I for sure use different ships for different roles. I use the Viper Mk IV for mat hunting, the AspE for exploration, and the Python for mission running.
I don't have a T9, although I'm considering it for trading. I do believe this ship gets easily super-seeded by the Anaconda, although I don't have that one yet. I think the cargo ships are all good, although they lack a bit in the defense department, and as such become easy preys. This at least is my guess why they might be falling behind.
For the rest, I do believe a lot of thought has gone in their design, so kudos to FD here.
I don't have a T9, although I'm considering it for trading. I do believe this ship gets easily super-seeded by the Anaconda, although I don't have that one yet. I think the cargo ships are all good, although they lack a bit in the defense department, and as such become easy preys. This at least is my guess why they might be falling behind.
For the rest, I do believe a lot of thought has gone in their design, so kudos to FD here.