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knobber Jobbler
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Posted - 2010.07.15 14:29:00 -
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Hello,
I'm at that point where i'm thinking about capital ships and which one's to aim for.
I really don't know much about them other than some eft warrior experiments, but eft never shows the whole picture.
It won't take me long to learn the skills to fly Gallente or Caldari capitals but are either of those worth training for or would it be better to go down another route and think about the Amarr or Minmatar capital ships?
I'd like to get a broad range of opinions before investing time into these skills.
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knobber Jobbler
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Posted - 2010.07.15 16:50:00 -
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 Originally by: Cosmic Rainbow
You havent stated what your SP is like, or what races you have flown etc, but I have seen one trend with some newer players which you want to avoid, which is the:
Straight to capital ships!
Every player Ive talked to who has chosen this route regrets it. Make sure you can fly some sub caps at T2 levels in order to participate in gangs/corp/alliance work at the non-cap level. Cap fleets can be quite dry and boring, and dont happen every day. Thus you can spend a lot of your time twiddling your thumbs or playing the ship spinny game in stations.
No its not like that "Straight to cap ships". I'm not a complete n00b ;). The idea of this thread was to get peoples opinions on cap ships so I can spend my SP's more efficiently.
I have 45m SP, can fly almost all Gallente and Caldari T2 ships apart from capitals.
The reason for my question is the cost in skill time and the value of spending a short amount of time getting in Caldari or Gallente Caps or if its worth the additional time of learning Amarr or Minmatar ships up to caps as well as the additional skill cost of learning the relevent weapon systems which is significantly longer as my Amarr related skills are limited to T1 cruisers and my minmatar skills don't exist yet.
I might not have the required personal experience to start using them (nor do I want to put that kind of investment up in a fight right now) but it will shape longer term goals which I'm starting to think about as I PVP more.
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knobber Jobbler
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Posted - 2010.07.16 10:38:00 -
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The weapons would be pretty easy to learn for any Caldari cap, for Gallente it would take a little more time but I fighters won't take long as I have all the prerequisite skills already learnt.
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knobber Jobbler
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Posted - 2010.07.17 15:24:00 -
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Originally by: Smk56
Capitals are solutions to very specific problems and for the most part perform poorly outside of their one intended function. These guys may sound rude but they are trying to help you. Capitals are HUGE time and isk sinks. You should be absolutely sure that you need one before you start training for it.
Yeah, unfortunately the default setting for allot of these forum guys isn't helpful but either belittling or rude. EVE seems prone to allot of snobbery, more so than other MMO's i've had exposure too.
To put it in perspective, I could effectivly use a Caldari cap in 28 days so its hardly a massive time sink for that. Its around 75 days for a Gallente capital and about 90 for minmatar or amarr capitals, which are more time eaters. Its more about effectivly using that time. I might as well go down the caldari route as most of tht 28 days is adv. spaceship command V. Then its just a case of BS V for those other races and the capital weaponary.
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