EVE New Citizens Q&A

The stuff you read online is out of date.

Kiting missile ships are pretty stout ATM. Light missile condors with damps or tds, ham caracals and drakes and the corax destroyer isn't too shabby either.

Big missiles still need some work but they are expecting a buff in a few weeks with odyssey.


Important note: if your new, train what you like, the FOTM will likely change 5 times before your done training the first one anyways. Support skills and t2 weapons take a while to get up to snuff.

Edit: above advice for anything BUT incursions :( incursion fleets have odd ball expectations...

what he said. most if not all ship hulls you will be using in the first year or so have been balanced recently, so there is no point to min/max into a specific weapon system, at least not for a new player.

I love all weapons systems.

Every system has it's Pro's and Cons. It is how you use it that matters.

The only "issue" I currently have with missile systems is the delayed application of damage. Turret ships apply damage as soon as the module cycles, while missiles have flight time to consider. The catch here is that in the hypothetical 'perfectly matched' fight, the condor will die first while the ultimate salvo of missiles are in flight.

People I know who I consider to be extremely knowledgeable about PVP insist that the Condor is an awesome small gang PVP ship in the hands of the right pilot: as mentioned above it can be fit with light missiles to employ a kiting strategy, though you can also fit with rockets (which haven't sucked for over a year now) and scare the pants off people who still think a condor is a grey, asymmetrical paper bag flown only by clueless noobs.

Then again, I know of people who have won solo engagements against an enemy flying a superior ship, when their own ship didn't even have a point fitted. PVP in EVE is just as much about your skill as a player as it is about the ship you fly, the modules you fit, and the psychological warfare you conduct.

I would switch if it isn't too painful. I started as Caldari and went full missiles and loved it however in order to fly anything except missile ships, I have to train a lot of gunnery skills.

Well, this could also apply to "In order to fly anything other than gunships, I have to train a lot of missile skills (and drones too)"

That being said, 50% (or more) of the ships in the Caldari line up are gunships, so training gunnery skills are always recommended regardless of if you crosstrain to other races.

To the OP: Don't worry about the naysayers, like other posters have said, if you only go for flavour of the month ("FOTM") ships, by the time you train up for them, CCP's nerfhammer would probably have struck again changing the metagame. Train for what you like using, and learn to use it well. Support skills are never a bad thing also

There's...differing opinions on missiles, and it really depends on your FC, and how much they stick to doctrines and "rules".

The generic rule is stated above, missiles suck coz delayed damage. However, if you have any kind of intel at all on your target, missiles selective damage is great for exploiting resistance holes.


Personally, I fly a RLML dual ASB nanocaracal in solo/small gang PVP. Great ship for nuking anything dessie and below, and quick enough to outrun big stuff that might eat you.