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Actually i think you got the Gallente wrong, their primary system is Hybrids, and drones are secondary, because they have more blaster boats than droneboats. And then you completely forgot amarrian droneboat line =] And for the Minmatar, their secondary is definitely missiles.

Amarr are kind of complicated. When I first started, they were all lasers and armour, with a single drone ship (Arbitrator) and a single missile ship (Inquisitor), though the Armageddon also had a sizeable drone bay. Khanid were split lasers/missiles, and also kind of split tank with strong shields and armor tanking bonuses. (I'm still holding the opinion that it'd fit the lore better to make Khanid Mk. 2 lasers/shields and the Sansha missiles/armor, but oh well.)

As of now, the tech one line of Amarr is clearly having lasers as the main weapon, with a line using drones (possibly accompanied by missiles). Tech two branches into lasers, drones/energy warfare and missiles.

Caldari tech one is divided into three lines: Hybrids, missiles and electronic warfare (no preference to weapon system). The hybrid line has traditionally had missiles as a secondary weapon, with range bonuses to the turrets (which technically makes them better for railguns, as this would allow to use higher-damage ammunition at the same range - though railguns have been seen as somewhat underpowered until recently) and a shield resistance bonus.

Gallente are having usually a combination of hybrids and drones, with a line of ships where drones are more of a primary weapon and another where hybrids are the primary weapon. Megathron used to be a prime ship-of-the-line, though traditionally, the hybrid bonuses are towards bonuses efficient while using blasters.

I am not very well versed with Minmatar, but I understand they they were originally more or less using all split weapons between projectiles and missiles, with later rebalancing clearing things up into projectile ships and missile ships. Also, it has been somewhat clarified or retconned that the Minmatar were never completely conquered, though the Amarrian pressure on them probably explains why they have historically been limited to archaic fission reactors and chemical-propelled weapons. (Interestingly, one might argue that their LADAR scanners are possibly more high tech than Amarrian RADAR.)

For reference, very old ship bonuses are mentioned in EVE History wiki: http://eve-history.net/wiki/index.php/Gemini_Ship_Bonuses

What I'm referring to is what would make more sense, not how things are now. The way things are now is kindof weird canon-wise.

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