Skill Discussions

caldari/gallente makes the most sense since gun skills take a long longer than tank skills to train. However you're also limiting yourself to hybrid weapons only unless you take the time to train missiles as well.

if you train across to minmatar, remember not everything there is shield tanked and you're looking at a completely different weapon system to missiles (mostly).

You fit the bellicose pretty much the same as a caracal though, but that's only one ship. Almost all minnie ships use projectiles. Almost all galllente ships use hybrid weapons and drones however they also have many shield fits (gank thorax, brutix, domi etc).

Really there isn't much in the way of "saving" time, you will have to specialise eventually.

Well actually I hardly ever see lazors apart from:

zealot doctrine
IN slicers
Uni maller fleets (vov)
Baddon with carriers fleet

But I live in lowsec, I've heard of napoc shenanigans in null from big alliances.

Projectiles is undoubtedly the most popular gun platform but I see hybrids being used a lot more than lazors if I'm going to be honest.

However training lazors because they are shiny is a good enough reason in itself plus you can make a one-ship disco ball with a baddon so I would say lazors and go amarr.

Train for galante or amarr. so you get access to the pirate ships etc...

nightmare or rattler.. both are shield tankers.

you said you were interested in pvp...

nightmare and mach in pvp............?

Nightmare no.. Mach, yes for sure. You never seen a mach used in PvP?

yes they end up getting blobbed and become a very shiny and embarassing killmail.

amarr are pretty similar to gallente: mainly armour tanked and heavy use of turrets and moderate drone use

Keep in mind the Khanid line of Amarr ships tend to favour missiles if you have them trained already but you will have to train armour tanking as well.

I think I will be cross training to Gallente too, I've spent a lot of time in a memory SP build so my drone skills are second to none which makes the choice even easier for me.

Whats your play style?

Amarr - Slow, fat ships with high tank. mostly fleet oriented (not always) + scorch!!!!
Minmatar - Hit and run, a wildcard most of the time. they are not very tough and are poor in fleets (some exceptions)
Gallente- Up close and personal, slowish due to armor, but can take a lot of punishment. prepare to be kited

Hey there OP, I was in a similar situation recently and I chose to go Gallente/Caldari on this toon, and Minmatar/Amarr on my other one. Guristas ships are pretty f*cking sweet, and have godly tanks, plus you won't have to train for another tanking method. On the flip side, if you were to train Amarr instead of Gallente, you get access to (lol)Sansha ships, and once again don't have to train other tank methods. I wouldn't suggest going Caldari/Minmatar, because you do not gain access to any faction ships. Either way you go on the Caldari toon, training new tank methods isn't mandatory. On your alt, however, going with Minmatar and then training into Gallente or Amarr will reward you with some awesome faction ships. If you go Minny/Gallente, you get TWO pirate factions (both of which kick ass), the Serpantis and Angel Cartel. While they don't have the same tanking methods (unless you like armour Cynabals) it is still an awesome option. Going Minny/Amarr will open up Blood raiders, which IMO are the coolest looking faction ships, and they use my favourite EWAR, Neuts.

Now that I'm done with that wall of text, it is up to you. Consider the pirate factions you unlock, and decide whether they suit your likings.