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Subchaos
Republic Military School
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Posted - 2008.09.07 03:01:00 -
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I've read about how people have ran extremely detailed charts, comparison analysis, number cruched to hell & back to find out the best/efficient combination of race, bloodline, ancestry etc....
When it all comes down to it, how many people still choose the character stricly for the way they look rather than the starting point and starting skills?
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SoftRevolution
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Posted - 2008.09.07 03:05:00 -
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As if I have to answer EVE RELATED CONTENT |
Bohoba
Caldari Dragons United Pure.
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Posted - 2008.09.07 03:07:00 -
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nope back in the day :) choosed race after reading back story didn't have a clue back then about the att's :) but hey I still here lol
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Ruze
Amarr No Applicable Corporation
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Posted - 2008.09.07 03:12:00 -
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Looks and backstory, mostly.
Originally by: CCP Greyscale consciously deciding not to join a corp is pretty much deciding that you don't want to have fun
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2008.09.07 03:14:00 -
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Out of my own personal (limited) experience, I'd venture a guesstimation of "newbies going mostly for the looks/backstory, most vets going just for the attributes/skills".
Caldari has it all... the looks (all except Achura males), backstory (militaristic high-tech capitalists ftw, first ones to have capsule tech, most tech-advanced military, etc) and attributes (as if Civire wasn't already one of the best, Achura are EVEN BETTER). No wonder a vast majority of characters are Caldari.
Gallente has the worst possible attributes for all-rounders, but used to have the best research/manufacture ones (Intaki reborn), which has been sadly superceeded by Achura Inventor. The backstory of Gallente is, I believe, the second most attractive on a general scale, but with Caldari being so much more enticing, it's not that good. Still, if nothing else, then "enemy of Caldari" is a good backstory to pick based on the fact most pilots ARE Caldari
Vherokior females look hottish, and the attributes are ok for various not directly combat related tasks, so Minmatar still holds some interest. Brutor has some decent combat attributes, but it's been surpassed by both Achura and Khanid lately. Speaking of Khanid, it's pretty much on par with (actually, better than) Achura when talking about pure (and LONG-TERM) combat training. Amarr and Minmatar have little to offer story-wise that's "cooler" than Caldari-vs-Gallente (religious zealots vs former slaves, meh), and other than the former brutor and current khanid attribute picks, they hold little interest. Which also shows in the fact so little numbers of pilots are either one or the other... especially Amarr (face it, MOST EVE players are either agnostic or atheist, and the idea of a religion-based society is downright repulsive).
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Micia
Minmatar Thrace Inc Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2008.09.07 03:15:00 -
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Went with the backstory.
I'd do it again, too. _______
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Piper Halliwell
Minmatar Phantom Squad G00DFELLAS
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Posted - 2008.09.07 03:20:00 -
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Originally by: Subchaos When it all comes down to it, how many people still choose the character stricly for the way they look rather than the starting point and starting skills?
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Patrice Macmahon
Gallente
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Posted - 2008.09.07 03:52:00 -
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I picked mine for the looks, and did my best to make an all rounder....
If the "?" would ever go away, Im pretty, really!
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nutbar
Caldari Flair Inc.
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Posted - 2008.09.07 03:57:00 -
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Same as some others - backstory. I don't like religion, I'm not french, and I'm not a slave... only leaves one choice :) As for subclasses, picked them based on what I would actually pick if it were me.
Odd though, I'm not a roleplayer at all. I also had no idea what the choices meant for skillpoints. That's one thing I wished EVE had with it (not sure about the current new player experience) when I started off - more info about how your choices affect your character within the game. I picked a higher charisma than most "fighters" these days would go for (check all the Achuras with their abysmal charisma) because I was thinking that it would affect how I would interact with other players, NPCs, etc... I figured like most D&D games where low charisma means people don't want to gang up with you, you don't get access to the better NPCs or missions, etc...
Still happy with how my character has turned out though (aka, I wouldn't toss the SP away... to much money spent on it!).
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Vabjekf
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Posted - 2008.09.07 04:42:00 -
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I pick skills and convince myself im beautiful
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Terianna Eri
Amarr Scrutari
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Posted - 2008.09.07 04:53:00 -
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Khanid Female... go for both! __________________________________
Originally by: Arthur Frayn How much to ruin all your holes, luv?
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Shinji Hakuen
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Posted - 2008.09.07 05:02:00 -
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Originally by: Akita T Caldari has it all... the looks (all except Achura males),
Not all of us baby, just gotta know how to build em. ;)
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ArmyOfMe
Personal Vendetta Vendetta Alliance.
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Posted - 2008.09.07 05:35:00 -
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Originally by: Shinji Hakuen
Originally by: Akita T Caldari has it all... the looks (all except Achura males),
Not all of us baby, just gotta know how to build em. ;)
can i have some of the stuff your smoking
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Mea Lustra
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Posted - 2008.09.07 05:43:00 -
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Edited by: Mea Lustra on 07/09/2008 05:44:38 I started a short while ago, went with Gallente for drones and thought up a nice name that worked well with the Gallente background. While they're very good and my skills were nicely focussed I got bored with the "easy ride" and after seeing some corp members fly Amarr ships I decided to switch.
Instead of just training up the skills for from my first character (which has maxed out tanking skills and 1.5 mil in drones) I decided to reinvent myself as Amarr, with looks, proper name and all that. And now my attributes are also better because I now know what I'm doing (a bit).
Looks and "overall theme" all the way.
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS IDLE EMPIRE
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Posted - 2008.09.07 05:51:00 -
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mostly the back story
the look wasn't bad either
my alt is achura... I regret that now (and for a while recently, but at the time it made sense, I think i was on crack ******* or something)
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Ecatherina W
Gallente Dromedary Goat Albatross and Fish Big Bang Quantum
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Posted - 2008.09.07 06:41:00 -
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Looks. Which is why I have incredible leadership skills, as I also ended up w. high charisma.
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Buff Plankchest
Minmatar
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Posted - 2008.09.07 06:42:00 -
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Looks.... Come on, this guy looks like a beacon of charisma
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F'nog
Amarr Celestial Horizon Corp. Celestial Industrial Alliance
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Posted - 2008.09.07 07:28:00 -
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Backstory and attributes. Hey, lowest possible Charisma means you'll be uber, right? Right?
Guys?
Originally by: Kazuma Saruwatari
F'nog for Amarr Emperor. Nuff said
Originally by: Chribba Go F'nog! You're a hero! Not a Zero! /me bows
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Artemis Rose
Varion Galactic Accord Corporate Enterprise Syndicate
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Posted - 2008.09.07 07:30:00 -
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I wanted to go Gallente, somebody told me all drones *cough*fighters*cough* were 25 million a piece. Soo....
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masternerdguy
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Posted - 2008.09.07 07:30:00 -
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i chose gallente due 2 democracy, but i relaise now caldari own so i trained them.
gallente ships ftl, shields and missiles ftw
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NSSQUAD
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Posted - 2008.09.07 07:51:00 -
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i picked caldari because there ships look like they could really be around minmitar amar and gelenta thats the places of who looks the most real. but my caldari is great with missiles and i would rather tank with shields then tank with armor thank you.
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Vaal Erit
Science and Trade Institute
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Posted - 2008.09.07 07:51:00 -
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Originally by: masternerdguy i chose gallente due 2 democracy
Good lord I can't stop laughing. Next time one of my co-workers ask me why I do something, I am going to tell them "due to democracy" and laugh while they think wtf is that guy on.
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The Jazz
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Posted - 2008.09.07 07:59:00 -
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I'm to sexy for this thread
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Evanade
Rionnag Alba Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2008.09.07 08:41:00 -
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My first one was made for the looks and despite my noobishness at the time, she ended up with very decent attributes, but the alts afterwards have all been combat centered. --------------------------- sok alt - main got banzored |
Vele Nori
Amarr
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Posted - 2008.09.07 08:49:00 -
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when i rolled my first character i rolled it for its attributes and made it be of the same race as my friend's character so that we could play together
now I try to combine all three: backstory, attributes, and looks Caldari backstory never resonated with me, ex-slave/freedom fighter story was also meh, so I ended up rolling mostly Gallente and Amarr characters and rarely Caldari and Minmatar
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Yesh
Dirty Filthy Perverts
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Posted - 2008.09.07 09:06:00 -
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<----- Not based on looks.
I started a minmatar character when I first joined, but changed to amarr two weeks later because they used lasers and the ammo never ran out . At the time machine guns on a spaceship seemed kind of wrong.
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Herr Esiq
Cube Zombie Consortium
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Posted - 2008.09.07 09:19:00 -
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Originally by: Akita T Which also shows in the fact so little numbers of pilots are either one or the other... especially Amarr (face it, MOST EVE players are either agnostic or atheist, and the idea of a religion-based society is downright repulsive).
I am a 'atheist' and this Amarr religious thing is the thing that convinced me into playing something in a game because I'm not that in real life. In fact I even took the religious reclaimer bloodline to empathize this. So i have 4 base perception and aspiring to be a combat pilot this brings a world of hurt onto myself. Yet it does have a form of attraction to it for me playing this character. Even if i would find it horrible to live in such a place in real life. To me thats kinda the purpose of playing any game, if people could have done those things out there they wouldn't be sitting behind their computers doing it.
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Karen Estarra
Caldari Perkone
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Posted - 2008.09.07 09:29:00 -
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I started my main as Amarr purely because I was told they had lasers which at the time I thought would be uber for lots of pew pew.. I didn't know you could crosstrain then >>>>>>> Will flash boobies for Isk! <<<<<<< |
Tharukan Desm'ar
Gallente The Ninth Circle Accord Corporate Enterprise Syndicate
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Posted - 2008.09.07 09:49:00 -
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I chose Jin mei for the looks. Plus the drone skills are great as thats the type of ship I fly mostly.
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Benco97
Gallente The Star League
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Posted - 2008.09.07 10:26:00 -
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Backstory first then I tried to approximate a face.. with limited success as you can see. The attributes and starting skills never even came into my race choice and never have.
Originally by: P'uck
You're a DUMBASS - bold italic underline at the VERY LEAST.
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