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Does anyone really use the "other" ships?

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Farsiris Arbosa
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2014-03-17 19:16:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Farsiris Arbosa
It feels like everyone I've met only uses ships from the four races, and ORE. (SoE sometimes if you're really lucky.)

Might be just me, but I can't ever recall anyone saying "Gee, I can't wait to get my new Gurista frigate!" or "Oh goody, I really want that one Angel Cartel ship!"

Does anyone here have a ship that isn't from one of the four races or ORE that they use primarily? Also, why are the others so unpopular?

Update: Never mind, I realized the reason I wasn't seeing any pirate ships was because I don't browse ISIS enough and mistook a lot of ships for the wrong faction. Lol Mods, feel free to kill this thread.

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Serene Repose
#2 - 2014-03-17 19:20:13 UTC
Maybe you should get around more. No pirate faction ships? Funny.

We must accommodate the idiocracy.

Shizuken
Venerated Stars
#3 - 2014-03-17 19:20:58 UTC
Is this a joke?

Pirate faction ships are all over the place... They are just expensive.
Riot Girl
You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack
#4 - 2014-03-17 19:21:31 UTC
Farsiris Arbosa wrote:
I can't ever recall anyone saying "Gee, I can't wait to get my new Gurista frigate!"

Everyone is saying it.
Lilianna Star
Vagrant Empress
#5 - 2014-03-17 19:21:54 UTC
So, you've never seen a Mackerel roaming about before?
Pok Nibin
Doomheim
#6 - 2014-03-17 19:23:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Pok Nibin
Mackerel roaming around here somewhere

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Organic Lager
Drinking Buddies
#7 - 2014-03-17 19:23:45 UTC
Farsiris Arbosa wrote:
"Oh goody, I really want that one Angel Cartel ship!"


Machariel... Yes plz
Praxis Ginimic
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2014-03-17 19:29:55 UTC
*whispers* ****** says wut
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#9 - 2014-03-17 19:30:27 UTC
"Other" ships?


I only cheat on my Mega with other Mega-hulled ships (Kronos, Vindicator, Navy Mega), and Thoraxes (and thorax hulled ships)...and Nemesisisissis' (**** it. No one knows what the plural of Nemesis is, or how to say it.), and Catalysts...and Velators... and Zealots....and Armageddons....and Nagas...and Purifiers...and....

Wow. I just realized how much I cheat on my Mega. Its going to leave me for another *******...I just know it.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?

Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#10 - 2014-03-17 19:31:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Ramona McCandless
I dont even.


That said, wheres my Blood Raiders' Purifier?

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Batelle
Federal Navy Academy
#11 - 2014-03-17 19:34:01 UTC
Is the OP a time-traveler from 2008 ?

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Eram Fidard
Doomheim
#12 - 2014-03-17 19:36:28 UTC
Nem - uh - sees

Nemeses

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Jenn aSide
Worthless Carebears
The Initiative.
#13 - 2014-03-17 19:38:26 UTC
Farsiris Arbosa wrote:
It feels like everyone I've met only uses ships from the four races, and ORE. (SoE sometimes if you're really lucky.)

Might be just me, but I can't ever recall anyone saying "Gee, I can't wait to get my new Gurista frigate!" or "Oh goody, I really want that one Angel Cartel ship!"

Does anyone here have a ship that isn't from one of the four races or ORE that they use primarily? Also, why are the others so unpopular?



I am right now flying a Machariel shooting NPCs and wondering WTF you are talking about.
Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#14 - 2014-03-17 19:40:55 UTC
Eram Fidard wrote:
Nem - uh - sees

Nemeses


Is that the plural of Nemesis?

"Yea, some dude came in and was normal for first couple months, so I gave him director." - Sean Dunaway

"A singular character could be hired to penetrate another corps space... using gorilla like tactics..." - Chane Morgann

Anna Karhunen
Inoue INEXP
#15 - 2014-03-17 19:44:07 UTC
Lilianna Star wrote:
So, you've never seen a Mackerel roaming about before?


Here is a video of a mackerel on a roam. Solo roam too, by the looks of it.

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Unezka Turigahl
Det Som Engang Var
#16 - 2014-03-17 19:55:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Unezka Turigahl
Uhhhh I used to use a Gila, until I was skilled up for an Ishtar. Gila is still almost as good as an Ishtar. I tend to switch back to the Gila when I go into lowsec because its a tad cheaper, and I have 50billion of them but only 1 Ishtar.

Occasionally I run into a Cynabal in exploration sites. Sometimes I still see a Gnosis. Occasionally I see an Astero or Stratios.

Then there are incursions. Nothing but pirate battleships there pretty much.

Angel ships have taken a bit of a hit in popularity because they were nerfed a little. They were also given god-awful camo paintjobs. They're still loved though. Even though they look like total ass compared to how they used to look. WTH CCP.
Willmahh
#17 - 2014-03-17 20:02:00 UTC
Rattlesnake? Anyone??

Gila? Anyone??

as gank magnet as they are, those are sexy ships.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#18 - 2014-03-17 20:06:26 UTC
Afaik, the only race that isn't used to any extent is the Sansha ships, and even then it's only the sub-BS ones that see no use.
So I think I have to join in with the “where are you even looking?”-crowd on this one… Ugh
E-2C Hawkeye
HOW to PEG SAFETY
#19 - 2014-03-17 20:17:17 UTC
Lilianna Star wrote:
So, you've never seen a Mackerel roaming about before?

Is that a fish?
Eram Fidard
Doomheim
#20 - 2014-03-17 20:19:44 UTC
Personally I prefer using a Herring for my forestry-related duties.

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