EVE New Citizens Q&A

Do I have to go to Caldari space, and buy a Caldari ship once I have the money? That seems like a waste though, as I'm already training in Gallente frigate. Should I just buy a Caldari ship training skill book, and train in that, then get a Caldari ship?

Fly whatever you want to, you just have to skill up for it. You aren't stuck in what you can do. You just have to skill up. I went Caldari first but can fly a bunch of Amarr and Caldari ships.

Biggest thing is do not go Battleships until you get support skills maxed out. That's skills that can benefit numerous objectives you may have.

You should have no trouble getting skillbooks in any empire region. What might be a little harder is ship fitting modules that aren't used on all races of ships.

For instance, Ballistic Control Units (which add to missile damage) won't be on the market in quite the same numbers in areas that there are less Caldari ships being flown. You can still get them, but you might need to pay a little more.


Edit: Also, as was alluded to before, you will get awful performance from large ships due to not having the skill in Power Grid Management, CPU Management, Weapons Upgrades, Capacitor Management and the like to get reasonable performance from the larger ships.

First: There are no classes in EVE. Just because you are Gallente doesn't give you a bonus on flying Gallente ship nor gives it penalties to any other race. So if you want to fly Caldari ships, buy the needed skillbooks and ships (both which can be bought where ever they are sold, including Gallente space) and fly them.

The race your start with only has a very limited impact on the game. The impacts are:
1. Your looks, though the differences between looks is very small now compared to the old avatars.
2. Your starting location, but nothing prevents you from moving anywhere you want.
3. The default NPC corp you start in + the NPC corp you end up in if you leave a player corp / leave FW. This is fixed to your character race and blooline.
4. A very limited amount of skills you start with initially. These skills can be trained by anybody in 1 or 2 days, so they don't make much of an impact.

You have also take into account. No matter what ship you fly, some skills will cross over to them. Things like skills that increase your powergrid, CPU, capacitor, shield and armor are ALWAYS useful, no matter what you fly.


2nd:

As Myriad, may I ask why you don't like Gallente and why you prefer Caldari?

You can stick with hybrid weapons and fly Caldari just fine you do not need missiles. Plenty of good gun boats.

A GALLENTE FLYING CALDARI SHIPS THE OUTRAGE!

... oh wait this isnt the IGS.

No. All of the races have some pretty strong PvP ships, and if you find yourself worrying over whose are "better" you're always going to feel like the grass is greener somewhere else.

Caldari do have some very newb-friendly PvP ships, however. It doesn't get much easier than a kiting condor.

Well, if we are doing OCD outbursts:
6. Some of the places where you can move your medical clone to from a distance.
(You can always move your medical clone to your current station, but if you want to move your medical clone to a station other than your current station, you get a choice between the stations your corp has offices in and a list of stations determined by your starter NPC corp.)

As for "what race is good in PvP", I agree with Myriad that all four races have some great PvP ships, it really depends on what style you like. If anything, there is a slight preference for armor tanked ships in PvP, as that frees up your mid-slots for more EWAR modules.

This I did not know. Damn, learn something new everyday!

OP: This is a summary of the differences between Caldari and Amarr I wrote a while back.

Typed up another summary of the different flavours for the races but I can't seem to find it anymore.

Right now Gallente ships are seeing the most PVP success. This can and will change, probably faster than you can train into an Ishtar.

Find the type of ship you like using most. For me, it is close range drone boats with a light tank and midslots dedicated to range dictation. Train into whatever you enjoy, then cross train into other ships you later discover you need.