Ships & Modules

Gallente is in a really good place right now. I flew Gal almost exclusively for years. I'm not going to answer all your questions, because many are unanswerable and I am too lazy to make a long post on an IPad. Anyway..

People often say Gallente are the best race right now. Personally, I don't agree. I think all races are viable and CCP has done an excellent job with this balance pass. Really damn good in fact. But in eve there is a meta or Flavor of the Month (FOTM) mentality. Drone and particularly sentry drone doctrines have been popular in the current meta, but drones are about to get slightly nerfed, so that will change a bit. Rails seem to be gaining in favor, so people are going to move to that FOTM pretty soon.

As far as solo/small gang pvp if you can control the initial engagement range (cloak, wormholes, gates, FW plex, station games, etc) then you cannot go wrong with a blaster boat. In more fluid situations, blasters are pretty useless unless your enemy is fool enough to come to you. That happens quite a bit though. Rails are useful for kiting, but inside point range, ACs and pulses are still probably better for solo. Rails rock the house in small fleets and up though. Honestly not sure I will ever fly a gang Brutix with blasters again. You do need dedicated tackle though, because it's really easy to get under rail tracking. Drone are always useful. They are also always buggy constantly getting buffed/nerfed, but I doubt you will find a pilot that says they wish their drone bay was smaller - and of course Gallente have the advantage there.

Bottom line - today's master-race is tomorrow's nerf victim. Choose the race you like and fly it for that reason. Sounds like you have done that already.

As far as learning to fight - too much to possibly type. Join FW and find a pvp corp. Or Eve Uni (I did) or something similar. Fly a bunch of cheap frigs and die. It's the best way to learn. Lear to scram kite, slingshot and MWD kite. Also practice being in fleets as much as you can (I still don't do this enough). If you do learn those things, you will be better than 80% of the people in Eve.

And welcome to the hardest, most complicated, most rewarding, least forgiving and most devilishly yet beautifully evil game around. And all of those things are what make it so damn fun. Good luck.

Gallente are sort of the "extremes" of guns. They either do the highest damage at the shortest range (Blasters) or the lowest damage at the longest range (Railguns). Hybrids are amazing in PvP, either you outrange your opponents and they literally can't do anything, or if you land on top of your opponent there's not much they can do.

Drones are also in a great spot right now, mostly because Sentry drones are utterly ridiculous. This makes the Dominix really powerful, and makes their assault cruisers, notably the Ishtar, equally powerful.

And yeah, the Proteus is nuts. It's a pocket battleship. It can pull 1000+ DPS and 120K EHP fairly easy, roughly the same as a battleship... all while moving at cruiser speed and having cruiser mass.

The Gallente, at the moment, are really powerful if you can negate their downsides- which are, most notably, somewhat limited engagement range (either very long or very short), non-selectable damage types (if your opponent somehow knows they're fighting against Gallente, they'll tank accordingly and you'll struggle to hurt them), and, if using drones, your opponents literally have the option to blow up your "guns", which can be trivial to do with a well-placed bombing run. Most Gallente ships have large enough drone bays to help compensate for this, though- and drones do, to an extent, have selectable damage types; though more often than not you're going to just be using the Gallente or Minmatar drones.

To compensate for those downsides, they've got the highest damage or range (though not both) and armor tank (which is basically flavor of the month- er, year, whatever- because lolarchons).

I'm probably forgetting something noteworthy here, and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong someone.

Wha...? yeah... like the french revolutionists were the good guys*...

That aside, everything already said above, though Caldari out pace you range with (with Rail guns) the damage is usually not quite as good (Rail Talos v Rail Naga). In the end the comments about Current King of the mountain is the next to get nerfed is pretty on spot. (When I started playing people said it was Winmatar and then I think Caldari... and then I took a break and just lost track of the meta). Right now, Gal ships seem to have some edge.

Don't let that confuse you though, much of this game seems to be like rock, paper, sissors, volcano, etc.. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjeC_1W_drM). A Kiting Condor might slowly your brawling Tristan... but a battle venture might eat you both... Ultimately, fly what you like, and maybe adjust some for meta hear or there.

That's pretty much why I started Gal. I don't really like their fluff/backstory, but the Incusus, Navitas, Hyperion, etc... are all such cool looking ships. Since then I've branched out and added a few others to my list of things I can fly (Amarr has some pretty interesting drone boats that have no gun bonuses and the same tank, so they blend well with minimal cross training, Dragoon, Prophecy, Augorur, etc...)


*...The Second Estate wasn't any better... just a whole bunch of FUBAR there...

Because of MASSIVE DAMAGE OUTPUT and epic hero tanks

But other than that they are a pretty well-rounded race to fly.

First, welcome to the wonderful "world" of EVE (no sarcasm).

I think Hrett gave a very good answer, and agree that Gallente ships, as well as other factions, are in a good place at the moment. Learning what the ships you choose to fly can and can't do will possibly be a bit of an uphill climb. Finding a decent corp can potentially help with that, or at least provide some decent guidance.

On that note, don't jump into a corp too quick without doing your research. There's a really good post here that contains a lot of good wisdom/advice on finding a corp that's right for you.

Back to your original topic, don't hesitate to ask questions on the forums, but be sure to make your posts as well-thought out and -written as this one and you should get decent responses.

Gallente ships are excellent brawlers, especially when armor tanked; with that fighting style, though, you're pretty much committed to a fight that's going to end with one of you leaving a wreck behind. Gallente being the most drone-centric faction has a lot of hulls that have generous drone bays. As your character trains into using the various types, and you (the player) learn the ins and outs of each drone type, you'll get a better feel for what type to pack in your drone bays.

There are ways to counter drones (to an extent), but they generally don't get targeted in fights that are larger than 1 on 1 (or maybe 2 to 3 on 2 to 3). That's not a hard and fast, rule, of course, and every fight will be different.

For remote armor reps at the subcapital level, the Exequeror (Tech I) and Oneiros (Tech II) are very useful, as they don't require a capacitor transfer partner, and can provide decent repairs. As to their looks, well, no comment.

I hope my responses have been helpful, and hope you settle in for the wonderful ride you have ahead.

Fly Gallente or RP Gallente???

Fly, because of Vigilant, Gila and Ishtar. =)

RP? I don't.

Well, here's your problems.



In a galaxy of power struggles, of differently developing morals and ethics, determining the good and bad guys is all perspective. They are however, descendants of the French, so I'm inclined, based on personal bias, to decree them among 'the bad guys'.



Fortunately, you recognize that ship appearance is an opinion thing. I don't think any of the ship races look bad, they all have their own unique feels.



Is that really an aesthetic? Gallente and Amarr are definitely the right races though, if this is an interest of yours



Actually, that'd be amarr. Amarrian ships have the heaviest brawler setups behind them, favouring traditionally the heaviest tank and dps combos for close to mid range. The gallente are more of a balance on higher firepower, speed, and agility than the amarrians, but with less of a tank to back them up. In straight up in your face brawls, equal numbers, similar ship classes, 10-30km, the amarr will outperform them. Compare the maller to the thorax. Compare the (old) armageddon to the dominix. Compare the hyperion to the abaddon. Compare the damnation to the eos. The Amarrian ships are the true close range brawlers. Paired with the fact that many of amarrian ships are also drone boats, they might have favoured your playstyle better.

The gallente excel in roles where mobility and the ability to change engagement range fast are valuable. The ishtar is a prime example, able to come in, lay out lots of long range dps with sentries, and take a bit of a beating, but you would not want to get within pulse range of a bunch of ahac zealot.

Because its the masterrace obviously.

Trust me when I say the gallente is a great race now with caldari getting improvements as well.

When I was play gallente sucked along with hybrid weapons .

Gallente ships and hybrids have been benefitting greatly with recent changes that make them much more competitive.

Drones are a viable primary weapon system now back then,we didn't have drone damage mods.

My wallet is going to feel lighter.