Ships & Modules

That is very tough to say.

The reason is a good ship in one race is usually a good ship for entirely different reasons then a good ship in another race.

I would say Amarr have it the hardest now. Their T1 lineup is in shambles and while the new rebalanced Punisher, Executioner and 4 or so Frigates that are coming are good their Cruisers are still bad. The Harbinger is Amarr's first T1 medium laser capable ship and it is mediocre while the Oracle is their first amazing ship and their battleships while good in fleets are finding use diminished by growing Shield doctrine. At PvE they are EM Heavy which is a big disadvantage. If Cruisers and Battlecruisers are rebalanced as well as the Frigates they should have less to worry about. T2 on the other hand is good Logi wise, EWAR wise and the Frigates aren't bad as well as HAC's.

For Caldari they are doing well with the Blaster upgrade. Drakes still good. Rohk / Scorp Fleet Ships. Tengu of course. Then the whole ECM in general. Frigates are in good shape as well as Assault Ships.

Minmatars got the Hurricane and the ASB Cyclone, kiting Rupture, strong Frigates all around, HAC's, Logi, Web based EWAR. Look at a class of ships you can pick out a good one. Artillery makes a good all round fleet weapon. Minmatars in good shape.

Gallente are getting better. Their main problem is that most times the bench mark of a good Gal ship is can I stuff Shields on to it because Armor is slow as nails. They have a lot of small gang choices, Thorax, Shield Brutix, Myrmidon, Incursus and so on. They have the Talos as well. Their Battleships while not big on fleet material are very dangerous in a small environment especially with null buffs. Drone Amp gave them a good leg up too. The Gallente T2 lineup while not spectacular is solid for small scale warfare. Gallente competes well in small scale warfare but they do not scale up near as well as other races.

Amarr's biggest problem their T1 disaster of a lineup will for the most part be flushed out in the next 6-9 months hopefully but they still do have some good early on choices. Armor Vs Shield balancing will help as well. I think soon the question of what race is best will become harder to answer.

This, plus the Caldari ECM line.

If you're a newbie wondering what race to train, the answer is always the same--train Minmatar.

Caldari is a close contender for beating out the Minmatar in terms of PvP capability. Not because of any specific strengths like the Minmatar's adaptability, but because of a series of perplexing buffs to their style of fighting.

Still on with this bullshit? Grow up

Im not a huge expert in Amarr, but they have a lot of ships that I see as good.

Punisher and its line, Slicer, Arbitrator, Harbinger, Omen Navy Issue, Zealot, Geddon, Baddon, etc.

To the extent that Amarr ships might be seen as sub-par, I think that it is because they lack mids, and shield fits are king right now. Its why Gallente are generally seen as only one step better - because Gallente have slightly more mids. Armor needs a buff, then Amarr (and Gallente) will be better. They have a great weapon system.

I was about to say that I thought the Arbitrator was one of the best cruisers I've ever flown, but it's been a while since I've flown it so it might have been nerfed since then. So I couldn't speak on it.

Minmatar receives bonuses to all damage types, other races only receive bonuses to one or two.

Minmatar overall, but it takes a long time to really train yourself up to a GOOD PVE ship then. PVP you can do with them from day 1 though

Before posting this thread, I thought to myself "Maybe I should specify a certain gameplay style so no one gets confused."

The I thought "No way, I put 'in general' in the thread title. EVE players wouldn't be too stupid to miss that, would they?"

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1st best Minmatar without a doubt, you've got absolutely every tool you need to achieve everything in the game. People also say "Tengu", well they haven't realised yet Loki IS the Tengu natural predator, it literally murders them easily. (when you know how)

Last: Gallente, because the horrible combo armor/active or buffer tanking/blasters/horrible rails +lol drones makes them no good but in very specific situations. Being a Gallente dedicated pilot means you pushed your skills to the last standing SP required to make your ship work, even then you're a very easy prey if your opponent knows your ship stats.
They've got a little better after hybrids rebalance, then Talos came out and it's probably the best Gallente ship when SHIELD TANKED.
Over all Gallente dedicated pilots don't have much of a choice of what they can do but they have a very long list of what they can't or shouldn't even try.

But I'm sure some dedicated uber pilot will tell I'm wrong and start with "Proteus" or Serpentis ships (Not gallente).
And of course if you're an Elite Gallente pilot you also shield tank your ships because this is how they were intended to work actually.

Gallente simple: Dev's ideas/solutions and Gallente philosophy don't exist. It's some kind of "meli-melo" strapped together with duc tape leading to lol'ish stuff, no real activity radius, racial philosophy or even place in the current game outside this tiny "niche" some require being Elite one.