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amarr vs gallente
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Reaver Maya
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2012-05-14 19:10:57 UTC
im new to eve and looking for advice as to which race is the best for pvp
Karak Bol
Low-Sec Survival Ltd.
#2 - 2012-05-15 09:15:40 UTC
I already hear alot of "Minmatar". Seriously, you can use all races for PvP, some need a bit more of player skills than others. Amarr is about "Stand and Fight" while Gallente is about "Right in your face". It depends on your preference of playstyle.
Zoidberg Gahiji
Doomheim
#3 - 2012-05-15 09:54:50 UTC
If you want to do lots of 1on1 fights and very small gang stuff you can't go wrong with Gallente. If you see yourself regularly flying with a bunch of about half dozen or so or more people pick Amarr. If you think you'll do both about equally often pick the one whose style you like more. Both races have ships that can work for solo and fleet stuff. Attention

And if you want a bit of everything, harass the blob and do a bit of all kinds of piracy: take Minmatar. Seriously, as it stands now you can't go wrong with Minmatar. They do everything good. Seriously. E V E R Y T H I N G ! Shocked
Florio
Miniature Giant Space Hamsters
#4 - 2012-05-15 13:29:37 UTC
If you're looking to use your skills in your RvB corp, then gallente is probably the slightly better race. This is because Amarr have the punisher and the arbitrator as fairly good t1 pvp ships, whereas gallente has incursus, tristan, vexor and thorax as fairly good t1 pvp ships. The maller and prophecy are also pretty good amarr ships but not very exciting, whereas the brutix and myrmiddon are super fun. On the other hand, the Harbinger is probably reckoned to be superior to both the brutix and myrmiddon, but you'll be spending most time in frigs and cruisers if you stay with RvB.
Lunkwill Khashour
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2012-05-15 18:47:49 UTC
However...

In RvB (and prolly in general) the punisher and maller will never be primaried. That honor belongs to dessies and rifters.
Cloned S0ul
POCKOCMOC Inc.
#6 - 2012-05-15 19:04:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Cloned S0ul
Karak Bol wrote:
It depends on your preference of playstyle.


This.

I know you are new but look at rases in wide perspective and your future in eve.

Both rases got pros and cons, personaly i train last time amarr cruisers to lvl 5 because i got a lot sp in missile so im able to use sacrilege heavy assault ship with missiles bonues, or cool amarr recons with neutralizers and drones even missiles on curse.

Every rases got some cool stuf, caldari got super ecm, minmatar a lot dps and fast ships, Amarr works good with cap drain items + very strong damage while using pulse lasers good armor tank, but amarr cons they got most slowest ships in game, Galente are good in drones and hybrids weapon. In my opinions is realy hard to master minmatar rase but they cool to.

Look at rases bonuses espetialy at recons because all rases got different electronic warfare.
Rond Dorlezahn
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#7 - 2012-05-15 20:53:36 UTC
Lunkwill Khashour wrote:
However...

In RvB (and prolly in general) the punisher and maller will never be primaried. That honor belongs to dessies and rifters.


Especially the Maller. I still have the one I brought to the Forge originally, like a week ago. P
Katea
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#8 - 2012-05-16 08:24:05 UTC
Reaver Maya wrote:
im new to eve and looking for advice as to which race is the best for pvp


The is NO such thing as best race

The endAttention
Gul'gotha Derv'ash
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2012-05-16 11:34:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Gul'gotha Derv'ash
I actually based what race(s) I would fly on the looks of the ship. The flavor of the month that CCP decides is always going to change sooner or later so basing off that is stupid. Remember you are going to be staring at this race of ships for some time so go for the looks :-P I am actually cross trained into both Amarr and Gallente as they both have ships I like and are very useful.


As for what you are going to want to do.... After you figure out the race you are wanting to fly figure out what ship type you are wanting to get into. Then train frigs 5, small guns and support skills 4, core skills 3, drone skills 3, cov-ops 4, tanking skills 3. Move on to cruisers and train medium guns 4, core skills 4, drones/support skills 4, tanking skills 4. Then if you are wanting to get into BS move onto those to 4, large guns to 4, then the essential core skills to 5, t2 armor/shield tank. After that you can backtrack and train up small guns 5, some gun support skills 5, t2 smalls, t2 scout drones. Then medium guns 5, t2 meds, more cores to 5. You get the point.

This will allow you to fly progressively larger and better ships in a decent amount of time. Always gives you something to move towards.



Edit: You really can't go wrong with training in eve, but you can gimp yourself for a decent amount of time if you don't figure out what race/ship(s) you are going to want to fly.
Skippermonkey
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#10 - 2012-05-16 13:54:54 UTC
pick any race, you'll be fine

you can always go back and train up another race when you feel like it

i did, and now i can fly almost every subcap ship

COME AT ME BRO

I'LL JUST BE DOCKED IN THIS STATION
Flurk Hellbron
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#11 - 2012-05-18 01:10:57 UTC
Train dessies, try every race out............... choose
Mohamad Transporte
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2012-05-24 10:51:02 UTC
forget about all above ...

Short Answer: Amarr to begin with... why? gun range .. Amarr guns shoot perfectly at all distances..

the only gallente ship i see worth training is Lachesis/Arazu recons .. nothing else
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#13 - 2012-05-24 12:31:31 UTC
Cloned S0ul wrote:
Karak Bol wrote:
It depends on your preference of playstyle.


This.

I know you are new but look at rases in wide perspective and your future in eve.

Both rases got pros and cons, personaly i train last time amarr cruisers to lvl 5 because i got a lot sp in missile so im able to use sacrilege heavy assault ship with missiles bonues, or cool amarr recons with neutralizers and drones even missiles on curse.

Every rases got some cool stuf, caldari got super ecm, minmatar a lot dps and fast ships, Amarr works good with cap drain items + very strong damage while using pulse lasers good armor tank, but amarr cons they got most slowest ships in game, Galente are good in drones and hybrids weapon. In my opinions is realy hard to master minmatar rase but they cool to.

Look at rases bonuses espetialy at recons because all rases got different electronic warfare.



It's "races".

Carry on.

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#14 - 2012-05-24 12:34:33 UTC
Mohamad Transporte wrote:
forget about all above ...

Short Answer: Amarr to begin with... why? gun range .. Amarr guns shoot perfectly at all distances..

the only gallente ship i see worth training is Lachesis/Arazu recons .. nothing else


Proteus? Nemesis? Nyx? Dominix? Taranis? Enyo? Ishkur? Ishtar? Talos? Vindicator? Vigilant?

Gallente ships are normally designed around small gang PvP. Amarr are better suited for fleet fighting. Combat Recons are notable exceptions: the Curse is deadly in small encounters; the Lacheisis sees a lot of use as a fleet tackler.

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016