EVE General Discussion

choose one you think looks good then do whatever the hell you want

Tengu can do lowsec exploration pretty well I guess, but so can the Ishtar/Gila with sentries.

For missions I hear a MJD Sentry Drone Dominix is pretty good and it doesn't take super long to train for (might be slower to clear missions than a lower skilled cruiser Raven tho).


So maybe go Gallente/Minmatar, they're pretty good in PvP and the skills will overlap if you want a Machariel for missioning, or a Vindicator for Incursions.


I'm sleep deprived as **** so some of this might not hold water, I also don't do missions anymore.

Should stop posting.

So i guess no help from the forums eh.
Maybe ill make 3 posts too keep it simple.

What are the fastest ships for end game solo mission running.

ahhh, thank you riot girl. Your name from LoL? My favorite game.

Ok so from what I've read minmatar also has some pretty solid small gang pvp options.
How are their ships for DeD sites and cov ops?

Amarr has some good ships for level 4s. Nightmare is better than a Mach if your fighting Blood Raiders and Sansha, which you will be if you mission in Amarr space. Exploration, I guess the Arbitrator is pretty good, but I don't have much experience in that area. And for small scale pvp, any faction has at least one ship good for it per ship class.

Rattlesnake is better than all three for solo mission running.

The only thing that you should be worried about when picking race is your looks. Everything else you can just train and do with any character.
A starting character of any race will be exactly the same stats wise, the only difference will be that they will have their race's frigate trained to 1 and their race's main weapons trained to 1. ( or 3 on either/both, been too long )

What ships you want to fly isn't a choice of race, as any race can fly any ship, as long as you train up for them. As for what you want to do...

Vargur ( Minnie marauder ), is a very solid choice for missions imho, does them well, does them fast.

When it comes to exploration, I'm a big fan of the Loki myself, simply because I hate tengu's. However, recently they shut out all T3 ships from a bunch of different low-sec sites, meaning I can't use my little pwnmobile to run those anymore.
Out in null the sites should be nice and accessible still though.

For Relic/Data sites, Go for the caldari buzzard or the Minnie cheetah.
Cheetah has highest speed, so easy to fly from can to can, and outrun buzzards.
Buzzards have a 5th mid slot, meaning that after your prop mod, hacker, analyser and cargo scanner, you still have room to fit a point. Combined with the 3rd high slot for a rocket launcher, and you can engage other probing ships out in null that are at the same site as you.
Cheetah and Anathema ( amarr ) can field a gun of their own, but no points unless they sacrifice scanning gear.
Helios ( gallente ), can field a point, but only a single drone for dps, which is less damage than your missiles, so will have to run/die to a buzzard.


As for PvP. every race has MANY choices depending on what you like and how you like to engage people.

This, your race has zero bearing on what you do in-game, it's the skills you train that decide your future. Cosmetics is all your race/bloodline choice do for you except for a couple early skills which only take a couple hours to train anyway.

If you want a Good Avatar Avoid Amarr, they are all Old Fogies :P

I don't see why you need a new character, just train to do the things you want.