Jim McGregor
Caldari
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Posted - 2006.09.19 19:02:00 -
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Edited by: Jim McGregor on 19/09/2006 19:06:16
 Originally by: Blanco Nino
I started playing EVE earlier this summer, and being the gamer that I am, I spent the last 2 months training my learning skills. My intention when I completed my learning skills was to train and specialize in Gallente ships. I was very happy with this decision as I like the look of the Gallente ships... but as I read more and more on these forums I can't help but feel disheartened by the seeming lack of balance between the different races in EVE. General consensus seems to be that Amarr sucks, Gallente and Minmitar are ok, and Caldari are king. Further evidence of this seems to be the relative distribution of players playing each race... an overwhelming majority are in fact Caldari. So:
Is there any truth to this?
and
Why does anyone fly anything other than Caldari?
Caldari is pretty bad, but the Raven is very good. People will tell you they suck for pvp because they dont have instant damage, and often they use the example of being 160 km away to show how bad the ship is... all thats telling me is that the ship is bad for sniping. Nothing else. Most combat Im in is taking place at close to medium range, alone or in a small group. There the Raven rocks. The Mega have slightly higher damage, but will take a real beating while its closing distance so it can do damage with its guns. In the end, its the amount of time to close the distance that will decide the outcome between the two.
The damage of t2 torpedoes is devestating vs large ships, and still hit pretty good vs small ships as well. Personally i think Raven is very, very good in small groups with combat at close to medium range. It has a superior tank and t2 torps give it very high damage as well. These are basicly facts that can be shown using NB's dps spreadsheet. When people do, generally the arguments become "stop playing the game on paper"...so I dont know, what arguments should a guy use to show inbalance? The gut feeling? :)
There really is no point in arguing game balance, because people will use all sorts of strange arguments to support their own cause or race. Just trust ccp to balance the game and give up on trying to discuss it... thats my advice (which i dont follow unfortunantly). :)
I feel that gallente and minmatar is currently the best pvp races, with Amarr as 3rd and Caldari as 4:th. Simply because its really only the Raven I respect in the caldari lineup. I respect basicly all gallente ships for example and I think most players do.
Things will change for caldari though, with assault missiles coming in. Last patch buffed gallente and i think caldari is next.
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