EVE General Discussion

I have been playing Eve for 13 yeas... I have seen the different ships of eve rise and fall in all of the different metas of the game. But there has always been something that bothers me, why does CCP make it such a point that Amarr is the superior race too the other 3? Amarr serves a larger role in the emerging storyline, Amarr tournament, Amarr jokes during fanfest and many other things just cement Amarr into this Alpha race position. I believe that this is a big issue that could be keeping players away from the game or turning people away after trying the game out.

On the one hand you have players who only have fun winning who will research the game before playing, find info on the different ships and meta's and choose which race they think will give them the biggest advantage/ easy win button. With the introduction of Alpha Clones this will lead more and more people to choose a specific race based on "meta gaming".

On the other hand you have players who play the game more for its immersion factor and RP of joining a corporation/ fighting for ideals. These players may begin to realize that the race they chose will make their gameplay experience "harder" and sometimes seemingly completely unfair. Again with the introduction of Alpha Clones this may turn players away from the game when they realize that playing the race that they like, is not the best choice.

I completely realize that Eve by its nature is not FAIR, however I do believe that there should be more balance between races. I'm sure if you asked any veteran player and even some more skilled new players about the state of balance between races in many of the ship classes is completely broken in 75% of the cases. I also understand that you can cross train for any race/ship you want, but this is not the case for Alpha Clones and even for Omega characters I do not think that cross training should be a "requirement" which is basically where the game stands now.

Please if you agree with any part of this post and believe that there should be better balance between races post a reply. I have been wishing to see balance changes in this area for many years now. I understand that each race and ship has its own "role" that it is balanced around but I also feel like each one of these "roles" should be viable in a combat situation against ships of the same class.

Thank you for your reply and not posting with a flamethrower. I agree with a medium projectile change and imo change to projectiles as a whole could fix many of the issues as i feel Minmatar ships have the most black sheep of any race.

I don't see so much superiority of Amarr ships in pvp.

Storyline they are the biggest and mightiest of empires so i'm ok with than.

I'd say it's pretty damn critical that PvP exist in Eve.

Another heretic vomits forth slander.

It's all part of the slightly-tongue-in-cheek overall grimness EvE is going for friend.

It looks like new players are mostly from other side of spectre tho.... Which is sad

I never thought Amarr victor more than Caldari master race and Gallente pleasure hubs. Minmatar? In rust they trust.

I'd say gallente or amarr. the gun + drone combo on a gnosis can't be beat. the caldari rail gnosis is a bit behind the gallente, and well minmatar gnosis is just lol. I feel bad for minmatar alphas.

I feel like it is hard for the majority of players to see the issues with racial balance because most players start to cross train very early on. My skill base is 100% Minmatar and i feel like i can only viably use 10% of the ships available to me.