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Easiest Race Philosophy to Train towards for a New Player
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Aruken Marr
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#21 - 2012-08-13 13:11:16 UTC
"Can I bring my Drake?"

Don't be that guy. Tell him to go Minmatar. Then cross train.
Syler Puuntai
Nomadic Asylum
#22 - 2012-08-13 13:12:37 UTC
Caldari Acolyte wrote:
" successful earlier on rather than later?" Depends on what you mean by successful. if you mean PvE then Caldari wins hands down. If its PvP, then it gets tricky but i would go with Winmatar.


The nice thing about caldari is that Winmater is easy to cross train into after awhile.
Lin-Young Borovskova
Doomheim
#23 - 2012-08-13 13:26:50 UTC
Calamari are good, they're actually very good and hybrid changes plus cruiser/bc about to hit will probably make of this race something you must have in your hangar.
They cover a lot in PVP and PVE with strong hulls, excellent weapon systems and new active shield tanking modules that make it quite easy for the new player.

MInmatar are also a must have but a little longer/tedious to train for. Projectiles alpha is not a secret for anyone around that it's just the best of all, autocanons have very strong points added to excellent hulls and bonus, excellent command ships, T3 Loki (Tengu natural predator), overall the best race imho.

Amarr are very cool too but armor tank...and in the same crap package you put Gallente with, those require top skills to be efficient, offer FEW viable options but always with extreme drawbacks easier to counter for experienced pilots but a pain in the arse for the new player that will probably and very often get the feeling he's just a puppet to get shot at.


If I should start from the scratch tomorrow I'd pick Caldari without a doubt, first missiles then hybrids because those blasters/rails are just awesome with shield ships.

brb
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
#24 - 2012-08-13 13:49:00 UTC
Minmatar.

Strap yourself to an office chair and launch yourself down a flight of stairs while firing an uzi.

You are now 100% attuned to the Minmatar mindset.
dexington
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#25 - 2012-08-13 13:50:33 UTC
Ehrghiez wrote:
I've already offered the 21 day buddy trial. The catch is convincing him it isn't so bad. He's just a really stubborn individual. One of those types.


I you you have access to a laptop that can run eve, then arrange a day where you can show him eve. If a lot easier to explain what does what, when you can see the same screen. It also gives him a chance to fly some ships on your account, like battlecruisers or battleships, it will give him a chance to see how the later ships work.

You can also give him the plex you get if he signs up, then he gets the 21 days trail + 2 months for 20$.

I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.
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