Ships & Modules

I am a returning player and thinking about starting fresh.

Do to either some OCD I can't bring my self to cross train races. Yeah i know it puts me at a disadvantage, but what ever.

So what race would you choose if you could only choose one?

I started with caldari, but if I had to do it again i'd go amarr without batting an eyelash. Now that I can fly most amarrian ships well they're just about all I fly. There's a ship for every occasion and they seem to fit my playstyle like a glove.

Solo roaming pvp: pilgrim, slicer, or arbitrator if i'm feeling cheap
Small gang pvp: harbinger, oracle, curse
Fleet pvp: Abaddon, Guardian

Missions: Paladin, smokes **** so fast even angels can't slow me much, prior to that I used a Navy Apoc
Incursions: Abaddon, Guardian
W-space: Abaddon, Guardian, Legion
Exploration: Pilgrim for lowsec, legion for highsec

The armor vs. shield metagame flips back and forth a lot, so if you do sink heavily into amarr or caldari you will find yourself odd-man out at times, but i've found over the years amarr shoe-horns itself into the smaller shield gangs much better than any caldari ship can be faux-plated into an armor fleet.

It is, of course, a matter of taste. If you hate slow ships or being picky about what you engage in your solo roams then amarr will probably disappoint you. That said, if you can appreciate their strengths and capitalize on them, rather than wishing you were minmatar all the time (a common issue on these boards), you will have lots of fun.

Jacks of all trades ... and masters, too.

I disagree with that, minmatar are a jack of all trades, but calling them masters is a bit over the top. They are masters of nano, everything else they are good at, but not great. Not saying they are bad at all, they have a great lineup of ships from frigs all the way to normal capitals. But amarr do have a solid advantage in armor tanking while caldari generally have better shield tanks.

If I were to start over today with a clean slate, I'd go gallente. I suspect amarr or caldari would be better suited to you however. My reasons for choosing gallente are my interests have gone back to solo pvp and low sec exploration. The ishtar is the undisputed master of exploration and when it comes to solo pvp, you either need to kite them or simply vaporize them in 30s or less. I've tried the kiting style and had to let far too many people go because their buddies showed up before i could finish the job. So now it's 1100 dps navy vexor time. That said, the arazu/lach kites pretty damn well as do some of their other ships.

If it's racist to hate the vatican, well then i'm a racist.

Minmatar

(if i could choose 2, minmatar and amarr)

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I have to agree spreading your self out to two or more races is a good idea. Having some options really helps out your options and allows you to be more flexible in fleets.

One thing I would suggest is to get into a good corp and see what they fly. Many good 0.0 corps have standard fits and ship types they use. So if you join up with a good corp it will be very apparent what you should start skilling for. But if your looking to be a solo pilot doing PvE in empire just train up a Raven and make your isk :P.

Yeah, forget what you want to fly or like to fly. Just fly what big brother says is the new fleet doc. That's a sure fire way to feel good about your [lack of] choice.

I'm not knocking alliance warfare. I've been there and enjoyed myself. I just take issue with anyone who thinks being told what to train down to the exact ship is good for newbs. There's a diffirence between helpful direction (eve uni, agony) and you will fly X, Y, or Z for fleets (most other alliances with a rigid fleet doc).



I must assume from this you know of the torpsnake rat-melter. Please do not spread word of it, lest people start driving the price of my beloved rattler up. TIA.

King Rthgar you apologise to the duck with a purse, that is mean. Poor moa crying in to it's purse.


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Flying with a group and seeing what and how they fly is one of the best ways to get a feel for some thing with little investment. After you see some ships in the sky try a few out.