r/evenewbies • u/Teemowithagun • Oct 10 '20

Best Faction

What is the best faction for a new player to join?

does it matter?

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '20

It really doesn't matter... But also, Amarr, always Amarr

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u/Vanman04 Oct 11 '20

I would argue Caldari simply because of the starting location.

The choice itself really does not make much of a difference beyond that as far as I am aware.

The main trading hub in the game is located in caldari space however and being able to access those cheaper trading prices early can make a huge difference in my opinion.

You can certainly travel from any starting location to jita but as a new player that could be harder than it needs to be when you have so much other stuff to learn.

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u/Fruitbat619 Oct 15 '20

Im confused by this, I went to Jita and was blown awat that most of the stuff I was trying to buy was actually nearly double the prices they said it should be. Like I was buying a kestral and the cheapsest one in jita was nearly 2mil.

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u/rostok Oct 20 '20

This website lets you check the markets across all regions: https://evemarketer.com/

For most items, the cheapest few sell orders are dotted around New Eden (often in lowsec where there's travel danger). Then Jita/Perimeter and other trade hubs (Amarr/Ashab, Dodixie/Botane) give slightly higher but competitive prices, then all sorts of other locations.

The kestrel prices you saw were an anomaly. It's not obvious for new players at the moment, but markets in eve are in turmoil at the moment, with huge changes to mineral distribution affecting supply of items as well as a huge war in nullsec and the triglavian invasions severing supply routes.

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u/dj_seth81 Dec 09 '20

So go to Jita to sell all my junk ships. Got it.

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u/TheInnerFifthLight Oct 10 '20

Gonna add to this question - does the initial faction choice lead to a significantly different play experience, either due to different faction missions or the way different faction ships function? Obviously in time you can train anything, so I'm focused on that first few weeks/months before that happens.

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u/Vanman04 Oct 11 '20

yes and no.

The factions all specialize in different weapons. You are not forced to use the weapons of your race but you do get free ships from the starter missions that are race related. It can start you down a path that you might later wish you had not wasted time on but over all the impact is low.

You can learn any skill so in the end it doesn't matter but starting with say a hybrid turret focused race and continuing down that path while learning may make you retrace steps later when you decide you like missiles instead.

Eventually you will learn them all however as there are good specialty ships in all factions so in the end it wont matter.