EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hello. I decided to fly Amarr ships mainly because they have lazors and look really awesome.
I felt free to choose any race ships I want, just like the race of my character. But now I hear they suck for missions and yeah it's kinda hard cause lasers have only 2 types of damage.
Tonight I wouldn't complete epic arc chain end boss without help of Gallente ship with drones - Myrmidon. He could have all 4 types of damage, had only 3 but it worked anyway.

I need to do missions effciently to make some money and progress on better ships.

I doubt it was a good decision of going for Amarr ships.
Prove me I'm wrong, what are the good sides of Amarr ships?

Or still having 650dps at 130km, while your friend next to you in his raven has to slowboat 40km to hit anything & once he's in range, you killed everything. Also instant reloads, 1 faction/T2 crystal = 1000 shots.

First of all, if you have read the mission briefing on the last SoE Epic Arc, it suggest you do it with a small fleet. CCP made that mission hard to solo (unless you do it at a later stage and bring in an Abaddon =) then it's easy) but it can be done by a small (2 or 3 destroyers) fleet.

The other guy, like said before, brought a BC into a mission made to be done by frigates / destroyers (maybe an occasional cruiser).

Amarr have a slight disadvantage to missions due to their lack of multi-damage guns. But if you are up against the usual Amarr enemies (Blood Raiders, Sansha) that should not be a huge problem as they are week against EM/Therm damage. If you are up against any other rat that isn't weak in your damage this is counter-acted by the metric f**k-tonnes of damage a laser boat can put out.

Missions are not the only way oyu can make ISK, and keep in mind bigger isn't better in EVE. Every ship has his advantages and disadvantages. Large ships for instance will have a really hard time shooting small fast ships etc.

One of my characters is trained into Amarr and I love it.
Yes, Amarr is slightly less good at missions compared to Caldari, specially the Drake as it has a huge tank, missiles are easier skilled and it can swap damage types. But still Amarr when properly skilled can do missions quite good, and also Amarr are also really good in Incursions (if fitted properly though).

Another good point on Amarr, they are really good in large fleet PvP. They do a huge amount of damage, they are bricks to take down and with good fleet are really hard to shoot down.

So, yes Amarr sometimes look less effective in missions. This is due to nature of the guns but also keep in mind skills effect your ship for a huge amount. A good gunnery pilot can make even Amarr ships work very well

And what are the skills that make missions easier in Amarr ships ?

Amar are great @ missions and much else.

Yes you do EM/therm damage but you do a lot of it.
Lasers do not need to reload and do not use up ammo saving time and isk.
The crystales also ensure you are always doing the most damage you can. If up close some multi freq crystles will pour on the dps but even if out farther you can swap crystales and still do the most damage possible @ that range. Most other weapons systems can not dial there range in as well.....they also have to wait 10 seconds when they do so.

Amar ships also have really nice tanks. Most of the ships also carry drones like the myrmidon. A harbinger(same class of ship as a myrm) can carry the same drones as the myrm(no spares) and has lasers. A harbi can out damage a myrm.

problem with amarr is not the damage type (em/thermic)
problem with amarr is the same problem gallente ships/weapons used to have before crucible,and thats CPU AND POWERGRID!!!!!.other than that few amarr are fantastic solo pvp ships,and some very good in fleets.

but ccp seems to make progress they buffed assault frigs and retribution now has 1 extra mid slot for trackling.cant say the same thing about coercer.i hope do they realize there something really bad with amarr

Yeah in amar space you will get more raider sansha spawns. But honestly Damage is less of an issue for lasers, tracking is. Focus on maximizing your gunnery skills, and make sure you can use tracking comps. Trust me in lvl 4 missions an apoc with pulse lasers will tear through just about any mission regardless of the foe.

Your secondary damage thermal, hurts lots of stuff for instance: Sevens, Mercs, Sanshas, Raiders, serpentis and yes even guristas. All the mission rats mentioned have thermal damage as there secondary or primary weakness.

You have chosen wisely. When your ready to make the jump to PVP, you'll be up on any one who chose to fly gallente as there main race.

Im a drones pilot I have nearly perfect drone skills and I have a Dominix that puts out nearly 800DPS at 50km. However with drones you have to keep an eye on them and if your using sentrys you have to stay stationary so you can pull them in if they take agro. All though I love the flexibilty of my Dominix to project huge dps on much smaller targets. Some times I want to just roll into a mission with a gun boat and start wasting sh!t as I roll around. Amar ships tend to be good at this, Good cap and range on the apoc, HUGE tank on the abbadon. I see few problems with you running missions for isk in the future.

Dont forget to train up to fly the noctis when you get a chance.

P.S. Most players find the Amar hulls to be the most Aesthetically pleasing out of all the ships in the game. Theres nothing wrong with picking a ship for looks. Its your game.