Tengu Grib
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Kenail Rintoon wrote:FIrst I would like to say thanks for the answers I've gotten so far. This was exactly the information and help I was looking for.
Caldari seems to be the way to go but this brings up some more questions.
1. Cruisers vs Frigs. Just a matter of personal preference or are they used in different manners by a competent FC?
2. Cruiser gangs. These were mentioned and I've seen them referenced in other threads. Are they used just because they're cheap and reasonably effective or is there some mechanics benefit that I don't know about? And will I get laughed at if I try to join one in a EAF?
Frig vs Cruiser often depends more on the task at hand or the preference of the FC. Frigs, being cheap, are often used when mobility is the biggest priority, or the risks are high. Cruisers are still very mobile, and still pretty cheap, but much more robust than frigs. Also frigs have a hard time taking down anything bigger than a battle cruiser in a reasonable amount of time, where cruisers can fairly quickly take out ships bigger than themselves, and still handle not too badly against frigs. Anything above cruiser starts to get much more expensive quickly, and is dramatically less mobile, as well as generally performing poorly against smaller targets. As for training, I'd recommend starting with training frigs and the associated skills for your fit, and if you end up joining a corp that uses cruisers more, you'll find most of the skills transfer, and you'll only need to add a few new ones.
You'll never get laughed at for bringing EAF as long as the ewar type you're using is useful, for instance if the FC knows he's going to be fighting a missile fleet, then bringing tracking disruptors isn't very helpful. The Gallente Keres though does warp disruption and sensor dampening, both of which are amazing to have against literally anything your opponent can bring.
As for finances, there are numerous groups that will reimburse your losses, so you'll be flying for free (ish). As a few others mentioned, you can make decent money doing FW while you pvp, which helps offset your losses.
Tengu Grib > I agree. The distinct lack of quality spaceships makes RL the worst space sim ever.
SolidX > i'm an alt IRL
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