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Spaceships: Is there a good YouTube-video on EVE Online spaceships?

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Fetito
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2015-06-02 22:30:29 UTC
Hey, is there a good general YouTube-video on EVE Online spaceships? I want to get a general overview about the ships in order to memorize all the variety the game has. It's less about all the details, but rather about “Hey kid! These are good capitol-ships and these are smaller frigates!”

Thank you!
Azda Ja
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2015-06-02 23:07:53 UTC
Here's a size comparison video.

Not particularly informative game mechanics wise however. Did you have something more specific in mind? I have a folder full of bookmarked EVE videos.

Grrr.

Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#3 - 2015-06-02 23:13:03 UTC
Poke Johnny pew (sir Livingston) about it, he's somewhat of altruistic and approachable gentleman
ergherhdfgh
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2015-06-03 00:46:08 UTC  |  Edited by: ergherhdfgh
Frigates are small fast ships

Destroyers use small weapons like frigates but they are a bit slower and take more damage

Cruisers are medium sized weapon ships. Slower than frigates and dessies but tankier

Battlecruisers are also medium sized weapon ships but more of a half way point between battleships and cruisers.

Battleships are slow and tanky. They do good damage but have difficulties hitting smaller ships.

Capital ships are their own thing. They are big and heavy and slow. I don't know of anyone that says that they are fun to fly and when you are in one you are kind of like the only female on a navy ship that's been at sea for six months. Everyone is trying to get a piece of your backside.

Super Capitals are flying coffins. They can not dock so once you are in one basically you can't leave until you hand it over to someone else or get blown up in it.

Want to talk? Join Cara's channel in game: House Forelli

ergherhdfgh
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2015-06-03 01:01:46 UTC
The gunnery and tracking mechanics are kind of complicated but to give you an idea a frigate could easily go up against a battleship and win. It's kind of like the match up between infantry and tanks.

Agony Empire has a spiraling and tracking video out there that show this and kind of explains it a bit. For now though it's enough to say that eve is more about match ups and counters than it is about anything being clearly better or worse than anything else.

Want to talk? Join Cara's channel in game: House Forelli

Azda Ja
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2015-06-03 01:23:23 UTC
Damnit erg, stop being so damn helpful, making everyone else look bad.

P

Grrr.

Robby Altair
#7 - 2015-06-03 01:32:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Robby Altair

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Azda Ja
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2015-06-03 10:20:11 UTC
Here is a video showing that you can in fact PVP effectively with very little SP.

Grrr.