EVE New Citizens Q&A

Is there a reason that you did not list the Vexor? Drones are drones and if you like drone bonused ships then you'll like all of those just fine. It really depends on what it is that you are trying to do. The Gallente ships in general are all very versitile and I think they are a good race for new players to train early on however the other 3 races are also very good so it comes down to what you like and since you seem to like drones I'd stick with that for now. The ship I fly every day is a Dominix so I am kind of partial to Gallente drone boats.

So the Ishkur is a tech 2 assault firgate. It's going to fly similar to the tristan but just in general be better. It has better resists and just will be noticable better in pretty much every way over the tristan but they are much more expensive and require Gallente frig 5 plus the Assault frigate skill so it comes at a cost. The Algos is a destroyer and those are kind of glass cannons. They will do more dps than the tristan as it has more bandwidth and has a drone damage bonus that the tristan does not. However it is slower and has a bigger signature radius which means it will take more damage and be easier to hit. Frigates and destroyers are both small ships and therefore take small weapons so share many skills and have lowish training times.

The Vexor is a great T1 cruiser. Cruisers are medium ships so take medium weapons. They are slower than the small ship but noticeably tankier. They make level 2 missions easy mode and can run many level 3 and are great for belt ratting. The Ishtar is the tech 2 version of the Vexor so it again is better in every way but more expensive and again requires you to train another skill and the racial cruiser skill to 5.

Tech 2 ships have only 2 rig slots versus the 3 of tech 1s which mean that you usually wind up using tech 2 rigs if you want to use up as much calibration as possible so it's another expense to consider. Ideally if cost and skill training are not factors you pretty much will always want tech 2 ships.

I tried to stay as general as possible so that you could apply this info to what ever you are doing as I'm not sure what that is.

I wanted to add that medium ships take longer to train than small and you have to add in the medium weapons into that so it's a step up in training time investment. Worth it I think but something to note. Also the Ishtar was such a good ship that it recently got nerfed. It did not get nerfed into the ground or anything but up until just recently it was one of the most used ships in game. It still however is a great ship.

Large ships on the other hand take significantly longer to train as do the large weapons. They add a burden to training time that I think should be avoided by newish players / characters until you can fit and fly medium ships well.

I also vote Vexor. Although the Ishkur is fun to fly IMHO.

you are closer than you are to the Ishtar and you listed that, thus my confusion.

Ah, probably because I was thinking about it off the top of my head. I didnt look at anything before I posted it.

Yeah, upgrade to Vexor, then look at the Ishtar, realize "**** it", and stick with the Vexor.

(Not even kidding, for anything that would require an Ishtar just pull your dominix out.)

OP you did not specify what you will be using it for, this post assumes you are talking about PVE.

Actually I'm wanting to use it for FW.

Is Ishkur too much of a isk investment?

Actually getting fights is unfortunately also a consideration, I think more people will run from an Ishkur than from a Algos or Vexor. Something else to consider anyway.