Ships & Modules

I just roped a friend into starting up his EVE account again, but I'm sort of drawing a blank on what to recommend that he do mission-wise with ships. I'm using Amarr ships myself, but don't necessarily feel like they're the best possibility. I'm using them because I came back to a character with tons of skills in lasers and Amarr ships, he can go down whichever path he wants. So, what path is that, broadly?

Assuming he's starting at level 2 missions and wants to end up at level 4s in a Marauder some time (A lot of time) down the line, what's a good path? Is Caldari still the most consistent choice? Caracal -> Drake -> Raven -> RNI -> Golem in that case, or what?

Appreciate any help.

Gal are probably the best at being good at anything you want to do, so you can't go wrong.

Gal suck at most things, they suck at PvP, ok PvE, I just good at mining though haha

If he likes Caldari and Amarr go Caldari, it's more flexible and you get better performance from an Amarr BS against non em-therm rats because of damage selectability. Most Caldari ships also have good tanks and missiles which are more forgiving than guns for those starting out.

I'd go Corax > Drake > Raven > RNI > Golem for the ship progression. Though theres another viable alternative which is focusing on medium missiles then upgrading to a Tengu for L4 missions, leaving out the BS group, Tengu is more flexible and less skill intensive, so you get more out of your training time.

Oh yes, Who in their right mind would take an ishtar, thorax, vexor, navy vexor, myrm, domi or mega and pvp with it?

Or maybe you should get a little more experience then 9 kills before you start complaining....

Well if he plans to just do L4s, I'd tell him to go with Amarr, as their weapon system doesn't waste ammo, and crsytals rarely break, it's more cost efficient. Have him train up to first the Legion, make sure he has ALL subsystem skills to L5, then have him work up to a Paladin. Max out gunnery and laser skills, armor skills, and Marauder to L5, and make sure he does L4s against a pirate faction weak to EM and Therm and he will rock them.

Bastion stop telling people how I roll, or I'll come find you!

haha and only 9 kills? some people are so silly.

And MOST Gal ships DO suck in PvP, sowwy

the RR vexor gang is quite nice though...

Well I see it's time to hunt old Bastion down, why do you make me do such things.

come at me bro!

op sry for the thread derailment

EDIT: back on topic i would say your freind should go for caldari. Selectable damage type, capless weapons & td immunity. so he can mission wherever he wants. Go amarr and ur resticted to amarr space and even then for some reason u get the odd guristas or angels mission popping up to £*$% up your day.