EVE New Citizens Q&A

After the rookie ship, I did the tutorials so the little mining Bantam was my 1st ship.

1. I only flew it for a short while and what I consider to be my 1st real ship was the Kestrel. A great little boat with a huge range, a perfect kiting ship. The only normal t1 frigate with 4 bonussed weapons I think, the only real downside was the horrible lack of powergrid to fit 4 standard missile launchers. And one extra slot (like the Merlin has, but I hate skill intensive dual weapon systems) wouldn't have hurt.

Then I cross trained a little to Amarr because I disliked all the Caldari cruiser hulls and tried it the Omen for a while. It was a bit underwhelming and I don´t think I used it for more than a few days. Later, the only Amarr ships I really used frequently were the Retribution (L3), Abbaddon (L4) and Malediction (for autopiloting around).

2. Next ship was the passive Drake. A tough workhorse, even with low skills and near to indestructable. I used for many months and it always served me pretty well. It's a bit of a pity though that with about the same skills, (especially tier 2) battlecruisers can do almost everything a T1 cruiser can do - but better.

3. Last ship I used a lot was the Tengu. It can do so many things, I think you can play most of EVE with just this one ship. Although it´s pretty ugly (and expensive) it´s still my favourite and most loved EVE ship, it´s just the best of its class.

Well, apparently I don't dislike missile boats. :) I also liked navy cruisers (my fav: Fleet Stabber) and assault frigates (my fav: Jaguar) a lot. Very versatile and fun ships with generous fitting options. Unfortunately a lot of EVE ships are subpar or very limited in their use, these ones are great and flexible additions to your fleet.