Skill Discussions

Hello,

Basically this is a trader alt that got out of control, and is now my main. I've been vaguely skilling him towards Caldari mid-size combat ships, and his missile / shield skills are quite good, though no real gunnery skills.

I'm currently training for the battlecruiser split, and so wondering about cross training.

Obviously Minmatar would make the most of the missile + shield skills, but how about Gallente? Would the Caldari hybrid boats unlocked with more gunnery skills be worth it?
And again, focusing mainly on BC and under.

Thank you!

Takes less time to train into ~something~ with gallente (gurista faction ships) due to drone/shield/launcher config; however gurista ships are far from the satisfactory departure from caldari boredom that you are likely to want.

Frankly it's more of a coin-toss decision today than ever before. Minmatar has been taken down a peg, but hyrbids are still mediocre to awful depending on the size and variety.

I've met quite a few players that have chosen this route. It provides options and versatility for fun, although some would chose to spec a race and style early on. If you are patient and you don't try to shoot up too high on shiptypes, you can invest in all four races and train them to useful level within a decent timeframe (ie. all frigs/cruisers to T2 weapons/tanks).

Some people would suggest not training all the races at once, and if you are aiming at a particular area of gameplay, I'd prolly suggest the same thing, but it all depends on what you want to do and how you intend to play.

I'm personally training towards a Legion, as I have two alts that can pilot Legions, so I know what they can do. I primarily want the Legion for missions vs. EM weak NPC, where my Tengu is less efficient. I have a Navy Raven that is equally effective with all damage types, but sometimes I just want to pilot a more nimble ship.

Amarr Cruiser 5 gets me into:

* Command Ships: Absolution & Damnation
* Heavy Assault Cruisers: Sacrilege & Zealot ("ARMOR HACS!")
* Heavy Interdictors: Devoter
* Logistics: Guardian
* Recon: Curse & Pilgrim
* Strategic Cruiser: Legion

Nine T2 ships (plus four T1and two pirate that will be maxed). Not bad for a 17 day skill.


Well, I've heard Amarr are getting more inline with Khanid ships. On the Minmatar front, I only remember hearing about the Typhoon being changed (not sure if that hasn't already happened).

As I'm working on them all, I've not been concerned enough to follow the news closely.

I'm not trying to convince you.

I was just explaining my reasons, which I'm sure are different than your's, and pointing out that Amarr are quite capable in the sub-BS area. I plan to train Minmatar after Amarr, and lastly Gallente. Plans can change though.

Once you can shield tank and armor tank (it seemed like it took me less time to train armor tanking), and have the basic turret, drone, and missile skills, you are pretty much set for any ship.

Thanks.

My reference to Khanid was meant to describe drones and missiles. [Come to think of it, the Legion has a HAM subsystem.]

Surprised CCP already thinking of changing the Talwar.

I did something similar with my main. Ended up just training most everything chasing this whim or that.

I'll throw in a vote for Gallente, although it's my personally least used racial ship type. But as you move up in hull size, there is a third weapons platform that everyone trains....drones.

Since you're going to be training those up to fly anything bigger than maybe a Maller, might as well consider the race that has the most focus on drones. Blaster ships are very popular right now as well, so the whole Gallente line up is pretty shiny at the moment. Only downside might be Gal tends towards armor, but you'd be training that too with Min or Amarr, so I consider that a wash.

Min is always a solid choice for a cross trained toon tho. My beloved Rifter being the perfect example of flexibility.