PNXR Admin
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Posted - 2006.11.10 11:27:00 -
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I've been in Eve 9 months or so, and I started Caldari but now I'm training Amarr, mainly because Caldari just bores the **** out of me.
I know everyone says Amarr are crap, but I see that as kind of the challenge. There's always going to be imbalances in any game, and I find the ones that complain are often (note, not always) the ones who want their ship to be 'the best', and are annoyed when in a 1v1 battle against another ship of the same class, they might lose. But how often do these situations pop up? Really?
Sure there maybe a few big imbalances that for the good of the game need tweaking, but even if an entire race was slightly 'weaker' than another race, I don't see that as a problem. Firstly there are almost always advantages to flying some ships in the 'weak' race, that can be utilised efficiently, with a little bit of thought and strategy, but also I'm just not convinced it really matters.
In any particular class there are always gonna be some ships that are better than others, the answer is not to make them all the same. The way to find ship-flying happiness ( :) ) is to find a ship/race that just fits. That makes you go oOoooohhh, when you fly it. For me that seems to be Amarr.
Just for reference, a few things that have made me annoyed about Caldari:
1. Missiles. Yep, good damage, but I hate having to wait 10 secs for that damage to start happening. I can't count the number of times my missiles have trailed off a pod or damaged frig as it's just warped out ahead.
2. The Cruisers are really rubbish. Ok, so the BB isn't (but there's that 'niche' thing again :) (ECM's)) but the caracal, yep, good damage, but with the 5 launchers it's hard to fit a good tank. And the cap is truly shocking. Kind of same with the Moa, what does it actually do? and is it worth the cost? (I don't really want answers to these :) )
3. They're so obvious. Really really predictable. You see a Caldari ship and 9 times out of 10 you'll know what its packing. You know the strategy it will use. It's BORING!. not so with the others I think. I've come up with some great 'alternative' setups for ships of all the other races, that have made me quite excited, especially within a small-large gang situation, but I haven't come up with 1 for Caldari.
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