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Kelgen Thann
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Posted - 2006.05.23 17:15:00 -
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I picked Caldari a long time ago, and like most new players to the game we didn't know what was what. We only had the race description, and frankley the Caldari have the best description. The come accross as capitalist, hard, battlehardened, tough, relentless sobs. With the Tough as nails special forces appearence. I mean come on. It's not about missles vs. Turrets, or easiest to train for. blah blah. Any character can train for anything. and unless you're creating an alt you don't know what's what for a while. It's about how the race looks, and what is said about them.
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Goonwave
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Posted - 2006.05.23 17:43:00 -
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your absolutly right
i just started this game myself, and i'm clueless when it comes to whats what, i dont want to bother trading or researching, i want to fly around blow stuff up
so i pick the navy looking guys, because:
i'm not big on robes and religion so the Amarr totaly blew me off
the Minmatar (spelling?)'s description seems to show that there not exactly all that advanced and that well... there is no certainty with them
and the Gallatian (again, spellign) just seem to peace loving for a war filled game :)
plus if the missile guys bug you so much, get a fast ship and close in with blasers... ive learned that much flying around with blasters until i got my missile skills trained 
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Tsanse Kinske
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Posted - 2006.05.23 18:48:00 -
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I pretty much chose Civire on looks too, though if I'd gotten a male character I might have chosen differently. The other thing I looked at was fairly balanced stats since I didn't know how to min/max or what I wanted to do exactly.
As far as the description goes, I'd have chosen a Minmatar or maybe Gallente if I'd based my decision on that.
Once I started the game, I found out I loved the look and feel of the Minnie frigs, and I sorta wish I'd started that way instead. But it's pretty cool flying chewing gum and shoestring in Caldari starting space.
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Celestial Manager
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Posted - 2006.05.24 00:44:00 -
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Like the OP, I too chose the Caldari race based on their description.. However, I do know how to fly both Caldari ships and their "racial enemies'" ships.. Gallente :)
But that's because of the way I play my char.. :)
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Father Weebles
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Posted - 2006.05.24 02:52:00 -
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Exactly why I chose Caldari. Amarr=slavery=not cool Gallente=drones=yawn(im starting to like drones now :) Minmater=dunno
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Hon Kovell
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Posted - 2006.05.24 04:10:00 -
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They're also the first race on the selection screen. They would be popular with people picking the first they see, not knowing what to choose otherwise. |
Sever Aldaria
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Posted - 2006.05.24 04:33:00 -
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 Originally by: Hon Kovell
They're also the first race on the selection screen. They would be popular with people picking the first they see, not knowing what to choose otherwise.
I don't really think this is an often case. If the icons were top down yes but being arranged left right, its really even and the first thing you see when you click to make a new character is either amarr or minmatar at the center of the screen.
Honestly, I almost went for gallente because I thought the characters on the gallente icon looked cool. But when I went to make a character, I couldn't make a gallente character that looked decent at all. I found that Caldari out of all races look the most "normal"
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Kaila Cassels
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Posted - 2006.05.24 04:39:00 -
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Because we're hot.
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Trev Kachanov
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Posted - 2006.05.24 04:54:00 -
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I picked caldari based on the description when i first started. But then I saw that amarr had hoodies!! and then minmatar had aviators!! I felt very ripped off, but anyway i never even bothered training very far with caldari. Currently i fly amarr ships and minmatar industrials. I wish there was an option to change your race, even if it's just the picture and the stats remain the same.
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CaptBruno
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Posted - 2006.05.24 05:05:00 -
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i think most people will chose caldari because of the description, i myself chose the race for this reason.
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Ghoest
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Posted - 2006.05.24 08:07:00 -
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I think the OP is right.
I almost chose Caldari when I started then I went with Minmatar because I liked the "fight the system" attitude.
The descriptins probably need a rewrite in order to get better balanced populations.
-The Minmatar sound second best compared to the Caldari, but they have loser/hobo, feel from the description.
-The Gallente sound like touchy feely wimps sort of.
-The Amar sound like bullies.
Wherever you went - here you are.
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Amarria Lightwielder
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Posted - 2006.05.24 08:29:00 -
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I picked amarr bcs I love RP'ing arrogant bastards :)
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TOGAKURE Daisuke
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Posted - 2006.05.24 08:46:00 -
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I chose Amarr just because of the description. They seemed to be the only race that had some balls, and that pulling some nice RP out of looked much easier.
Now, for my Achura alty, I used ...other... features to make my choice 
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Disco Flint
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Posted - 2006.05.24 09:46:00 -
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Originally by: Kelgen Thann
I picked Caldari a long time ago, and like most new players to the game we didn't know what was what. We only had the race description, and frankley the Caldari have the best description. The come accross as capitalist, hard, battlehardened, tough, relentless sobs. With the Tough as nails special forces appearence. I mean come on. It's not about missles vs. Turrets, or easiest to train for. blah blah. Any character can train for anything. and unless you're creating an alt you don't know what's what for a while. It's about how the race looks, and what is said about them.
yup, that's why I chose Caldari. From reading what is available to you as a nub at char creation you get the idea that Caldari are very proficient at fighting, they get high willpower and perception and since there's no single line at char creation explaining what attributes do they seemed to start off with the right attributes as well.
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Civire are cool, levelheaded, and relentless in their approach to either trading or fighting. Civire can handle pressure extremely well, an invaluable aid in combat or other stressful situations. Many of the best bounty hunters are Civire.
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Attribute Explanations
Intelligence - describes the capacity for creative and logic-based thinking and reasoning. This attribute helps in scientific pursuits and other activities that require good deductive skills.
Charisma - is a character's attractiveness to others. A high charisma attribute helps in all dealings with NPCs.
Perception - describes a character's situational awareness and ability to adapt and react quickly to rapidly changing situations. Good perception helps on the battlefield and in situations where good reflexes are critical.
Memory - is the ability to store and retrieve data quickly and efficiently thus making complex and repetitive activities, such as manufacturing and production, easier to perform.
Willpower - is the drive and determination useful for commanders, greatly enhancing their leadership abilities.
There you have it, my dear Missile- and Caldari-Haters. The reasons why there's a high Caldari population do not lie within the uber superiorness of missiles and neither in the "need zero SP to pwn" - Raven.
Thanks for bringing that up Kelgen. If CCP would change the descriptions and attribute explanations the server population should slowly even out. I know such stuff isn't critical, but hey, every damn patch we get a new and improved EVE-FontÖ, re-writing these things should take an hour max.
Hrm... thinking back I can vaguely remember seeing a picture of a Merlin and thinking "hey, that thing rocks!"... so if you want to even out the population even faster, show pictures of the Moa, the Osprey, the Blackbird, the Scorpion, ...
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James Lyrus
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Posted - 2006.05.24 11:09:00 -
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I chose Caldari based on the description. I'm something of a fan of cyberpunk-esque settings.
Gallente struck me as 'fluffy idealists'
Amarr 'religious nutters'
and minmatar as 'ex slaves with a chip on the shoulder'.
Oh, and had the advantage of 'normal' avatars.
Amarr had 'can't see me' and 'omg deformed boiled egg' and 'mr angry'
Minmatar had frankensteins children
and sorry, but all the Gallente blokes look a bit camp.
Ok, that's not to say the Caldari male portrait is impossible to 'get wrong' it's just I found it far easier to get an avatar I wanted to play that way.
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Barsei
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Posted - 2006.05.24 11:54:00 -
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i picked caldari because it looks for me the best.
an amarr without his hood looks sh** and the same for minmatar.
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mazzilliu
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Posted - 2006.05.24 12:08:00 -
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i picked caldari because the picture looked cool. and then i picked achura randomly.
lucky me! now that i know what charisma means
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Eleis Machuron
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Posted - 2006.05.24 15:02:00 -
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Originally by: Kaila Cassels
Because we're hot.
Nothing turns *me* on like a white exclamation mark!
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Alain Josviar
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Posted - 2006.05.24 17:36:00 -
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That may be the reason why you chose Caldari, but trust me most MMO players read the forums and choose which ever is the easiest/most popular/most ubber/etc. _________ in the game. It is the same for all MMOs. One aspect gets labeled as the in thing to do/have and the sheeple herd follows in suit.
Baaaaa. Baaaaa.
/chews cud
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NoNameNewbie
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Posted - 2006.05.24 18:51:00 -
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2 reasons:
1st: missiles ... wtg for all mission carebears ...
2nd: achura ... best attributes available ...
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Kaila Cassels
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Posted - 2006.05.24 19:49:00 -
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Originally by: Eleis Machuron
Originally by: Kaila Cassels
Because we're hot.
Nothing turns *me* on like a white exclamation mark!
You need to get over youself 
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Vespatian Antonis
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Posted - 2006.05.24 20:14:00 -
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They really need to put pictures of the ships you'll be flying under the various Empires. I bet you would have a significant difference in most people's initial race selection.
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Blakkon Darkthorn
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Posted - 2006.05.24 21:12:00 -
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Three reasons for my choice:
1) Chose Gallente because the description had them beating the much larger Amarr empire, and by the way.. Who is it that controls Caldari Prime? Whimpy? I don't think so.
2 I had a character in mind and Gallente let me get the picture closest to that mental image.
3) I was unsure what I wanted to do and I managed a very balanced stat set with Intaki.
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Kyudai Koga
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Posted - 2006.05.24 22:09:00 -
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Originally by: Vespatian Antonis
They really need to put pictures of the ships you'll be flying under the various Empires. I bet you would have a significant difference in most people's initial race selection.
So true.
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Astrum Ludus
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Posted - 2006.05.25 10:02:00 -
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Originally by: Vespatian Antonis
They really need to put pictures of the ships you'll be flying under the various Empires. I bet you would have a significant difference in most people's initial race selection.
Hour or so on Eve zone had my mind made up :)
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Murehk
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Posted - 2006.05.25 10:35:00 -
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Edited by: Murehk on 25/05/2006 10:36:26
Can I just say, I know this isnt background and stuff but whoever says gallente are touchy feely wimps... go and bash heads with a Domi and see if you still feel the same afterwards =)
(edit - spelling)
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MasterDecoy
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Posted - 2006.05.25 11:47:00 -
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i chose the gallente because im a frickin' bleeding heart liberal sh**-****. that was BEFORE i knew they were 'french' though  .
and the bonus is: i managed to make my toon look like me: a smug little bast***.
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Lorette
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Posted - 2006.05.25 11:53:00 -
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I chose gallente because their race's picture looked the best
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Daiv Streck
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Posted - 2006.05.25 13:14:00 -
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That hit the nail right on the head. When I started I didn't know anything so it was a purely aesthetic choice (of course this was all down to avatar looks and before I'd seen the Caldari ships - some of them are dog ugly).
So its not "omg Caldari players choze 1337 uber skillz race to ftwbbqpwn", its just more people want to be military industrialist, than slaver nutter, ex-slave sulker, or French.
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Ghkar
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Posted - 2006.05.25 13:34:00 -
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Originally by: MasterDecoy
i chose the gallente because im a frickin' bleeding heart liberal sh**-****. that was BEFORE i knew they were 'french' though .
and the bonus is: i managed to make my toon look like me: a smug little bast***.
Say "hello" to Mr Racist.
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Gallineus
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Posted - 2006.05.25 15:00:00 -
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Edited by: Gallineus on 25/05/2006 15:01:43
The primary issue I have with the initial character creation screen is that it is verymisleading.
I initially chose Calderi, but after I got in game and saw the ships I immediately had to go back and choose Amarr and all that time I spent doing character creation (which can take a long time) was wasted. If I would have known from the beginning about the look and feel of the in-game ships/facilities my initial race selection would have been so much easier.
They have a really fantastic avatar creation system, but the simple fact is an overwhelming majority of the time that avatar isn't even seen outside of the chat channels. Since most folks already use some form of VOIP (TS or Vent) and the game is actually having VOIP implemented in the near future, the avatar will have even less a role in this game.
What CPP really needs to do is show off the types of ships that are available to the various empires from the get-go, atleast the newbie ships, since that is where the focus of the game actually resides.
They have done this in their various promotional videos, but unless you've seen those and if you are a newb all you have to rely on is how you feel about the race descriptions and the initial pictures (which aren't even in-game pictures).
This could go a long way to reducing the amount of confusion and helping out those who are new to the game.
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Cpt Cosmic
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Posted - 2006.05.25 15:36:00 -
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i have chosen caldari because of the navy style, but then I realized that the ships look weird compared to other races and started to train for minnies. now i fly minmatar ships :)
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Oron
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Posted - 2006.05.26 15:50:00 -
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Edited by: Oron on 26/05/2006 15:50:45
Originally by: Cpt Cosmic
i have chosen caldari because of the navy style, but then I realized that the ships look weird compared to other races and started to train for minnies. now i fly minmatar ships :)
  
i chosed caldari cause the attributes are nice :o
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Morgana Janan
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Posted - 2006.05.26 16:35:00 -
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Ditto. When I started, my impression were that Caldari from their description (both from the text and talking to the friend who got me into this game) was that they were these bunch of hardass military SOB's and their ships were like in Aliens or Halo, i.e. very utilitarian and militaristic. After all, I wanted to kill things. And what were the other choices? Gallente are French. Amarr are the kind of folks I detest in real life (zealots). I did consider Minmatar for a while, just because the idea of space howitzers sounds ridiculously awesome, but decided I wanted the uniform.
... then I saw the ships, which made my eyes bleed. So I decided to fly Gallente, because their ships are just plain fun to look at. 
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Bazzer Vaele
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Posted - 2006.05.26 17:57:00 -
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Originally by: Daiv Streck
That hit the nail right on the head. When I started I didn't know anything so it was a purely aesthetic choice (of course this was all down to avatar looks and before I'd seen the Caldari ships - some of them are dog ugly).
So its not "omg Caldari players choze 1337 uber skillz race to ftwbbqpwn", its just more people want to be military industrialist, than slaver nutter, ex-slave sulker, or French.
This tickled me.
See, for me, it was - ironically - the ship aesthetic that chose my race. I went to Google images and searched for "eve online ships" and up came that famous picture with all of the ships to scale with each other. To me, the Caldari ships looked best - no porcupine-spikes, no flimsy sails, no amorphous bulges, and oh yeah - none painted yellow.
Wouldn't you agree that Caldari ships, if viewed from one side only, and from far away, are actually kinda sleek?
*sigh*.. who knew we were symmetrically-challenged.
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Aziza
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Posted - 2006.05.26 22:40:00 -
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I didn't choose Caldari because race description sounds like a quote from "Mein Kampf".
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Segmentor
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Posted - 2006.05.26 23:49:00 -
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I didnt choose Caldari, Amarr or Minmatarr because they looked all kinda evil to me. I wanted to be a good guy, just like it said in Gallente description. Also, the pic got my attention with the hawt chick with a gun, and that cool cyberpunkish looking guy behind her.
Cant say i regret my decision. Allready on my first undocking i saw 2 Deimoses and a Mega float around the undocking tube, and i thought "God dayum, those ships are hawt! I bet they are Gallente design!" After running through the turtorial, ive found out how to use the "show info" button, and found out that they really were Gallente designed ships. This caught and kept me Gallente focused untill now.
Btw, i find it strange that some people regret being gallente just because they are from French origins. Im not French myself, and i dont find anything wrong with this particular nation.
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Tovarishch
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Posted - 2006.05.27 05:33:00 -
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I started shortly after release (and messed around a bit in beta)... and I chose Caldari for a few reasons -
#1 They looked evil. I like that.
#2 Gallente were a popular race at the time... and I (ironically) wanted to choose a less popular race.
#3 They had an occupation called 'Scientist'... which is a passion of mine.
So... I wound up becoming a Caldari Deteis Scientist. It just so happens that the point spread on that race/sub-race wound up making it a very popular choice. (Starting stats of 10 int, 6 cha, 8 perc, 8 mem, 7 will).
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Novarei
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Posted - 2006.05.27 07:27:00 -
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Originally by: Segmentor
I didnt choose Caldari, Amarr or Minmatarr because they looked all kinda evil to me. I wanted to be a good guy, just like it said in Gallente description.
The good guys that bombarded and invaded another race'shomeworld O_o
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Dmitrei Konstantinov
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Posted - 2006.05.27 09:36:00 -
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Originally by: Segmentor
I didnt choose Caldari, Amarr or Minmatarr because they looked all kinda evil to me. I wanted to be a good guy, just like it said in Gallente description.
Gallente = Lawful Good
Caldari = Lawful Neutral
Amaar = Lawful Evil
Minmatar = Neutral Evil
Sort of..
I initially went achura because I wanted to play one of the new bloodlines, and they just seemed to apeal to me the most. Not knowing what attributes were important i just got even stats across the board (except for my charisma  ). I was a happy, member of the State when after LONG hours of training i finally bought my first ever Caracal..  Ugliest piece of manufacture ever! So i turned to Minmatar shipmantship, so far so good... tho everyone i know is still trying to convince me to go some other way. "Its not too late!" 
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Silas Genovese
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Posted - 2006.05.27 11:18:00 -
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Edited by: Silas Genovese on 27/05/2006 11:18:48
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Razagel
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Posted - 2006.05.27 11:33:00 -
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I had the same, Caldari look good from the beginning and choose them, then I ended up with a corp in Gallente space and they gave me some frigates which i could not fly...so i trained Gallente and grew quite fond of them :)
So now I still fly them and some other ships for variation
Drones are pure <3 btw !!!
Grtz Razagel
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welsh wizard
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Posted - 2006.05.27 11:33:00 -
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Originally by: Dmitrei Konstantinov
Originally by: Segmentor
I didnt choose Caldari, Amarr or Minmatarr because they looked all kinda evil to me. I wanted to be a good guy, just like it said in Gallente description.
Gallente = Lawful Good
Caldari = Lawful Neutral
Amaar = Lawful Evil
Minmatar = Neutral Evil
Sort of..
I initially went achura because I wanted to play one of the new bloodlines, and they just seemed to apeal to me the most. Not knowing what attributes were important i just got even stats across the board (except for my charisma ). I was a happy, member of the State when after LONG hours of training i finally bought my first ever Caracal.. Ugliest piece of manufacture ever! So i turned to Minmatar shipmantship, so far so good... tho everyone i know is still trying to convince me to go some other way. "Its not too late!"
Aren't Minmatar a race of slaves fighting for freedom from oppression?
Not exactly evil. :)
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4 LOM
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Posted - 2006.05.27 17:10:00 -
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Originally by: Alain Josviar
That may be the reason why you chose Caldari, but trust me most MMO players read the forums and choose which ever is the easiest/most popular/most ubber/etc. _________ in the game. It is the same for all MMOs. One aspect gets labeled as the in thing to do/have and the sheeple herd follows in suit.
Baaaaa. Baaaaa.
/chews cud
Ummm ok i just read 18 posts before yours and every single one stated they chose caldari because of the discription. If caldari is so good and you do such good reserach why arnt you caldari? really you just look like a whinning non caldari right now, and caldari are not uber wtf pwn better then other races.
Ok, I chose caldari because i had no idea what i was choosing. I started with 3 other people and one of them chose caldari (because of the discription) and he told the rest of us we had to chose caldari to be able to play with him (had no idea how the game worked clearly). I was going to chose minmatar because i liked there symbol better (lol) but chose caldari because i wanted to play with my freinds. I am glad i chose caldari because i have always liked missiles in games like this so probably whould have changed over to caldary ships fairly soon anyways.
Originally by: Twilight Moon
of course you have nice hair. That pod goo, is actually VO5 conditioner.
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Wired
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Posted - 2006.05.27 17:34:00 -
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I chose Caldari because back when i started (June 2003), i bought the game before i got my net connection sorted, so i got to spend a few days looking thru the manual (stop laughing), i wanted to be a shooty type of person and the Caldari were billed as the best at this (This was my first dive into MMO's and i believed everything i read).
By the time i was connected i already had an idea of what i wanted to be/do, i had no idea how attribs wold effect me later but i did create a balanced character (with a combat bias and as little charisma as possible), and ~3years down the line my initial choices still hold up.
Now tho all races seem to have a bloodline that will allow them to specialise in anything, so it's more about pretty avatars now.
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Bob Smackalof
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Posted - 2006.05.27 19:23:00 -
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I chose Caldari, because it looked "most like me" which, isn't even true :/
But, now I want to change, but, so much training to catch up on.
Was thinking about a portrait change earlier, shame thats as far as you can take it.
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Arutema
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Posted - 2006.05.27 19:33:00 -
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Originally by: Dmitrei Konstantinov
Originally by: Segmentor
I didnt choose Caldari, Amarr or Minmatarr because they looked all kinda evil to me. I wanted to be a good guy, just like it said in Gallente description.
Gallente = Lawful Good
Caldari = Lawful Neutral
Amaar = Lawful Evil
Minmatar = Neutral Evil
Sort of..
I'd put the Gallente at True Neutral and the Minmatar at Chaotic Good really.
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udara
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Posted - 2006.05.28 01:50:00 -
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i picked Caldari Achura Monk entirely for the attributes; starting with 10,10,3,8,8 suited me perfectly. 
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Shere
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Posted - 2006.05.28 05:49:00 -
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I picked Gallente because of the "FOR GREAT JUSTICE" feeling I got from them. I didn't pick Caldari because they sounded like *******s. How right I was.
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Niobius Julius
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Posted - 2006.05.28 06:35:00 -
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Actually I don't remember very well why I've choosen Caldari. I did everything on a hunch, cause I didn't understand all that politic stuff of EVE then. I will try to recall all the process:
Minmatar seemed kind of "barbarian" type characters, able to control "two-handed swords", but less of brain. Not my type of character. And all that slavery thing.... nahh
Amarr. It seems I didn't like smth about them cause I didn't consider long about them.
Gallente. Their appearance looks cool, but they seemed like democratic world levellers, too much "good guys"... Hard to explain, but then:
Caldari. Coldblooded capitalistic radicals. They seemed good spies, intrigants, as well as with significant militar power. I thought these ones are the most interesting and that bying a caldari I could try every aspect of eve.
My own conception of eve races didn't change much actually. But after a while, I noticed the sad truth.... That Caldari have the most UGLIEST ships in the whole universe! Exception - only merlin. Well and maybe ferox, which looks QUITE well comparing with raven or scorp. This thing is the most frustrating for me! And as matter of a fact there is no logic reason to justify the assimetry and chaos in the caldari ship design. Sad. |
Spartan239
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Posted - 2006.05.28 09:54:00 -
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Eveyone knows Caldari are the most badass race, minimatar are kinda cool aswell
Originally by: Tamora
its not the skills that make the eve
player... its the smack that back him up
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Collypso
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Posted - 2006.05.28 14:54:00 -
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i picked gallente but then switched to caldari because of the badass missles... i love missles..
but now im switching back to gallente cuz for some reason my ships cant rat at all
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Jenny Spitfire
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Posted - 2006.05.29 05:20:00 -
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Pretty mugshot and uniform.
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Logan Xerxes
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Posted - 2006.05.29 09:06:00 -
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Even if the Caldari have not engaged in war for many decades, they still strive to be at the cutting edge of military technology and their vessels, weapons and fighting methods are inferior to none but the enigmatic Jovians.
Sealed the deal for me really. I like the idea of high-tech scientific military capitalists
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Ranged Airman
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Posted - 2006.05.29 13:46:00 -
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Edited by: Ranged Airman on 29/05/2006 13:47:01
Originally by: Logan Xerxes
I like the idea of high-tech scientific military capitalists
My thoughts exactly. (The also reminded me of the Vanu Sov. in PS, hahaha.)
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Linell
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Posted - 2006.05.29 13:59:00 -
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Edited by: Linell on 29/05/2006 14:00:35
Heh, I never ever choose race in mmorpg based on the assumption that some are way better or worse than others, I rather choose them on personal preference.
I expect from game developer to make them different and balance them out. If they don't do that properly I won't make new char but probably just leave game.
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6Bagheera9
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Posted - 2006.05.29 22:58:00 -
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I picked Minmatar because the Brutor chick in the race selection screen looked hot.
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zyto
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Posted - 2006.05.30 01:29:00 -
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The real reason would be their ships are the most overpowered. Crows are essentally interceptors on easy mode compared to all the others.
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IVeige
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Posted - 2006.05.30 01:37:00 -
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i dont know how to use duck tape on ships, so i didnt chose minmatar
but i like little blue light flashing
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K Shara
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Posted - 2006.05.30 11:40:00 -
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I read teh description and it was amarr = nutters. Minmatar = ex slaves, rebels, etc but crappy tech, gallente = french (this really made a difference, its teh only race that mentions its earth ancestry) and caldari = hard arse mofo military high tech guys... come on, to a starting player this sounds teh win.
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Caldari
A state built on corporate capitalism, the Caldari State is run by a few mega-corporations which divide the state between them, controlling and ruling every aspect of society. Each corporation is made up of thousands of smaller companies, ranging from industrial companies to law firms. All land and real estate is owned by a company which leases it to the citizens, and government and policing are also handled by independent companies.
Although this gives the corporations dictatorial powers, they are just as bound by Caldari customs and laws as the individual, and the fierce, continual competition between the corporations ensures a healthy, consumer-based social environment, which benefits everyone.
While the Caldari State may not be nearly as big as that of the Gallenteans, let alone the Amarrians, they are still UNIVERSALLY FEARED AND ADMIRED. Their economy is strong, and THEIR MILITARY MIGHT PARALLEL TO THAT OF THE LARGER EMPIRES. Coupled to the fact that they are more unscrupulous than the Gallenteans and more combative than the Amarrians, this makes them in many ways the most meddlesome of all the empires. As most Caldari trade is conducted by individual companies rather than the State itself, this makes it difficult for the other empires to deal with them at a political level. If a company is found guilty of unethical business dealings, it simply disappears into its parent corporation, and before long another one appears to take its place. BUT IF A CALDARI COMPANY IS THREATENED, THE WHOLE CORPORATION AND OFTEN THE WHOLE STATE BACKS IT UP WITH FULL FORCE.
Caldari society is steeped in MILITARY TRADITION. As a people, its members had to fight a long and bloody war to gain their independence, and even had to surrender their home planet to their hated enemies, the Gallenteans. It was at this time that the corporations established themselves as the driving force behind creating and maintaining the new Caldari State. Even if the Caldari have not engaged in war for many decades, they still strive to be at the CUTTING EDGE OF MILITARY TECHNOLOGYand their vessels, weapons and fighting methods are INFERIOR TO NONEbut the enigmatic Jovians.
To curb their aggressive tendencies, the Caldari actively pursue and sponsor a range of sporting activities. Many of these are bloody, gladiatorial-like competitions, while others are more like races. But whatever the sport, the Caldari love betting on the outcome, making gambling a massive industry in the State.
The Caldari State offers its citizens the best and the worst in living conditions. As long as you keep in line, do your job, uphold the laws and so forth, life can be fairly pleasant and productive. But for those who are not cut out for this strict, disciplined regime life quickly becomes intolerable. They lose their respect, family, status, everything, and the only options left to them are suicide or exile. Although not xenophobic as such, the Caldari are very protective of their way of life and tolerate only those foreigners that stick to the rules.
I bolded the things that called to me :)
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Posted - 2006.05.30 13:40:00 -
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TBH I picked brutor becuase they look mean (and some of them with aviators are awesome)
i didn't know anything about balancing the character as i selected fighter on the chosen career path. But honestly I'm more than happy with my character. I think the description really means more to those that want to role play but for those of us that don't it's a different thing entirely (i didn't even read the description - i fiddled with how they looked and thought that looks cool i'll keep that)
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Posted - 2006.05.30 15:08:00 -
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Originally by: zyto
The real reason would be their ships are the most overpowered. Crows are essentally interceptors on easy mode compared to all the others.
Once you have some knowledge of the game, then you can choose based on that. (Although TBH once you have some knowledge of the game, you realise that you can cross train for anything anyway).
Most _new_ characters are created by people who _don't_ have prior knowledge of the game. Oh, yeah, you can look up ships in the item db, or check out screenies or whining, but ... well I know I didn't.
Now, I still fly Caldari, because I _love_ the way some of the ships look. (Dislike raven, but love scorpion), and I like EW and shield tanking, long range ships. (Although I must admit, I do sometimes feel that being able to go 'knife fighting' would be cool)
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Posted - 2006.05.30 16:49:00 -
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I just wanted to look like Arnold.
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Dr Slurm
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Posted - 2006.05.30 18:03:00 -
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Originally by: Dr Slurm
how wrong the OP is...
the reason there are some many caldari's is because of the starting attributes. They had the some of the best back in the day. Now the achura are the best. provided the races were somewhat balanced this wouldn't happen as much.
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Dr Slurm
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Posted - 2006.05.30 18:03:00 -
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how wrong the OP is...
the reason there are some many caldari's is because of the starting attributes. They had the some of the best back in the day. Now the achura are the best. provided the races were somewhat balanced this wouldn't happen as much.
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Qwynn
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Posted - 2006.05.30 18:42:00 -
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caldari's sounded like folks from swiss origin
the reason, why i have started with a caldari character. eventually, ive moved on to the frenchies
victuri te salutant
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Mr Peanut
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Posted - 2006.05.30 19:25:00 -
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I propose a nerf in the caldari racial description.
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Havoc GunStar
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Posted - 2006.05.30 20:53:00 -
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One word: Capitalists.
That's why BOTH of my accounts are Caldari. Unfortunately, at the time I thought Science might be a useful and fun career, but BP copying speed does you no good when being shot at, so I burned a lot of initial points in crap talents. Oh well.
Really, this game is capitalism at it's most raw. Except that whole 'free ibis' social safety net. Oh well.
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MrTripps
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Posted - 2006.05.31 20:56:00 -
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I think someone told me to find the toon with the most memory and intelligence. I ended up Intaki. Caldari sounds too much like those folks Woody GuthrieÆs guitar kills (fascists). I liked the idea of a democracy and kind of wondered how I would vote in the game.
I wish they would let you check for taken names before you get your character to look a certain way. Sometimes you base your toon on a character from a book or movie and want the portrait to look like that person, but then the name is taken. I spent 20 min. trying to make Boomzilla and the damn name was taken.
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Tommy Vercetti
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Posted - 2006.06.01 12:57:00 -
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Shinshi Casoyako
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Posted - 2006.06.01 13:05:00 -
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I chose my race and bloodline because I min/maxed the start of my character attributes. It could be done on eve-i.com but that site is long gone now.
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Ogmund
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Posted - 2006.06.01 18:37:00 -
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I chose Minmatar for three reasons. (1) The are described as "self-sufficient" which is a quality that appeals to me as I solo a lot. (2) Their citizens are scattered across the galaxy which I figured would be nice since I planned to travel extensively. (3) The male Sebiestors can be made to look truly inhuman and I wanted an alien feel.
In short my choice had nothing to do with attributes or what would be the most uber race. It was primarily the description.
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Graalum
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Posted - 2006.06.01 19:16:00 -
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Originally by: Sever Aldaria
Originally by: Hon Kovell
They're also the first race on the selection screen. They would be popular with people picking the first they see, not knowing what to choose otherwise.
I don't really think this is an often case. If the icons were top down yes but being arranged left right, its really even and the first thing you see when you click to make a new character is either amarr or minmatar at the center of the screen.
Honestly, I almost went for gallente because I thought the characters on the gallente icon looked cool. But when I went to make a character, I couldn't make a gallente character that looked decent at all. I found that Caldari out of all races look the most "normal"
Most people here speak english, and like most of the rest of the languages that are common on TQ, it is read from right to left.
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Sosus Red
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Posted - 2006.06.01 19:23:00 -
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I chose caldari when I first got the game (5/03) because I really liked the description. I had no idea what the attributes meant. Infact, I dont know how, but I ended up with some pretty low attribs...I was dumb as a rock. I didnt realize this until it was to late for me to scrap the character.
Im Proud to be Caldari. I love my Raven.
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Tar Ecthelion
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Posted - 2006.06.01 19:40:00 -
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Picked Caldari way bacj in `03 just because of the look and description. Had no idea bout stats or ships etc.
Now I fly Amarr ships predominately, go figure.
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Durethia
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Posted - 2006.06.02 02:51:00 -
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Originally by: Kelgen Thann
I picked Caldari a long time ago, and like most new players to the game we didn't know what was what. We only had the race description, and frankley the Caldari have the best description. The come accross as capitalist, hard, battlehardened, tough, relentless sobs. With the Tough as nails special forces appearence. I mean come on. It's not about missles vs. Turrets, or easiest to train for. blah blah. Any character can train for anything. and unless you're creating an alt you don't know what's what for a while. It's about how the race looks, and what is said about them.
It's funny you should use the description as a cover to the more apparent facts of easy to skill and easy to use.
The very reason I refused to go Caldari, was becuase they were described as "Capitalists". No other reason. The only reason I didn't pick Amarr, was becuase of religious zealotry, which I respect far more than capitalists, I still loath nonetheless.
My first pick was Minmatar.
But, EVE emulation in Linux had major problems with Minmatar stations and gates. So, I went Gallente even though I hate propoganda, media and advertisement. I settled for Gallente becuase of a degree of liberalism which is a tad more tolerable than capitalism or religous zealotry.
Come to find, Gallente are supposed to be best friends with Minmatar. Which sorta fits anyways... so, ideologically I picked correctly. :)
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Cheyenne Shadowborn
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Posted - 2006.06.02 10:27:00 -
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Edited by: Cheyenne Shadowborn on 02/06/2006 10:30:58
Edited by: Cheyenne Shadowborn on 02/06/2006 10:29:35
Originally by: Gallineus
They have a really fantastic avatar creation system, but the simple fact is an overwhelming majority of the time that avatar isn't even seen outside of the chat channels. Since most folks already use some form of VOIP (TS or Vent) and the game is actually having VOIP implemented in the near future, the avatar will have even less a role in this game.
What CPP really needs to do is show off the types of ships that are available to the various empires from the get-go
Nah. What CCP needs to do is to give the avatar some meaning. Make some space stations activity where I see my and other people's avatars. I am not saying Eve should turn into a Barbie's Fashion Show such as Morrowind or Guild Wars but something in that general direction would actually be rather kewl. And if only I see other avatars for some stupid addictive minigame a la "Pazaak".
I still have a hard time believing someone (CCP) created this brilliant character creation engine and then doesn't use its product anywhere but in stamp-sized thumbnails that most people don't see because all they get is a black box with an exclaimation mark instead.
Back on planet realism however, why not make the ships customizable instead? Think Need for Speed Underground 2 for spaceships.
Let people change some colors, allow them to bump the corp or another logo on the side or such. Wouldn't it be kewl if there were some pirates arround with skulls and shark mouths textured on the ships, and industrials with black and yellow striped parts and not every friggin' Ferox I'd see would look like just the 20.000 other Ferox I have seen the last twelve weeks?
Just my $0.02
Edit: My avatar looks suboptimal on stamp-sized thumbnails and at present, the only way to show it off in all its beauty is to get 100 mil. bounty and make it appear on the news boards most wanted list
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Cheyenne Shadowborn
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Posted - 2006.06.02 10:41:00 -
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Originally by: Durethia
The very reason I refused to go Caldari, was becuase they were described as "Capitalists". No other reason. There is no ideology or philosophy that I hate more than or as much as capitalism as it's practiced in America. The only reason I didn't pick Amarr, was becuase of religious zealotry
I know how you feel.
Same here - but Caldari simply had the best attributes for my playstyle (although I didn't even know at that point how the attribute system really works, but my assumptions were more or less correct).
Description-wise, the liberalism of Gallente seemed appealing (and I don't have any problems with the french background and pseudo-french naming conventions either). If I would have known the ship designs, I would probably be Amarr. Though again, I am the oposite of a religious type and the religious zealot thing isn't very appealing either.
In the end, instead of being Gallente with (for me personally) suboptimal attributes but a bearable description, I am a Caldari "traitor" who is friends with many Gallente pilots (most casual-play friends of mine are, since they are liberal and casual enough players not to care about maxed out attributes), and my char has capitalism in his race description, but isn't exactly a role model for its race. Puts my role-playing concious at ease so far very effectively
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Kalaan Oratay
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Posted - 2006.06.02 11:18:00 -
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Didnt know jack about the game when I started (still dont ). Read all the race and bloodline descriptions and decided that caldari civre would be the best choice for me. Had no idea about stats, boats, weapons etc etc I had a basic idea for what my character could be like (almost RP like... put down that wizard hat..) and choose what fitted what I wanted best. Minmatar where close...
I fully endorse the nerfing of the caldai descriptions if it would help to spread out the playerbase.
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SgtSly
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Posted - 2006.06.02 11:22:00 -
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I chose Gallente cause they follow my political beliefes in real life
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Dawson
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Posted - 2006.06.02 13:20:00 -
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lol your totally rite, 3 or so years ago, i picked my char on the discription. if i was to make a char now it would be a bit diffrent.
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Lolita Humbert
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Posted - 2006.06.02 16:07:00 -
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My first character was Amarr, but i went down to 0.0 on my second day and got stuck, didnt know how to get back. I chose Caldari because I really liked Sansha's Nation and Sansha was Caldari. 
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Beige Panda
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Posted - 2006.06.03 09:09:00 -
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Originally by: Tommy Vercetti
<------------- My reason for brutor right there. Aviators. Dreadlocks. Oh yeh
Hah... I'm on a trial right now so you prolly can't see my portrait, but that's the exact reason I picked Brutor. Stats were pretty nice too, but the aviators were the real reason. The dreadlocks make it even better.
I also liked the underdog feeling the story gave, the whole freed slaves trying to make a name for themselves thing. I don't care if people don't see my portrait that often, I look badass.
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Breed Love
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Posted - 2006.06.03 16:06:00 -
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Edited by: Breed Love on 03/06/2006 16:06:18
I picked minmatar caus of their description, it was exactly what I wanted to be in the game. Then brutors also do look damn cool^^.
I think caldari are the ugliest ppl in this game .
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Liet Traep
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Posted - 2006.06.04 16:06:00 -
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I chose Minmatar for a few reasons. I liked the rebel ex slaves fighting against amarr overlords deal. Some of their avatars look very grungy and vicious. And I got to give my character dreadlocks! Ya man! I didn't know it at the time but my high perception has been a blessing. Besides missiles are like eve easy mode. Real men use turrets!
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Kalixa Hihro
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Posted - 2006.06.04 22:03:00 -
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Originally by: Daiv Streck
That hit the nail right on the head. When I started I didn't know anything so it was a purely aesthetic choice (of course this was all down to avatar looks and before I'd seen the Caldari ships - some of them are dog ugly).
So its not "omg Caldari players choze 1337 uber skillz race to ftwbbqpwn", its just more people want to be military industrialist, than slaver nutter, ex-slave sulker, or French.
lolz
right on. I am sort of anti corporate in real life, though I am (and because I am) a corporate schlep and hate to look in the mirror sometimes. I'll be damned if I am going to be that in a game.
So I picked a frenchie avatar because that's where I am in spirit.
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Brer Lapin
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Posted - 2006.06.05 11:44:00 -
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Apparentelly Im the only one that did some reading.
Caldari are a Socialist Corporate state, not capitolist's althought thats inherent alongside the concept or corporation. Thats precisely my political leanings. However its only a game what kinda sad tosser brings real world politics into a computer game get a life. The other thing was that the Caldari are flexible, their the technologists they use guns issiles ECM the whole shebang. When playing I like a choice in tactics. The races withing the Caldari are better as well featuring until recently the only coloured race & at least the male avatars look well male. ;D
Gallente are french liberals, off to a bad start there. Their ships look like excretions & they rely on drones or flying head first into pointblank range with the enemy. Kinda limited playing style there. Avatars are awful, you can look effeminate or mentally defiecent. Decisions, decisions?
Amarr are religious slavers. Potentially worse than the french liberals & their avatars all look like old men. The big ships thing appealed but the lasers put me off limited damage type, low fittings options & sitting their going pew pew with lasers doesnt feel right to me in EVE.
Minmatar are the put upon under dog made good. I prefer their look apart from the malnutrition. The ships look great but the description of long range artillery & speedy ships didnt appeal. In retrospect Id have preferred to be a Minmatar but Caldari ships gives you options something the other races lack.
They could do with clarifying some details on the character selection. Mebbe a sweeping description of ship types. Slow missile boats & Ewar platforms for the Caldari, Tough well armoured ships for the Amarr ...
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Posted - 2006.06.05 12:05:00 -
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Edited by: Hesprax on 05/06/2006 12:07:09
I feel like I'm in a severe minority being Amarr in this game, and I certainly did not choose my race based on the ships, ship info was pretty scarce outside of the game when I started, the most powerful Amarrian ship mentioned by the then so called 'database' was the Maller, so the Armageddon and Apocalypse were a nice surprise when I actually took a look through the market.
The reason I chose Amarr is not so much because of their religious fervour but because of their description as the 'old empire' the first Imperial power, their pomp and circumstance and use of overwhelming force, i.e. 'stamping down on those that would rebel against the absolute authority of the emperor with legions of mighty warships, carving the authority of the empire and the emperor with lasers' ...I love the fact that the Amarr see themselves as the master race, the children of god, the righteous ones delivered by providence to lead the galaxy. They have a sort of 'old world' mythological quality to them that the Caldari and Gallente rather lack in my opinion, the Minmatar however are very appealing also, but I never like to be the oppressed, always the oppressor 
I really got into the hole relgious zealot guise a bit later on when I'd gotten to grips with the game. Infact I am thinking of stumping up the Ç10 and getting myself some robes for my 2nd birthday next month.
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Jaabaa Prime
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Posted - 2006.06.06 00:27:00 -
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The Caldari have nothing to offer when faced by a Brutor warrior. Damned wimps, always hiding behind their shield tanks .....
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Brer Lapin
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Posted - 2006.06.06 17:37:00 -
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/me shield tanks Jabaa
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Arktiger
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Posted - 2006.06.06 23:11:00 -
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Edited by: Arktiger on 06/06/2006 23:15:30
Edited by: Arktiger on 06/06/2006 23:13:59
Originally by: Vespatian Antonis
They really need to put pictures of the ships you'll be flying under the various Empires. I bet you would have a significant difference in most people's initial race selection.
QFT
That's the major reason I ended my Caldari player's career and started a Gallante character. I really like the look of the Gallante ships. Also, there's nothing quite like orbiting at 800m wiuth blasters blasting, drones "droning", and reppers repping (even though Caldari can do these things as well, I like the fact that the Gallante sort of specialize is this type of stuff).
Personally, I think the Caldari have the ugliest ships in the game. lol
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Berzerk Phantom
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Posted - 2006.06.07 05:54:00 -
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Originally by: 6Bagheera9
I picked Minmatar because the Brutor chick in the race selection screen looked hot.
wow me too.. :)
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Heywood Jabloome
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Posted - 2006.06.09 14:17:00 -
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Caldari FTW, I mean, who has the hottest women?
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Firequill
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Posted - 2006.06.10 02:42:00 -
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Did a little research and picked gallente.. stuck with it ever since.
Caldari ships looked too boring and their description was a bit too mainstream for me.
ammar, religious nuts? no thanks..
Minmatar? well the jumbled ships put me off or i would have been another rastafarian with aviators
Gallente? freedom? yes please.
organic looking ships using hybrids and Drones?? gimmegimme.
come on, theyre responsible for the PrOn and drinks !!
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Hoshi Utsukushi
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Posted - 2006.06.10 05:15:00 -
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Before I picked Caldari I was Gallente (lol). I am pro-democracy and also I liked the drone idea (like pets). The thing is that drones where highly annoying to manage and worked "not as expected". It should be very simple, since the basic orders are just three, "attack", "orbit", "to cargo". But, unfortunately, the AI is really bad. They would not come when ordered, and aggro anything not ordered. No possibility to set up things as basic as an aggressive/passive behaviour.
So I said, to hell with Gallente and the drones. And now my clone is Caldari, where I have a Caracal with 5 heavy missile turrets, and of course a pair of drones when I feel like losing them, but not to rely with :)
And that's all. Now I'm a militarist with missiles instead of a libertary with pets.
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Antodias
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Posted - 2006.06.10 10:12:00 -
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Originally by: Havoc GunStar
One word: Capitalists.
That's exactly why I didn't pick Caldari.
I went for Gallente because the girl on the first initial race pictures looked hot. Or the most attractive outta all the other ones.
Additionally, my 3 characters are Gallente, Amarr and Minmatter. *Proud*
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Karnus Vergoth
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Posted - 2006.06.10 18:09:00 -
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the caldari have the best icon - thats why i chose them, they had that navy, special forces look about them, the second most appealing for me were the amarr, robes n holy stuff is v cool, but special forces pwns robes
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dntmesswiththenevsta
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Posted - 2006.06.10 21:51:00 -
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Because caldari dont use water guns lol all the others are like tanks with water guns or pellet guns, whereas caldari K.O lool
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Belinda HwaFang
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Posted - 2006.06.11 11:43:00 -
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I'm a new player and I have to disagree with the OP.
Ever since I started meeting people in EVE they keep telling me to save myself the hassle and reroll a Caldari Achura 3 in CHA 9 in others....
I'm not going to reroll, but I bet this is the main reason Caldari is most popular, with the description being the 2nd most important.
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Sgt Blade
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Posted - 2006.06.11 11:54:00 -
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hmmm how did i become caldari... well firstly i went through to which char picture looked the best and to my taste it would ahve to be caldari, althugh gallent would have been second. i also took note that i wanted to be combat char i actually went trhough most of the races and saw what skills were cool or not... even though i didnt know what most of the skills did but still....
so basicly im one of those who took my time with the char selection although i did end up with very low memory but atleast i got perc and will very high
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Lataveshta Saitama
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Posted - 2006.06.12 11:15:00 -
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Personally I am most pleased with the influx of Caldari. Never has the great Amarr Empire needed more members of its financial wing as now that Eve is about to go to war.
It is equally pleasing to see the many Caldari choosing the rightous path of the monastic orders and becoming Monks, the Empire is always looking for more harbingers of the good word!!
Not becoming Amarr outright is ofcourse a matter of personal preference and I will not comment on that other than to say .. just by living in Eve you are already Amarr .. you just havent realised it yet!
May the Gods look upon all your endeavors with favor as they do the Empire !
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Hugh Ruka
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Posted - 2006.06.12 12:20:00 -
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I chose Gallente on trial (Intaki). Then I realised what all the attributes mean and experimented with character creation to give me a all around char with low charisma. So I ended with Caldari. Then I learned about missiles and ECM :-))
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Pellaeon DuGalle
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Posted - 2006.06.17 06:47:00 -
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I'm Caldari cos I study Finance at Uni =P
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Sadist
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Posted - 2006.06.17 06:56:00 -
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Originally by: Shere
I picked Gallente because of the "FOR GREAT JUSTICE" feeling I got from them. I didn't pick Caldari because they sounded like *******s. How right I was.
Word. Federation ftw.
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War Bear
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Posted - 2006.06.17 15:42:00 -
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Picked Matari specifically because of the ****ed off former slave underdog thing. And frankly I look completely badass.
On top of that I knew that Matari ships had some issues. Multiple weapon support, different tank types etc. I figured that if I could do well in these ships I'd be a much more solid player for it .. or something.
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Grizzlegore Grimm
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Posted - 2006.06.17 20:12:00 -
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Edited by: Grizzlegore Grimm on 17/06/2006 20:12:47
I chose Brutor because Grizz here was the coolest looking character I had made after trying all of the different races.
But, for the record, I fly a Ferox heheh.
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Double TaP
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Posted - 2006.06.18 03:17:00 -
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Edited by: Double TaP on 18/06/2006 03:19:56
Originally by: Durethia
It's funny you should use the description as a cover to the more apparent facts of easy to skill and easy to use.
The very reason I refused to go Caldari, was becuase they were described as "Capitalists". No other reason. There is no ideology or philosophy that I hate more than or as much as capitalism as it's practiced in America. The only reason I didn't pick Amarr, was becuase of religious zealotry, which I respect far more than capitalists, I still loath nonetheless.
edit, better not say anything
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Brer Lapin
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Posted - 2006.06.19 05:41:00 -
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Especially cause their not capitolists :D
Typical liberal cant read ;)
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Nightingale Cain
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Posted - 2006.06.19 18:09:00 -
[109]
Edited by: Nightingale Cain on 19/06/2006 18:10:12
baleted
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Stephar
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Posted - 2006.06.19 22:08:00 -
[110]
Edited by: Stephar on 19/06/2006 22:09:01
I chose Amarr purely based on the description. The Caldari seemed too much like "Super Americans," the Gallente were French, and the Minmatar... well, I kinda liked the Minmatar. But the whole rebel thing made me think of Luke Skywalker and SWG, so that was a no-go.
But Amarr. Holy crap, these guys were hardcore! Arrogant, elitist, ruthless, imperialistic, religious fanatics. While the other races looked soft, the Amarrians were hard. They were focused. I got caught up in it all, and created a character with tons of willpower.
Oddly enough, I'm quite the opposite in real-life. Don't really have a problem with capitalism, not exactly religious, etc... but it's a game, and the ruthless guys seemed like fun. :) It is interesting that the Caldari folks dislike their ship design. I think the Raven is flat out sexy, while the Apoc literally looks like a floating piece of ****. At least its golden, lol. And the Amarrian ship names are pretty cool.
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Permian
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Posted - 2006.06.20 00:55:00 -
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because achura are the best. 3 charisma ftw
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Double TaP
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Posted - 2006.06.20 05:28:00 -
[112]
Originally by: Stephar
Edited by: Stephar on 19/06/2006 22:09:01
I chose Amarr purely based on the description. The Caldari seemed too much like "Super Americans," the Gallente were French, and the Minmatar... well, I kinda liked the Minmatar. But the whole rebel thing made me think of Luke Skywalker and SWG, so that was a no-go.
But Amarr. Holy crap, these guys were hardcore! Arrogant, elitist, ruthless, imperialistic, religious fanatics. While the other races looked soft, the Amarrians were hard. They were focused. I got caught up in it all, and created a character with tons of willpower.
Oddly enough, I'm quite the opposite in real-life. Don't really have a problem with capitalism, not exactly religious, etc... but it's a game, and the ruthless guys seemed like fun. :) It is interesting that the Caldari folks dislike their ship design. I think the Raven is flat out sexy, while the Apoc literally looks like a floating piece of ****. At least its golden, lol. And the Amarrian ship names are pretty cool.
lol qft. thats why i almost picked amarr. In the end i decided I'd rather be captain america, but if i were an RP'er i wouldve definately gone with amarr and be the arragant douche.
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Pan Zhu'Liang
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Posted - 2006.06.20 05:33:00 -
[113]
i picked caldari because they have the only ewar battleship. besides, all races can use missiles, so when i choose to train up another race's ships those weapon skills won't be useless.
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Kelgen Thann
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Posted - 2006.06.20 05:43:00 -
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Edited by: Kelgen Thann on 20/06/2006 05:45:34
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It's funny you should use the description as a cover to the more apparent facts of easy to skill and easy to use.
yea.. A cover
I started the game in summer 2003. I loaded the game, read the descriptions and picked. At the time there was very little on what race was overpowered. Infact when I started there were many Gal characters. My entire first corp was Gal.
If people create alts on a different account, ya ok, they may have other motives, But for most players from reading the thread it was about description.
I mean come on. I read that Caldari had technology that was 2nd to only the Joves, the race so advanced you couldn't choose.
I don't read forums before hand or any of that to choose a character. I'm not that intense when it comes to games and it seems most people in this thread think the same.
I even gave myself some Charisma, not knowing what did what. I am balanced. I didn't do the Standard. PRECEPTION overload and willpower.
I actually like that choice. I've never been one to train 11 million sp in gunnery and 11 million sp in spaceship anyways. In the end I won out with a balanced character attribute wise.
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Azirapheal
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Posted - 2006.06.20 11:39:00 -
[115]
4 months old now and wanting to talk -
when i first started eve i went caldari, this lasted for 4 hours with the trial accuont, as i had a butt fugly character, and imho the ships were butt fugly.
and i had really dire and confused starting skills
so i got some advice, read the forums for a bit, and looked at pics of all the ships
and respawned as an amarrian with frig 4 and started to enjoy myself :)
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bronze disease
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Posted - 2006.06.22 01:33:00 -
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i chose caldari because i a lot of people use it....and i dont know anything about any other races
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Lone Bear
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Posted - 2006.06.22 23:21:00 -
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The Civire are cool, (oh yeah baby )
level-headed and relentless in their approach to
either trading or fighting (yaaaar ).
They are more comfortable acting than talking and are never
happier than when embroiled in the midst of
frenetic activity (kill kill kill).
They can handle pressure extremely well, an invaluable aid in combat and
other stressful situations. Many of the best bounty hunters around are Civire(still looking for this feature that made me chose this blood line and race).
Beside that, Caldari are the 1st race to be shown on character selection (or was, this might have changed since rmr etc); so it would explain (partly) why we see so much caldari in space.
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Hornymatt
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Posted - 2006.06.23 12:04:00 -
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Edited by: Hornymatt on 23/06/2006 12:05:21
Caldari used to be most populous because of the suicide cruise kessie alts for gate ganking inside empire. As a confirmed Gallente myself from day one I did try out a Caldari alt but it took weeks to get rid of the smell from the*****pit
Edit: hehe, the censored bit is just the description of where a pilot sits in an aircraft, in case anyone thought I was being particularly rude
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Jefu
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Posted - 2006.06.23 22:10:00 -
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I picked gallente on my main because i liked the engineering and the feel of the ships.
I hated their race description, but I liked how their ships looked the most (and I like drones). Different strokes I guess. If I had known a lot more about the game and how good missles/ecm etc were I'd have prolly picked Caldari too :)
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Furnak Tye
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Posted - 2006.06.24 13:28:00 -
[120]
I choose caldari due to the description aswell, but i do think it should be addressed to give the eve universe a better sense of balance, maybe a re writing of the descriptions to make them focus less on history and more on what each race is better at achieving.
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goazer
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Posted - 2006.06.25 03:58:00 -
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I choose amarr cause i actually own slaves in real life so i could relate to them best.
actually im using one of my slaves as a foot rest atm...
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