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Coda Relic
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Posted - 2006.08.07 22:37:00 -
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So when I started Eve I wanted a character that was more than just the most popular, or the fastest trainer; I wanted a character whos race and political views interested me. This way, I would enjoy playing with this character for, hopefully, years to come. Thus the selection of the Gallente Bloodline. I researched the ships and while I noticed the Gallente ships took a while longer to master, I liked the designs and overall feel of the ships. Yet as i entered the world of Eve and began my travels, I noticed very few of my kind. After browsing some of the mind numbing forums, I noticed the negative view that most players have of the Gallente. I even noticed that some players rate the gallente bloodline as the worst in the game.. Is this for a specific reason... I'm not one to follow the crowd, but is there a specific reason few use this bloodline? I know that a few wasted stats go towards charisma but this can be overcome in-game. Basically, in short, did I pick the 'red-headed stepchild' of Eve....?
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Neurotic Cat
Gallente
Sharks With Frickin' Laser Beams
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2006.08.07 22:42:00 -
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Don't let 'em get you down kid. Those other 3 races are losers and their ships are ugly too.
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Benco97
Gallente
On Ravens Wings
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Posted - 2006.08.07 22:58:00 -
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I don't get the Gallente hate that goes on, I really like their backstory and flavour, come on people, we are pretty much the most corrupt race in the game, you think we're all goody-goody?
Yeah.. eco-warrior hippys inventing Particle Blasters...
It's a facade, I believe the Gallente are basically the most powerful race, from what i've read it's my understanding that we take a lot of crap off people and we smile about it but push the Federation too far and nobody will remember your name.
See? that's the sort of thing that gets my heart racing politically.
Though.. as normal.. I could be wrong ;p
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Iota Belisarius
Procurare
Novus Ordos Seclorum
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Posted - 2006.08.07 23:05:00 -
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 Originally by: Coda Relic
I wanted a character whos race and political views interested me.
I did the same thing. The amarr were cool but I hate fanatically religious civilizations. Then I looked at the Minmatar and realized they were slaves and those that weren't were tribal people. So I came to my last option then realized the Gallente were French and quickly chose Caldari 
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Coda Relic
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Posted - 2006.08.07 23:17:00 -
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I forgot to mention, last year I actually played for a few months as Caldari (Shade McKilo). A few things came up outside of the game so I fell out for a bit. As Caldari I enjoyed the gratifying SSSssss....BOOOOMMMM as i unleashed a flurry of missles towards whatever sap felt like adding a few more charred dents to the starboard side of their bucket. But as I read more into the social and political views of Caldari, I realized I was playing as a future version of America's military. Single minded meathead robots who do anything their "Large Corporation-funded" leader told them to do....
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Iota Belisarius
Procurare
Novus Ordos Seclorum
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Posted - 2006.08.08 00:01:00 -
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The Caldari State = U.S.A 25000 A.D.
Only 23k more years to go =)
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Soren Eisarson
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Posted - 2006.08.08 01:35:00 -
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Originally by: Iota Belisarius
The Caldari State = U.S.A 25000 A.D.
Only 23k more years to go =)
Not if I have anything to do with it 
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Dahak2150
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Posted - 2006.08.08 06:00:00 -
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Gallente has the hottest chic in the opening movie.
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Mike Yagon
Minmatar
The Phoenix Legionaires
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Posted - 2006.08.08 06:56:00 -
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Gallente are cool, they are our buddies! 
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Zemeckis R
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Posted - 2006.08.08 08:44:00 -
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blasters, drones, and railguns too
nobody will hear you scary
gallente are the jedi of eve, the ninja of the past
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Coda Relic
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Posted - 2006.08.08 08:44:00 -
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While it is true Gallente tail is the best around, I would like to think we had a little more than that goin for us. The hottest women don't mean jack squat if you can't make it home after a hard days work... If youre surfin the celestial tide in a naked bubble, you arent really thinkin, "Hey at least we got an awesome gene pool..."
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Kehmor
Caldari
New Roots Narcotics
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Posted - 2006.08.08 13:19:00 -
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Roleplaying your race is pretty dull anyway. We have a few thousand wannabe caldari nationalists, but probably about 10-20 caldari blood raiders. And only one Drug smuggler with connections to the sani sabik.
Your roleplay is an interesting as you make it.
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Mike Yagon
Minmatar
The Phoenix Legionaires
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Posted - 2006.08.08 13:29:00 -
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Originally by: Kehmor
Roleplaying your race is pretty dull anyway.
Originally by: Kehmor
Your roleplay is an interesting as you make it.
These two sentences directly oppose eachother.  If you roleplay your race you have to spice it up yourself. A race is not a flat, linear thing either. Those so-called Caldari Nationalists you talk about aren't even putting in an effort I bet. 
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Coda Relic
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Posted - 2006.08.08 14:53:00 -
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In a game this massive, why would you not want to roleplay your character? With the market, news, and everything else that comes with a persistent world, how could someone just turn it into a stat-fest? The many exceptional players that devote their time to figuring complex equations for stats and such are a blessing. But for me, this game is more about forgetting about what kinda pressures and deadlines ive got goin on and just losin myself for a minute or two each day. It may sound lame but too much work was put into this game to turn it into a few trig problems or write it off as just "a fun game." If I want to forget about the jackhole that cut me off on my way home from work or the price of gas, I log on and become Coda Relic. If I wanted to just figure out math problems all day I'd go dust off my old Algebra books from high school...
...Okay so maybe I need some friends...
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Coda Relic
Gallente
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Posted - 2006.08.08 15:19:00 -
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...Hmmm...May have to partially retract my previous statement. After venturing over to the Roleplaying sections, I discovered that some people REALLY love EVE...I don't know if i could be THAT hardcore...
...Still mad about gas prices tho...
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Jack Turrou
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Posted - 2006.08.08 16:29:00 -
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Coda - I hear you. I'd have to say I agree with you. When I started this game I wanted a race who agreed with what I agreed with. It helped that Gallente had the hottest chick as well .
I too have noticed very few Gallente out and about. But honestly, I wouldn't want to be part of the most popular. As you, I joined this game to relax, to roleplay another life without the hustle of normal life. It REALLY helps that I have a few friends who also joined this game (yes, they are Gallente) who mine, rat hunt, and manufacture with me. Otherwise, doing this game by yourself would be hard. Join a Gallente corporation maybe? |
Mike Yagon
Minmatar
The Phoenix Legionaires
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Posted - 2006.08.08 16:45:00 -
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Originally by: Coda Relic
...Hmmm...May have to partially retract my previous statement. After venturing over to the Roleplaying sections, I discovered that some people REALLY love EVE...I don't know if i could be THAT hardcore...
...Still mad about gas prices tho...
I am finishing up a short story about how I met one of my alts.
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AngryKhan
Minmatar
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Posted - 2006.08.10 22:54:00 -
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Honestly, the mini chick is hawter than the gallente one ^^ And a question to you roleplayers, why roleplay? Eve is so goddamn gigantic that its a world in itself, you dont even need to pretend. And number crunching is unfortunately how you win pvp in these types of games, skill only goes so far. Gallente look cool but i hate true democracy, and the typhoon gets such a bad rap that piloting it sounds fun.
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Schnuur
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Posted - 2006.08.11 08:54:00 -
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What are you all talking about ? Race means S***. It is only used to calculate your starting skills and their level. You can do/fly whatever you want. Background doesn't mean anything at all, gamewise. The only reason for talking abot races is the portrait you can make.
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Mike Yagon
Minmatar
The Nest
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Posted - 2006.08.11 10:47:00 -
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Originally by: Schnuur
What are you all talking about ?
You'd know if you'd actually read our posts and think about what we're saying.
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RaTTuS
BIG
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Posted - 2006.08.11 11:02:00 -
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Gallente make the best scientists 
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ALlihante
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Posted - 2006.08.11 12:17:00 -
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Well mate i find you are just where u should be right in the middle of one of the most hard and fun races to play. I try to stick to the galente idea, with close up combat using drones and rails/blasters. Yup it is skill/time consuming to get good DPS that hits and yes u do have big weaknesess in pvp and yup running missions/complexes is a ***** wich drones. But isnt it way more fun that just jumping in with that tempest and sit @ 200K and watch you balls of fire slowboat towards the target.
I love being galente and i think our Dominix is the best T1 BS in eve.  =Boom
On a sidenote: well if u dont like galente way og fighting, just switch and train something else, its only your racial ship skills that wasted SP ( i like that about eve too)
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Koshua
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Posted - 2006.08.11 15:50:00 -
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My other account character is an asian Gallente, crazy samuari, his rich parents left him to watch old holos of Japanese Manga whilst they harrassed low tech planets in ships with flashing lights and beep beep noises.
Any way, Drones, Drones, Drones, only Gallente ships have the Drone capacity to make a difference. Yoshikawa's Vexor has 6 nosferatu and 7 combat drones, he he suck em dry and let the little friends take care of the rest of work. Gallente are good, very good as support characters and drones, what more can I say.....
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Coda Relic
Gallente
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Posted - 2006.08.11 23:15:00 -
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As I've noticed, not only since time in Eve, but throughout life is that Difficulty and Challenge = Depth, Complexity, and often times larger rewards. ...other races are for learning the game. Gallente is for mastering it...
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Mike Yagon
Minmatar
The Nest
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Posted - 2006.08.11 23:25:00 -
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Originally by: Coda Relic
As I've noticed, not only since time in Eve, but throughout life is that Difficulty and Challenge = Depth, Complexity, and often times larger rewards. ...other races are for learning the game. Gallente is for mastering it...
Someone hasn't been flying Minmatar I see...
Originally by: Servos
Welcome to EVE. Please select a difficulty
Easy
Medium
Hard
Minmatar
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Coda Relic
Gallente
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Posted - 2006.08.11 23:33:00 -
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Does Minmatar have a "Duct Tape Proficiency" skill for when parts fall off? If not then yeah, Minmatar WOULD be tough...
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Mike Yagon
Minmatar
The Nest
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Posted - 2006.08.11 23:41:00 -
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We need to train that too to atleast level 4 to get any use out of it, and Advanced Ducttaping really should be trained to 4 as soon as possible too.
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Coda Relic
Gallente
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Posted - 2006.08.11 23:44:00 -
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Guess i can't really joke about ships... Gallente ships look like God's boogers...
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Song Meiying
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Posted - 2006.08.12 03:43:00 -
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But slick looking boogers. |
Skraelingz
Gallente
Gallente Federal Bank
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Posted - 2006.08.12 21:00:00 -
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Not to mention our propensity to fly phallic shaped ships on numerous occasions... Iteron anybody?
And if they dont look like male parts, piles of poo work as well.
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