EVE General Discussion

Yes. Gallente Superiority, 10 years coming.

IDK about being the best really, but like Mario Putzo mentioned, they are definitely the easiest to use for a beginner (or the less effort inclined). I've flown the majority of the subcap lineup, and, for pve stuff at least, I keep coming back to my missile chuckers.

I'll wholeheartedly admit I'm one lazy s.o.b and the sheer merit of going into a mission and remaining stationary while my weapons hit for consistent damage out to lock range really helps facilitate my laziness.

Both Gallente and Caldari are quite good atm, and it really isn't difficult to see why.
Gallente have hybrids and drones, armor and shield, all performing very well.
Caldari also have hybrids along with LML and RLML launchers which perform exceedingly well.

A perfect Gallente pilot is also a near-perfect Caldari Pilot. Thus, training for gallente currently gives you a lot of bang for your buck.

With the upcoming changes Guristas are getting buffed, Mordus are being introduced, and Serpentis and Angels aren't being nerfed.

Amarr and Minmatar have a lot of nice ships, but pale in comparison to the amount of viable Gallente/Caldari ships IMO.

I have one thing to answer for this heresy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCvdQZXgDVg

I guess that's my thing: yeah missile based stuff is what some have referred to as "easy mode" because lets face it, there's less you have to keep in mind when using them vs turrets. Thing is starting with that means most people won't move away from it over time, and are probably missing out on the nuances of other race weapons and ship types.

I've spoken at length in the past about how bloody fun the Taranis is and still to this day it's always had that run-up-fast-and-smack-someone-in-the-face allure. :)

Indeed I think it was up to around late 2010 or 2011 it was common to see threads in this forums usually titled "Why does CCP hate Gallente" or "Why I cross-trained to Caldari/Winmatar".

Gallente was considered a joke at one time, because you can expect to have multiple webs on you long before you got within blaster range while you got either turbo-stomped with HM drakes or nitpicked to death with sniper BS. That plus an intie you could not hit and you might as well self destruct to deny the killmail.

Gal have the mega.

it's true tho.

gallente because megathron.

Reasons why Caldari are the master race.

- Never been enslaved
- Never enslaved anyone else
- Aren't hippies
- Has the biggest trade hub
- Has the best looking ships (grey > rust, brass, and snot)
- Missiles are the best weapon system (no cap usage, always hits, selectable damage, huge range)
- Most attractive NPCs and players (genetics)
- The word Caldari looks like calamari

at the beginning i could only fly gallente and was VERY disappointed with their gunboats, the vexor was and still is the best solo pvp disposable workhorse, and the domi was, and still is the best PVE drone platform considering its cost. but outside of the Drone boat lineup the other ships were extremely weak.

as soon as i branched out to minnie ships, i never looked back.

i can fly everything at this point, so when i bought a pure pvp character i went for what i already knew was the most fun, and that has to be minnie. only recently i branched out to pvp on amarr ships.

if i had to start again i would have gone minnie from the beginning, the reason is simple, its easier to adapt from minnie to either the mobility limitations and the reliance on overheating that amarr has, or the crapness of Meta hybrids of the gallente/Caldari if your starting point is projectiles.

learning with training ships like the rupture, which can go armor or shield and tactical ships with a good margin for error like the stabber is fun and cheap.