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so whats your favorite ship and why?
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Roel Yento
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#81 - 2013-05-22 02:15:15 UTC
Prophecy: Tanky and versatile. Also looks like a mean, gluttonous bird lol. Lol
Josilin du Guesclin
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#82 - 2013-05-22 05:17:24 UTC
Hard to say, there are many that I like.

Cruiser sized it's probably the Stabber Fleet Issue - looks cool, amazingly tough. I always liked the Caracal too, but then it was my first cruiser.

Battlecruiser: Definitely the Drake. Again, it was first BC, and despite having flown a number of others it's still the one I like best. It's not a pretty as the Prophecy (greedy pigeon), or as cool looking as the Naga (giant tuning fork of doom), but it's as tough as old boots and brings a fair bit of pain.

Battleship: Well, I love my Fleet Issue Typhoon for it looks (its ugly, but it's a cool ugly), its versatility, and its surprising speed. I also like the Rokh a great deal - it really looks like a battleship (a massive block of defence with rows of guns), but I find its weapons lack authority these days - there are better blaster platforms and the blaster firing sound effects sound weak to me, and as a sniper, well who cares if you out-range everyone when going out past about 120km just mean you get a fleet dropped in your lap? I miss sniping from just on grid in a great big brick.
Shereza
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#83 - 2013-05-22 05:34:11 UTC
Nightmare. The old one. The one with lasers, missiles, and armor because the combination was just plain awesome to me, and I still like the idea of it. The new nightmare is nice too, don't get me wrong, but on several levels I wish CCP had had their split weapon balance brainstorm years ago before the pirate ship patch. Seeing 6/6 turret/launcher hardpoints with a 50% cap reduction role bonus at 10%/level bonuses to laser and missile damage would have been great. Still, the current tachyonightmare's nothing to sneeze at either.
Kurtz
Eldorado Exploration Expedition
#84 - 2013-05-22 06:54:25 UTC
Everyone talks about pew pew.
My favorite ship is the Prowler. It is the closest do all boat, if cargo bay is to be considered.
Tashima
Clandestine Services
#85 - 2013-05-22 07:15:28 UTC
I currently live in low class w-space, so the hands down the Orca. Could not live without it. its not any fun to fly, but its so freeking versatile it's crazy.
chaosjj
Doomheim
#86 - 2013-05-22 07:19:56 UTC
The Kronos, great DPS and a god tank to match, and my exploration loki, may not be the best ship for this, but it works great for me.
Asssassin X
Gnomosexuals
#87 - 2013-05-22 08:23:59 UTC
My kiting armour legion is by far my favourite followed closely by the three damp maulus in small gangsTwisted
Roseline Penshar
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#88 - 2013-05-22 11:18:00 UTC
Rifter - cause i love the look

and later will be hound cause i played eve when i saw hound
Velarra
#89 - 2013-05-22 21:58:39 UTC
While i've not flown one in forever, - Freighters or anything really, that travel at sub 1au/s.

The slower it is to traverse a single system from one celestial to another, or gate for that matter, - the greater the perception of size and astronomic scale to the distances traveled. Something easily missed if you get used to high AU/s travel speeds.
Anyura
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#90 - 2013-05-22 23:03:23 UTC
I want a Phantasm plushie. <3
supr3m3justic3
Perkone
Caldari State
#91 - 2013-05-22 23:03:56 UTC
Ibis, cause its free.
Oriphious
Lethal Devotion
Escalation Theory
#92 - 2013-05-23 21:51:40 UTC
Cynabal just for looks but the hound purely for the fact iitsa ninja!
IbanezLaney
The Church of Awesome
#93 - 2013-05-24 06:25:19 UTC
Hookbill.

Why? It's versatile

5 Mid slots allow lots of options when fitting.

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ChromeStriker
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#94 - 2013-05-24 07:24:37 UTC
Typhoon... not sure why... but it was always the ship i always wanted to fly lol

No Worries
Liltha
Lost My Way Enterprises
#95 - 2013-05-24 08:13:03 UTC
So many to choose from so lets see.

Nighthawk - oh I know so many ships do what you can do better, but I still love this missile spewer, named them some variant of Agrona mkIII, since the original Agrona was a drake I lost in nullsec and the Agrona mkII was a much better fitted drake that replaced it only to be replaced in turn by the nighthawk

Arbitrator - Been using this a lot as an all around exploration ship, I could use a tengu or something but it feels so cheap to do so, love the slots and the drones on the little Arby. Named them all some variant of CVL-XX with XX being the number of some WWII era light carrier that was built on a cruiser base.
Kid Moxie
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#96 - 2013-05-25 02:37:22 UTC
Nightmare for one. It's a beautiful ship and I wish I could fly it. Second would be the Scorpion Navy Issue. It is a beast of a missioning ship, and you feel like a BAMF when those giant missiles spew out of it.
Number 17
COLD-Wing
#97 - 2013-05-25 13:33:45 UTC
Caracal

Has always been my favourite ship to fly, and now that i come back to eve after 2 years, i check it out and it is just awesome. No, It is more than awesome, the new bonuses and slot layout make it even better. Thank you ccp!!!
Gensou Amatin
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#98 - 2013-05-25 14:53:15 UTC
Even though I'll never fly one I love the look of the nyx.
Tsukino Stareine
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#99 - 2013-05-25 16:59:02 UTC
Kurtz wrote:
Everyone talks about pew pew.
My favorite ship is the Prowler. It is the closest do all boat, if cargo bay is to be considered.



Isn't it one of the transport ships that cannot hold a packed t3 cruiser in it's cargo therefore effectively making it worse than the viator?

Art of Explosions
Laxyr
Chamsin Freight Logistics
#100 - 2013-08-18 11:47:29 UTC
Tsukino Stareine wrote:
Kurtz wrote:
Everyone talks about pew pew.
My favorite ship is the Prowler. It is the closest do all boat, if cargo bay is to be considered.



Isn't it one of the transport ships that cannot hold a packed t3 cruiser in it's cargo therefore effectively making it worse than the viator?


If we now measure the worth of a transport ship in "packed t3 cruiser" units then yes, maybe. While this might be a problem for others it's not of any interest to me. I make a healthy living by transporting stuff much much smaller than the 5050m³ I get with my Prowler fitting.

The Prowler is the ship I like the most. It performs beautifully. There's nothing better than bypassing a 0.0 gatecamp, going "meep meep" in local ;-)