Race

Y114.05.01

The one question I get asked more than any other, well, the only question I've ever been asked by the one bloke who ever asked and still never made it out of Neverwinter Nights, is what race?  I went with Gallente, mainly because of the RP aspect & er, that’s about it.  It means very little other than looks, the rookie ship & the skills to fly it.  Any and every other race can be trained to the same standard in a few hours.  Caldari birds are the fittest though.

If you have mates in game & you are likely to be joining their corp, you may want to pick the race in which space they are based.  If you mission, you will be missioning [primarily] against specific rats and the best ships to fight them are often those from the race whose space you are in.

Race	Description	Tank	Gank	Damage	Primary Rats	Need
Amarr	Slavers	Armor	Lazors	EM / Therm	Blood Raiders / Sansha	EM / Therm
Calamari	Missile chuckers	Shield	Missiles [+ Rails]	Any	Guristas	Kinetic
Gallente	Cheese eaters	Armor	Rails	Kin / Therm	Serpentis	Thermal
Minmatar	Slaves	Both	Projectiles [+Missiles]	Any	Angels	Explosive

So, Amarr should give the best tank & gank against Amarr rats [Blood Raiders / Sansha].  Of course, you also get missions against [among others] Guristas in Amarr Space & they are weakest to kinetic damage…

So you just cross-train Minmatar / Caldari which have a selectable damage type.  And Gallente drones ‘cos they are the best.  Except for the Minmatar ones.  Cross training also unlocks pirate faction ships, which are great for blitzing those missions.  I cross-trained Minmatar and now have more SP in that than Gallente.

Woo, a Gallente who flies Minmatar in Amarr space.  NURSE!

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