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Daelin Blackleaf
No Joy Corp Pride - Honor - Duty
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Posted - 2007.05.22 12:30:00 -
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Originally by: Steyr Daghan So let me get this straight. You picked Gallente for your char, probably because they "haev teh bestest pvp n pwns", but now that you've trained up on the race you're going boohoo because some other race is better at pve?
Poor dear, i'm sure mommy's gonna make it all right.
Read up before you attempt to flame. 
Originally by: Daelin Blackleaf
I cant really compare between BS II and V, but I have Gallente, Minmatar and Caldari at IV and torps will happily clear 3 BS before the Domi would be half way through it's second (thats with Adv Drone Interfacing IV and torps III).
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FT Diomedes
Gallente Vereor Is Inceptum
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Posted - 2007.05.22 12:56:00 -
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Edited by: FT Diomedes on 22/05/2007 12:55:29 I think a lot of people are ignoring what makes Caldari the logical choice for mission running. It's not just that they use missiles, which are easy to use in real terms (pick the damage type, don't ever miss, etc.) They are not very SP intensive. A relatively new character can run missions very easily as a Caldari player because he can passive shield tank and focus on just using missiles with a minimum of SPs. He can get the most out of his ship at a low SP level. That is the effect of having missile-oriented ships. The same would be true if the other races had effective set-ups that truly allowed them to only train one weapon set.
Contrast that with a Gallente player, who must train both hybrids and drones to get the most out of his ship. Contrast that with a Minmatar character, who must train missiles and guns to get the most out of his ship. Contrast that with Amarr...
I'm also getting sick of seeing people claim that the Caldari are no good at PvP. This is just nonsense. They might not have been as good at fleet sniper battles, but I've seen plenty of effective Caldari setups in smaller scale PvP. Most PvP is not huge fleet battles fought at hundreds of kilometers. It is quick and dirty close range combat. The missile/rocket flight time doesn't matter much at all at less than 20km.
PS - I personally don't find it at all hard to run missions as a Gallente character. It requires some thought and you have to pay attention. In other words, you cannot solo afk a level 4. But is that what Eve is really about? Is the goal to solo afk the game? ------------------------------------------------ FT Diomedes - That ship looks like one of those centipede things from that game, what's it called? FT Cold - Centipede. FT Diomedes - That's it! |

Pinky Denmark
The Cursed Navy
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Posted - 2007.05.22 13:20:00 -
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This game is orientated against PvP and not doing missions though is certainly supported. Honestly I feel that giving other races some missile ships will make the game unjoyfull and if people believe Raven is so damn good they are free to train it up. Sure it is excellent at PvE due to always hitting and selecting THE damage type necesary, but giving all races a dedicated missile ship isn't the way to do it...
Minmatar does have partial missile ships and Perhaps Amarr should have some more launcher slots on a few of their ships... Gallente get their drones - For pvp at least they are very useful and most caldari T2 ships don't even have room for a single light drone. - I'm a nice guy!! and OMG I love Team Tuxford for the speedbalancing... |

General Apocalypse
Amarr Dark-Rising Fallen Souls
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Posted - 2007.05.22 13:33:00 -
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Originally by: FMarshal Montgomery ive always been under the illusion that each race has a strength when it comes to damage:
Amarr - Lasers/Energy
This are strenghts   
And for ratting Sanhsa/Blood Raven is better then other things.
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Steyr Daghan
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Posted - 2007.05.22 14:01:00 -
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Originally by: Daelin Blackleaf
Read up before you attempt to flame. 
I did.
Originally by: Daelin Blackleaf
So isn't it about time the other 3 races finaly got their 6/7 missile slot "PvE" battleships?
I read this as "why can't all races have the same good stuff?". It was followed up with posts such as:
Originally by: Elspeth Vigneron
My beef is that even though my main (Gallente) is 2 months older than my alt (Caldari), she's a lot, lot, lot better than him at mission running.
Which translates to "boohoo, sniff, gallente can't pve as good as caldari".
Hence my post.
Obviously it would be bad for the game to have four identical races who are equally good at all things.
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Judas Lonestar
Ganja Labs Hydra Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.22 14:05:00 -
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Want to trade: 1 missile boat for 1 drone/blaster/tackler/nosser/tanker boat.

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Ogul
Caldari ZiTek Deepspace Explorations Prime Orbital Systems
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Posted - 2007.05.22 14:26:00 -
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How long does it take to train Caldari Battleship from scratch? 2 weeks?
Maybe you can point out which battleship you are willing to sacrifice for a dedicated missile boat, because looking at the other 3 race's tier 1 battleships I cannot say that I am very happy with a dedicated E-war platform (the falcon can do it better anyway).
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Daelin Blackleaf
No Joy Corp Pride - Honor - Duty
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Posted - 2007.05.22 15:33:00 -
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Loving the replies so far, seems the community is split between those who beleive PvE and missiles are the Caldari's only strength and should remain theirs alone, and those who feel that having one race hold the position of "King of PvE" is just as imbalanced as having one race be "King of PvP".
Yes, it takes very little time to train up for a Raven... but thats not the point. You might as well tell the Amarr not to worry about the issues their ships have since they can train another race.
Also you could counter by saying that if other races had missile boats they too would take little time to train for since it is the skills requirted for good turret use that slow players down not those needed for the tank.
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Ogul
Caldari ZiTek Deepspace Explorations Prime Orbital Systems
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Posted - 2007.05.22 19:23:00 -
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Originally by: Daelin Blackleaf
Yes, it takes very little time to train up for a Raven... but thats not the point. You might as well tell the Amarr not to worry about the issues their ships have since they can train another race.
If those "issues" are all about not having a missile-battleship specializing in PVE, then yes. You might as well do that.
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Leikung
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Posted - 2007.05.23 00:28:00 -
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If you want to lfy missle boats, train for them. Not all navys are the same, nor equal
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Corwain
Gallente Zero Team
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Posted - 2007.05.23 00:57:00 -
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Edited by: Corwain on 23/05/2007 00:55:39
Originally by: Steyr Daghan So let me get this straight. You picked Gallente for your char, probably because they "haev teh bestest pvp n pwns", but now that you've trained up on the race you're going boohoo because some other race is better at pve?
Poor dear, i'm sure mommy's gonna make it all right.
Now this is the thing I hate about all these people who hate Gallente because they're "the best at PvP" not even true. Good yes, best, maybe overall, but Minnies aren't far behind and at any role a Gallente ship might not be the best for.
Anyhow, when I trained Gallente everyone told me to train Caldari because at the time dualMWD raven's ECMed up the wazoo were king, or Amarr puleboats with lows FULL of Heatsink IIs. But no, I chose Gallente cause I thought drones were cool, like your own little squad of X-Wings or something.
Now, more on topic: with minimal skills a Raven is indeed superior at PvE than ANY OTHER RACES BS. I know, cause I used to try with Gallente, and Amarr. Drones move too slowly and get blown up by random aggro bugs. You can't MWD in deadspace to use lasers and large guns can't track anything smaller/faster than a BS. Amarr damage types suck, and you have to sacrifice your precious lows for cap relays since they have so little mids for cap recharger IIs and injected setups last like 10mins tops, missions take an hour each with a Raven, much less a turretship.
EDIT: Just wanted to make it clear though that I'm against giving other races missileboats except maybe Minmater. I <3 my drones.
Missiles can hit lowest damage type and laugh at tracking. I run missions 3-4x faster in my lvl2BS Raven with lvl1 cruise than my lvl5BS Domi, Mega or Hype.
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Zhulik
Abyss Restless Proper Response
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Posted - 2007.05.23 01:59:00 -
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Leave the ships be.
Give each race their own Achuras, I say.
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Ecky X
The Aforementioned
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Posted - 2007.05.23 02:45:00 -
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I feel you can PvE with Minmatar just as well as you can with Caldari.
Artillery have atrocious tracking, but a Maelstrom with a rack of 1200's and a few tracking mods can hit most anything. The Maelstrom also has a nice drone bay, so you can back 10 mediums to kill frigates and close stuff. It has the same slot layout as the Raven, but with twice the powergrid, and a tanking bonus. ALSO, you can choose your damage type, and if the NPCs are all close, you can use a high-damage ammo.
The Typhoon is also very good, if you're creative. -----
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Spacer John
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Posted - 2007.05.23 04:17:00 -
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If other races want good mission running ships, I say let them have it. As long as races are getting what they want, give Caldari a line of truely solid PVP ships.
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Fluffernator
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Posted - 2007.05.23 04:29:00 -
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People don't realize that caldari is much more hyped up for PVE then mos t people realize. There needs to be a line drawn here..... Caldari are the best mission runners. Ratting goes to gallente, and heres why.
You can pick your damage type with the type of drones you fly. Take a domi with soe hybrids and the drones of the right flavor and it will kill the rats much faster then a raven. Gallente is really not as bad at missions as these people whine. I used to run missions in moas and feroxes with rail guns, so if you think you have it bad using BONUSED turrets, try it with a **** split system that does laughable damage.
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Daelin Blackleaf
No Joy Corp Pride - Honor - Duty
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Posted - 2007.05.23 10:01:00 -
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Originally by: Spacer John If other races want good mission running ships, I say let them have it. As long as races are getting what they want, give Caldari a line of truely solid PVP ships.
Caldari ships are excellent in PvP.... just not so much in solo PvP.
As for Minmatar PvE ability it's a simple case of no matter how much you train up your skills your not going to outdo the 2/3 extra missile slots on a Raven/CNR and the more you do train up the more the Raven would benefit from those same skills.
I'll admit when it comes to ratting theres not such a huge gap between Gallente and Caldari, but Minmatar and Amarr fall behind a lot. It all depends on the rats of course, but tracking is a real pain. So give the Amarr a drone boat and the Minmatar a 6/4 'phoon and things should balance out a bit.
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Ogul
Caldari ZiTek Deepspace Explorations Prime Orbital Systems
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Posted - 2007.05.23 10:47:00 -
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Originally by: Daelin Blackleaf
I'll admit when it comes to ratting theres not such a huge gap between Gallente and Caldari, but Minmatar and Amarr fall behind a lot. It all depends on the rats of course, but tracking is a real pain. So give the Amarr a drone boat and the Minmatar a 6/4 'phoon and things should balance out a bit.
If the Phoon gets 6 missile slots I demand a drone bay of 175 m^3 on the Raven.
No really, this would make the Phoon an improved Raven. And a very good reason for every Caldari to train Minmatar.
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Wanten
RONA Corporation RONA Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.23 10:50:00 -
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sure if they wanna give the domi 6 missiles slots im all for it, that with drones and an armour tank and tackling slots is a iwin button, ditto for the other races too. Like someone has already said caldari a heavy support bs, they find it hard to tank and tackle so are useless solo, this is where other races have the advantage.
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Rodj Blake
Amarr PIE Inc.
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Posted - 2007.05.23 10:51:00 -
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There is already a non-Caldari missile boat in the game - I refer of course to the Inquisitor.
As for new missile boats, a lot of us are hoping that Khanid mk2 will give us some.
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Mona X
Caldari C0VEN
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Posted - 2007.05.23 11:13:00 -
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Does anyone noticed, that Caldari specialize not only in missiles (Kestrel, Caracal, Drake, Raven, Cerberus, Nighthawk), but also with railguns (Merlin, Moa, Ferox, Eagle, Vulture, and finaly Rokh). Yes, Rokh is not some kind bonus for those "overpowered" Caldari, but simply fulfill lack of railgun BS.
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Ogul
Caldari ZiTek Deepspace Explorations Prime Orbital Systems
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Posted - 2007.05.23 11:17:00 -
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Originally by: Mona X Does anyone noticed, that Caldari specialize not only in missiles (Kestrel, Caracal, Drake, Raven, Cerberus, Nighthawk), but also with railguns (Merlin, Moa, Ferox, Eagle, Vulture, and finaly Rokh).
Of course. But that is not what this thread is about. (See title.)
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Daelin Blackleaf
No Joy Corp Pride - Honor - Duty
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Posted - 2007.05.23 11:18:00 -
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Originally by: Mona X Does anyone noticed, that Caldari specialize not only in missiles (Kestrel, Caracal, Drake, Raven, Cerberus, Nighthawk), but also with railguns (Merlin, Moa, Ferox, Eagle, Vulture, and finaly Rokh). Yes, Rokh is not some kind bonus for those "overpowered" Caldari, but simply fulfill lack of railgun BS.
I'd like to think that since when the Rokh was coming out a lot of Caldari went crazy over it not being a missile boat that the point has been made enough times for it to be remembered.
But I'd like to think a lot of things.
Also I dont see anyone claiming the Caldari are overpowered here.
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Mona X
Caldari C0VEN
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Posted - 2007.05.23 11:31:00 -
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Edited by: Mona X on 23/05/2007 11:31:46
Originally by: Ogul
Of course. But that is not what this thread is about. (See title.)
No, thread is about "OMG Caldari has turret and missile BSes and I have only turret and drone. CCP pimp my ride.".
If OP wants missile boat, he should train Caldari, if he wants to be Jack of all trades, he should train Minmatar.
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MarKand
Apeiron Fleet
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Posted - 2007.05.23 11:45:00 -
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Its very intressting to read all versions, and I think that is the real point, fly what you fancy !
I can fly allraces except Amarr ships, and I also use a Raven in missions, and a phoon, or my tempest. It is basicly depending on the mission type.
My PERSONAL opinion however, is that one of the most capable ships in all of Eve is the phoon, the problem is that you have to be+20M in SP to start using it benefits. To be a little funnt about it, You might say the prereq. for a phoon is the Minmatar Dread, once u have the dread skills , u will fly a phone excellet.
And I really dont get the 2 discussions about racestuff and the PvP/ PvE stuff. Worse race ever to pick, IMHO was Matar, Matar is not only Gunnery and Missiles, it also drones, Matar has a little from all races, so thats why it takes 3x times to be really good in matar ships, IMHO again. For example, in my phoon i need to use T2 tank and basicly all of it T2 to really get the dmg/tank working, only exclusin is Missiles, since they hit and do dmg anyway. But when my phoon hammers down a ship with AC¦s, Torps/Cruise and 5 heavydrones, it is a very fast happening.
And the second issue, PvP / PvE, I am sorry , but again IMHO BASED on real trail and error in war and roaming ops for a very long time in eve, I had to say, it isnt the ship, it is the pilot. Ive been so pownd by "lesser" ships with pilots knowing how to squese all og it from their ship, and I have totaly overkilled "TheeePVPship" with sucky pilots that belive the ship it self will save them. Fitting and knowledge and brain will win more fights and make more mission isk for you then any ship, and as a final word i really would like to add the stuff I really learnt,different racial ships combined is the WINbutton in eve.
And to OP, no I really wouldnt like to see all races turn Caldari, the same way I wouldnt like all burgerbars to be McD, i like to have the option to choose :)
Safe flying /M
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Daelin Blackleaf
No Joy Corp Pride - Honor - Duty
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Posted - 2007.05.23 11:52:00 -
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Originally by: Mona X Edited by: Mona X on 23/05/2007 11:31:46
Originally by: Ogul
Of course. But that is not what this thread is about. (See title.)
No, thread is about "OMG Caldari has turret and missile BSes and I have only turret and drone. CCP pimp my ride.".
If OP wants missile boat, he should train Caldari, if he wants to be Jack of all trades, he should train Minmatar.
Please read threads you intend to reply to. I have trained Caldari and Minamatar, I didn't make this thread because I don't have a missile boat, I have CNR, it just feels wrong using it to fly Gallente and Minamatar missions with and I'm not even a role-player. Also if you'd read the thread through you'd realise that I've been conviced that universal missile boats probably aren't a good idea, but having a Minmatar missile boat and Amarr drone boat probably is. Many will disagree... and this is good.
Also I certainly wasn't asking CCP anything, I was asking for opinions. I don't automatically decide Im right, Im open to other ideas, and happy to change my mind when Im wrong. I simply opened discussion on the point.
On that note Im going to stop whoring my own thread for awhile, so could people please keep the "OMG" attitude and flames to a minimum. Try to keep it constructive folks. 
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Kaylee Kaitlen
Gallente Absolutely No Return
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Posted - 2007.05.23 13:23:00 -
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IMO, the problem is not that the other races need a missle boat, it's that the other races need the ability to PvE effectively. Unfortunately, given the current state of the game, PvE effectiveness == missles.
I became Gallente because I liked drones. I trained up a Myr, and then a Domi. However, after loosing drone after expensive drone to full-stage aggro and various AI stupidity. I decided to spend a couple of weeks and train up a Drake. It's sad that I can mission much quicker, safer and cheaper in a missle BC than I can in a drone BS (and yes, I have trained tech 2 drones).
I can only speak for Gallente, but I'd really prefer to see drones fixed rather than just write them off completely for PvE by giving Gallente a missle boat.
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ForumPosterAlt
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Posted - 2007.05.23 13:33:00 -
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They really need to remove the turret/missile distinction and just make the ship distinction be in ship bonuses. I doubt anyone will complain being able to pve in something other than a raven.
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Ashaz
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Posted - 2007.05.23 13:44:00 -
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From the ship database:
Quote: Developer: Roden Shipyards
Unlike most Gallente ship manufacturers, Roden Shipyards tend to favor missiles over drones and their ships generally possess stronger armor. Their electronics capacity, however, tends to be weaker than that of their competitorsGÇÖ.
Let them build us a pink bs! :)
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Ashaz
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Posted - 2007.05.23 14:05:00 -
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Originally by: Spacer John If other races want good mission running ships, I say let them have it. As long as races are getting what they want, give Caldari a line of truely solid PVP ships.
mokay. just cause you asked so nicely =)
Crow Coromant Harpy Hawk Manticore Flycatcher BlackBird Rook Cerberus Ferox Drake Nighthawk Scorp Rokh

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Leandro Salazar
The Blackguard Wolves
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Posted - 2007.05.23 14:18:00 -
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Edited by: Leandro Salazar on 23/05/2007 14:16:08 Tbh when all things are said and done (and excluding the new EW craze being counterable by cruise Ravens and nothing else), the Raven and its derivates are the best ships for less than 50% of the missions imho. Guristas and Serpentis missions can probably be done better in a well skilled and fitted Railthron/Railhype, maybe even a sentry domi (I doubt this though as I am really struggling to fit good tank AND gank on that one).
Most Blood/Sansha/Drone can definitely be done better in an Abaddon.
That leaves Angel missions as pure Raven territory due to the ****ty base DPS of arties and no doouble damage bonus minnie ship with 7+ turrets, and the ones against empire factions.
The Ravens real strong point is not that it is the best at everything, but that it is second best at everything where it is not best. So it is by far the best tool for lazy people, of which we probably have far too many :)
So just from this point the only race really needing a missile boat is Minmatar. And the phoon is an obvious candidate. But I am afraid turing it into a real missile boat (meaning it would need a velocity bonus too) would kill what currently attracts me to it. So I would vote no on this plan. Unless maybe it gets 7/7 slots and just replaces the missile RoF bonus with a velocity one... Hmm, now heres an idea lol.
Personally I would also love it if Khanid MkII came along and turned the currently pretty useless Apoc black, i.e. making it an armortanking missile boat, but thats just me being a Khanid fancier and mourning the lack of use for such a majestic ship as the Apoc.
Thank you SkyFlyer!
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