EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hi guys.

So, i want to change things up a bit. I have some experience in Caldari ships, and I really think they look the best of the bunch, and i love missiles and rockets. But upon starting again on this character after some away-time, i think i might want to change away from using missiles, as i want to do some pvping.

1) First of all; am i right in believing missiles and rockets are not that good in pvp? I guess maybe rockets could be more suited than missiles for dps?

2) Now, what ship types would you recommend me? Or rather, what race's ships would you suggest i get some skills in?

3) Does Caldari have any ships that support this turrets more than others? (You know... just in case, since i really like how they look.)

4) Any general tips for setup for pvp? (this is no biggie, as i can just search around for it a bit, but some different angles on it is always welcome.)

They look the best!? Have you seen the Moa?

1. Missiles have a travel time, and so you're not applying damage as fast as your buddies. It matters in cases where you're competing to appear on the DPS meters with others in your fleet. If you're 1 vs. 1 and you have a missiles platform, if you've tackled them and they can't get away, missiles will do damage like any other weapon system.

2. For ships, it's hard to pick one, there's no single ship that's best at everything. Best we can do is kinda give you an idea:

- Minmatar ships are usually fast, and you can fit artillery for huge one-shotting damage, or autocannons for close-in work. There's an added advantage that projectiles don't use capacitor, which means you're a bit invulnerable to neutralizers. Minmatar ships do take longer to train for, because they CAN use projectiles, missiles, drones, shield, or armor, and so you need to train all these things to keep your options open.

- Amarr ships have good tanks and the lasers don't use ammo. The battleships are nice in large battleship fleet actions, you can do damage and keep doing damage with no reloading needed. A number of Amarr ships also use drones, for operation that's comparable to Gallente ships.

- Gallente ships use hybrids and/or drones. The hybrid ships are typically blasters - short range nasty damage. They hit hard and can mount a decent tank - most are armor tanked. Drones are meh in PVP because they can be shot down or evaded, but often are the only thing that will catch an interceptor for example.

- Caldari ships use shields and hybrids or missiles. Typically the hybrid ships are set up towards rail guns, but you can put blasters if you want. They use ammo, but they can be used for long range battleship fleet combat (much like the Amarr battleships), or as either brawlers or snipers.

Now, the thing is each race has speciality ships: electronic warfare, cov-ops and recons, HACs, etc. These are often very different from one race to the next; for example ECM - Caldari, might be better than sensor dampening - Gallente, and tracking disrupting better than target painting. A recon's bonus to warp disruption may be better in a situation than another's bonus to webifying. Your fleet may require bombers of a certain kind, so they can magnify the damage type being delivered. And so on.

Currently the desired flavors of the month are: logistics ships, the various recons, the various electronic warfare, and then whatever DPS is available will do.

Newbie start-up PVP roles - scouting and tackling - can be done with any race's frigates.

3. Caldari do have turret ships; check their ship lineups, each size category should have at least one gunship in it.

4. General tips:

a. Buffer tank (armor plates or shield extenders) is often better for the short fights than repair tank (armor repairer or shield booster).

b. Fit for a role within your group and stick to it. Tackling frigates don't need guns, but do need speed and capacitor juice. DPS ships need to be able to do damage at whatever range they're intended for. Special ships need to be able to jam, repair, etc.

c. Use voice coms to coordinate your roles and what you're doing.

d. It's ok if you lose ships; don't fly something expensive, and learn from what's happening.

e. Get a hold of an EVE Ships Chart, and familiarize yourself with what the various classes do. For example: Recons - can warp scramble, webify, or ewar you at huge ranges, and are cloaky. Then when you see Arazu or Falcon in the overview, you can panic more than if you see Omen or Scythe.

Thanks for quick and good answers, guys.

I think i will try and stick with my Caldari ships (yeah, i know the Moa looks bad, but look at the others! lol)

I guess in the start i will try some solo pvp just to see how that is like, but later on i want to be part of a group, and i guess i want a role where I'm either quick and maneuverable doing some damage or where i give a lot of support.

It's pretty hard figuring out what i want to do, as the looks of the ships i pilot really matters to me, but i still want to be of good use to the corp i will join.

I'm just glad I'm done mining. It was easy and safe money with the corp i was in, but ooooh so monotone.

If you like crowd control, think about the Blackbird and the Falcon.

Caracals, the Caldari T1 missile crusier, have just had the heck buffed out fo them as well.

Sorry for hijacking this thread a bit, but what exactly do you mean by saying this?

I just reactivated my account a week ago (~2.3m sp) and I currently use a T2 fitted Drake for L3 mission running and I am looking into Drakes fits for PvP to stick to the ship I am best used to.

So as you are not really saying something about the Drake I am quite curious about what's your opinion on it.

Thanks!

A fleet isn't complete if there isn't at least 1 grunt who asks: Can I bring my Drake.

That is me!! :D

3. Witn an eye toward turret based Caldari ships you might want to take a look at the Merlin, Ferox & later the Naga.
Caldari support? Blackbird, Osprey.
If you're willing to completely overlook aesthetic traits, you may want to try playing with the Moa.

4. Fit & fly what you can afford to lose, not once, twice or thrice but a good dozen times. Beyond the single fight, your logistics infrastructure will make/break your ability to enjoy pvp. More simply, - have a solid resupply plan both in terms of isk generation & getting the supplies to where your pvp oriented character is basing from.