  That means a Cielo only needs to turn a few degrees to face the target, whereas an Overseer has to turn on a right angle.

The Domina Subjugator is the same ship. And actually, Overseers weren't uncommon, but it was that they seemed to be rather unused compared to the Stilakus Subverter.

While in the case of Cielos, I've actually seen quite a few late-game. Of course, that's personal experience there. Anyways, the Cielo really didn't need much of a buff compared to the other support cruisers. Designate Target is a fantastic ability, and Cielos are really only being brought out for it. It's a late-game, but extremely useful support cruiser. While in previous versions, Subjugators and to a far lesser extent- Overseers, were not.

And the Hoshiko is amazing enough already.

The exclusion of the TEC cruisers may be in part due to the lack of complaints about their usefulness during the previous version, wher as Guardians, Sunjugators, Overseers and Subverters got plenty og attention by the community, the TEC cruisers did not. I don't think the lack of buff on their part degrades their usefulness, but rather increases the usefulness of the other races cruisers to a more equal level. In MP I feel that all three second support cruisers share the same rarity due to the fact that MP games don't often see the higher levels of the tech tree.

I think it was the fact that TEC was as a whole underpowered in the long run. Both the Hoshio and Cielos I find to be an essential part to a powerful TEC fleet. Rarely do I use the others infleet, except maybe guardian

When I said attention, i did not mean everyone was complaining about these cruisers being underpowered, I just meant everyone was complaining (most went the useles route, where as guardians were screaming the opposite). You state EXACTLY what I said in your post, "nothing about how USEFUL the TEC were". This is why I think they were left out. The community was in agreeance that Guardians were OP, subjugators were useless, subverters were no good and overseers needed a boost. No one said much of ANYTHING about the hoshi or cielo unless referencing relative strengths in comparison. In fact they were used in debates as more of a middle ground to what support cruisers should be in terms of power and useability. Still I think the buffs/nerfs to all the other support cruisers brought everything closer to that middle ground.

well at least since v1.16 vanilla, (my game's broken.  dunno why.) the Hoshis were an extremely large part of TEC fleets, if only for the repair ability (which is omni-directional and very strong).  perhaps that's changed since then, but if it hasn't, then Hoshis really don't need the upgrade.  the only time they really use the destructive abilities (in my experience) is during small, unexpected skirmishes on backwater worlds.

Subverters need maneuverability (they are fast attack ships, after all), Overseers need to be able to change targets quickly, being surrounded by potential ability targets.

I don't know about Advent ships... been too long since I've played them.

DUDE Demo bots target enemy ships, so does auto attack, you are facing enemy ships, easy to deploy.  As far as I know Cielo buff is omni directional, no change required. Don't be silly the TEC dont need these buffs. Let the patch seep in before you complain about the next thign that might pop up.