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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
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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
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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
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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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Jalia Kovac
Placid Reborn
Placid Coalition
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Posted - 2006.08.13 01:37:00 -
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Originally by: Iota Belisarius
The Caldari State = U.S.A 25000 A.D.
Only 23k more years to go =)
Fat chance. I seriously doubt it'll last another 200 years in it's current form given the propensity for empires historically to fall apart.
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Anyanka Chantais
Gallente
Legitimate Businessmen's Social Club
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Posted - 2006.08.13 09:49:00 -
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What's not to love about the Federation? We are the only democratic republic in the universe. I personally fight daily to help protect innocents from the Ammarrian slavers and the Caldari Navy who seem all too willing to side with them for a little ISK. The Gallente, with our liberated Minmatar allies, will be the only barrier to stop the expansionist Amarr regime from taking the entire universe and crushing all individuality from its spirit.
Gallente. Our people are happier, our friends are freer, and our women are much easier to talk to without getting an earful about budgets or dead gods.
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Luke Pubcrawler
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Posted - 2006.08.16 09:35:00 -
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My character is Gallente - choosen because a few friends who started just before me suggested it as we would start playing in a similar area. Silly I know but that huge map made us think if we started with different races we would be huge distances apart.
Soon realised I did not really like the Gallente ships and was not that taken with the political concept. So now my character is much more of a genralist - I envisage him as a misfit type who does not fit into Gallente soceity, hence his mercenary lifestyle.
If you are interesting in the RP elements of the game race is just a start point.
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jaq draco's
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Posted - 2006.08.16 12:06:00 -
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I choose galente because
A) there ships looks look nicer
B) drones are for winners
C) didnt like the idea of caldari usa, ammar bible basher, or minamater scafolding ships 
D) Armour tanking is alot more effeiceint......
E) After being killed at a gate by a mega with 425mm's on from over 200km away i decided i to would do that one day
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Derrios
Vasagar
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Posted - 2006.08.21 18:20:00 -
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Originally by: Iota Belisarius
The Caldari State = U.S.A 25000 A.D.
Only 23k more years to go =)
Good to know we're overpowered in the future too! I really need to talk to the engineers though. Their ships look crappy :(
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Maritz
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Posted - 2006.08.22 00:08:00 -
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I chose Gallente because I liked the fluff. Eve was still a big mystery. Yes, democracy and bla bla, but fluff-wise something like the Gal 'federation' doesn't last without making quick and often brutal decisions. Funky.
Then, later, I found out Gal ships are the coolest looking, and have a very appealing design philosophy; for the most part it's dirty, in-close knivery.
Compare the rax or mega to the moa or raven. Looks wise, no contest
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Duchess Lorelei
Amarr
Reciprocity
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Posted - 2006.08.22 02:12:00 -
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Originally by: Iota Belisarius
The Caldari State = U.S.A 25000 A.D.
Only 23k more years to go =)
A bunch of ultra-nationalist, money-grubbing, war-mongering sheep? Some might say you're already there.
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Iota Belisarius
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Posted - 2006.08.22 04:58:00 -
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Originally by: Jalia Kovac
Fat chance. I seriously doubt it'll last another 200 years in it's current form given the propensity for empires historically to fall apart.
I never said we would last another 23000 years. We're only 230 in and look how screwed we are. America will soon be nerfed hardcore 
Originally by: Duchess Lorelei
A bunch of ultra-nationalist, money-grubbing, war-mongering sheep? Some might say you're already there.
Almost. We're like the Caldari State without their cool technology  Currently our country's scientists are searching for the interdimensional particle the graviton. If we find it, hello 425mm rails and magnetic-propulsion engines Then we'll be there.
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Directive
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Posted - 2006.08.22 05:58:00 -
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Originally by: Iota Belisarius
Currently our country's scientists are searching for the interdimensional particle the graviton. If we find it, hello 425mm rails and magnetic-propulsion engines
Actually railguns do exist in a primitive form... Problem is the barrels can't take it
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Derrios
Vasagar
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Posted - 2006.08.23 18:08:00 -
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Originally by: Duchess Lorelei
Originally by: Iota Belisarius
The Caldari State = U.S.A 25000 A.D.
Only 23k more years to go =)
A bunch of ultra-nationalist, money-grubbing, war-mongering sheep? Some might say you're already there.
yes but without the spaceships <3
We're working on that. I think 2045 we should launch our first United States of Space : Raven.
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Kiranda Illstar
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Posted - 2006.08.23 19:04:00 -
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I started out with Gallante all those years ago. But I made all the wrong choices and my dangerously low Perception really started to get me down. When the new bloodlines came out I jumped ship (and race... and gender) and made an alt. And after a few weeks I realised that I really didn't like my gallante character anymore so I proceeded to send him to his untimely demise and clicked delete.
I do however still like the gallante ships and back story over most other things in the game. And I do still intend to get myself a 'thron one of these days!
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Rodney Caston
Messerschmitt Shipyards
The SUdden Death Squad
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Posted - 2006.08.23 20:14:00 -
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Edited by: Rodney Caston on 23/08/2006 20:22:59
Edited by: Rodney Caston on 23/08/2006 20:21:08
Originally by: Jalia Kovac
Originally by: Iota Belisarius
The Caldari State = U.S.A 25000 A.D.
Only 23k more years to go =)
I would have to disagree; The US is only about five years behind Europe in nanny-statism and protectionist economic policies and regulation.
The Caldari would be closer to a pro-interventionist anarcho-capitalist society with their expansionist attitude and pure free market. The US and EU are far more socialist than that.
anyways,
I always felt a bit conflicted as I am a Caldari who flys Gallente Ships. It always feels a bit cruel to blow up the npc megathrons with my own megathron...
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Kaltaga Ratakon
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Posted - 2006.08.23 20:20:00 -
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Edited by: Kaltaga Ratakon on 23/08/2006 20:20:29
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Iota Belisarius
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Posted - 2006.08.23 20:21:00 -
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Originally by: Directive
Actually railguns do exist in a primitive form... Problem is the barrels can't take it
Yeah but we don't have the ammo either. We can't control plamsa effectively enough and we can't even create enogh antimatter to fill one 9mm pistol round. Let alone a 425mm shell.
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Executor Shiro
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Posted - 2006.08.23 20:36:00 -
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Edited by: Executor Shiro on 23/08/2006 20:40:54
Originally by: Rodney Caston
I would have to disagree; The US is only about five years behind Europe in nanny-statism and protectionist economic policies and regulation.
Comparing the EU to the US is like comparing the aging of fine wine to the aging of milk.
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Kaomi Zorbaz
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Posted - 2006.08.24 20:24:00 -
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Originally by: Executor Shiro
Edited by: Executor Shiro on 23/08/2006 20:40:54
Originally by: Rodney Caston
I would have to disagree; The US is only about five years behind Europe in nanny-statism and protectionist economic policies and regulation.
Comparing the EU to the US is like comparing the aging of fine wine to the aging of milk.
Dont worry, the left in the US will make the US into aged milk like the EU soon enough :D
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Derrios
Vasagar
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Posted - 2006.08.25 05:20:00 -
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Originally by: Kaomi Zorbaz
Originally by: Executor Shiro
Edited by: Executor Shiro on 23/08/2006 20:40:54
Originally by: Rodney Caston
I would have to disagree; The US is only about five years behind Europe in nanny-statism and protectionist economic policies and regulation.
Comparing the EU to the US is like comparing the aging of fine wine to the aging of milk.
Dont worry, the left in the US will make the US into aged milk like the EU soon enough :D
C'est vrais~
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SonOTassadar
The Dead Parrot Shoppe Inc.
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Posted - 2006.08.25 05:29:00 -
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Originally by: Anyanka Chantais
What's not to love about the Federation? We are the only democratic republic in the universe. I personally fight daily to help protect innocents from the Ammarrian slavers and the Caldari Navy who seem all too willing to side with them for a little ISK. The Gallente, with our liberated Minmatar allies, will be the only barrier to stop the expansionist Amarr regime from taking the entire universe and crushing all individuality from its spirit.
Gallente. Our people are happier, our friends are freer, and our women are much easier to talk to without getting an earful about budgets or dead gods.
The "Amarr regime" will never have any sort of foothold on power. The Caldari are the most powerful race in the game and the introduction movie will tell you that. We simply let the other 3 of you live.
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Carryon
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Posted - 2006.08.27 20:00:00 -
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Two notes on the subject.
I always thought of the Caldari as more Japanese then American.
The Gallentee are like the French - everyone loves to hate them, though we do enjoy their food, women, etc.
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Iota Belisarius
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Posted - 2006.08.29 04:15:00 -
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Originally by: Carryon
I always thought of the Caldari as more Japanese then American.
Although the amount of double letters present in most caldari names (i.e. Kaalakiota, and Sukuuvestaa) make them seem a tad finnish
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Snikkt
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Posted - 2006.08.29 05:47:00 -
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Originally by: SonOTassadar
The "Amarr regime" will never have any sort of foothold on power. The Caldari are the most powerful race in the game and the introduction movie will tell you that. We simply let the other 3 of you live.
As over powered as the Calderi are right now, they couldn't fight off the other three races as it stands. They'd have the fanatic heavy plated Amarr warships, hordes, upon hordes of Gallente drones, and the quick and agile ships of the Minmatar against them.
Of course, the Jovians could get bored, and kill everyone.
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Havok Pierce
Gallente
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Posted - 2006.08.31 21:26:00 -
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You Caldari nuts seem to forget that we've still got your home planet.
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Kalixa Hihro
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Posted - 2006.09.01 14:08:00 -
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Originally by: Coda Relic
Basically, in short, did I pick the 'red-headed stepchild' of Eve....?
Bah who cares? It's a game. Besides, a high charisma helps train leadership skills faster. Leadership skills do more for the group than _any_ individual skills do. Ever gone 5300 m/s in an inty with a MWD I? Yea, thats a 3800 m/s ship with no speed mods on it. Imagine that magnitude of bonus applied to damage and targeting speed as well.
Command ship + 3 gang modules + level 5 skills = i win button against an otherwise equal gang with none. Try training that with 16 charisma.
The grass is always greener...
-Kal
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Jason Hawke
Caldari
Acerbus Vindictum
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Posted - 2006.09.01 15:30:00 -
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Races and attributes mean not so much with the end game except that it is the time it takes for skills to train, we all know that.
But the race backgrounds are fun and the ships do matter as well. I am Caldari Civire and I fly Gallente ships. Nothing wrong with that. The Germans in the early '40s loved haveing French things, they just didn't want to be French :P
Acerbus Vindictum may be able to use you.
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Derrios
Vasagar
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Posted - 2006.09.01 17:39:00 -
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thats why i went intaki :(
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Halafian
Eve University
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Posted - 2006.09.02 00:10:00 -
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People hate the Gallente because of who they are: swinish, undisciplined louts who flout the authority of the Empire. Soon enough, they will be dragged squeaking from their little rat-holes and put to useful work.
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