EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hey, I've been playing for about 6-7 months now on my main character. I got an amazing opertunity(can't spell that word sorry) to join a 0.0 corp, I thought I might be to new for that kind of stuff but they welcomed me and they are awesome! I really enjoy it out here, even if I die now and then. Still haven't found out how to make that good amount of ISK.. ;)

But nevermind that thing, I have a little question regarding ships, weapons and such. As i'm currently trained to fly both Drake and Hurricane quite good, missing T2 Guns/Missiles as I thought tank was the most important when I started out as a missioner. Now I've came to the point where I have to choose what battleship to get. It is between Raven or a minmatar one.

I got the same amount of training for them, with exception of a few days maybe. I've gotten the impresion that caldari race, is worthless and can't do a **** in PvP.. While on the other hand, minmatar is worthless and cant do a **** in PvE.. And as I want one ship that can do both decently, so I can both rat and PvP in the same ship untill I can afford two battleships..

So my question is, what ship/race do you think I should go? As I already said, I want a ship that can be quite easily changed between ratting and PvP(small gang and POS bashing).

Who told you Minmatar are crap for PvE? They've got the same ability to change damage types as missile boats do, and a well fit arty Maelstrom can do anything a Raven can. If you want one ship you can switch between PvP and PvE you're probably better off with Minmatar by a long shot.

The Mael is a shield tanker, it's got a lot more mid slots than low slots and a bonus to shield boosters. You could fit an armour tank on it, but you'd be gimping the DPS and ignoring the ship bonus. The Tempest doesn't have any tank bonuses, you could fit a reasonable shield tank along with plenty of damage and tracking mods or a good armour tank with webbers, target painters and other utility stuff depending on what your fleet wants you to do.

I know you asked for a BS answer. But the Drake and Hurricane are both very good. The Drake can run any nulsec anomaly and make tons of isk with very little risk. The Hurricane is the FOTM as far as nulsec PvP. (Whelp-cane).

As far as battleships, either the Scorpion or MAelstrom would be your top choices for fleet PvP if you must limit yourself to Caldari or Minmatar. The scorp can armor tank somewhat. But it will need additional skills in electronic warfare to be useful. The MAelstrom is highly desireable for shield tanked alpha fleets, and requires no additional skills to be useful.

Right now I would say the most desireable choices for subcap fleet nulsec PvP are in this order, any logistics ship of the correct type, Abaddon, Hurricane, and Maelstrom.

It really depends who you are flying with, and what they are willing to reimburse. In your case, I would say go with the Maelstrom.

Dare I say both?

There are a lot of skills shared by Minmatar and Caldari ships.

One of my characters is a Minnie, and I am in complete love with my guppy (aka the Thrasher). It's an amazing ship. I'm a strictly PvE-style player (missions, exploration), and it's been perfect for my needs.

At the same time, my other character is Caldari, and I'm even more in love with my Drake. Not too long ago, I updated the modules to help me run Level 2s.

I'm really attached to both characters; each race have some pretty nice features that tend to meant my solo playstyle very well. I encourage you to explore and find out what ships and which race you prefer :D

Okay, thanks alot for all anwers. I've decided to go with minmatar for a bit and then try out a raven a bit down the road.

Now, I got a lil' question, how can I make ISK in a Hurricane in nullsec. I need about 100mil to get a battleship with full fitting, but it will take me ALOT of time. I wonder if there is anyway except the 5mil/hour ratting.

And I mean solo because my corp wont help me a bit..

Chaining: Kill off all rats in all belts until you get a BS spawn and leave one of the frigs at hull damage so you know which spawn is in the belt. The spawn will come back as a BS spawn.

CCP have nerfed the gain heavily during the last cpl years, but as Gul Barat stated it is still possible to make ~20M/hour in a well fitted BC through chaining.

Haven't played low-sec in over two years so I can't recommend sec status or region.

I sincerely hope you're talking about the Thrasher there, and not the Drake.

If you are heading to 0.0 ask your new corp what BS they want. If they run RR armour gangs your choice will be made for you.

Personally I think you are best investing your training into the battlecruiser skill. The cane and drake are the best value and most versatile ships in eve. PVE and PVP. Train both and buy both. Start out using the ship you have the most complementary skills in and cross train as soon as it takes your fancy.