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Originally Posted by Vorph  With all this talk about Gallente ships, would I be better off going that route since I haven't got anything invested in Minmatar (other than Frig III) yet? I've just been doing learning stuff and am now working towards electronics/engr/mech/WU/AWU skills to V while I change my mind 3948503 times about what I actually want to pilot. I'm just not sure about the whole drone thing... I don't mind pet classes but I've never played one where you had to worry about a shitload of them and if there's one thing in games I absolutely cannot stand it's micromanagement. |
Well, most cruiser+ sized ships have a drone bay, even if it's not the ship's main focus, so you'll never really regret putting skills into drones (definitely at least Drones V and Drone Interfacing) if you like flying big ships. It doesn't take long to train Frigate IV --> Cruiser III --> racial BC, so a Myrmidon is a great ship that you can get in pretty fast after a week or so of training drones and see how you like it.
Drones don't take that much micromanagement. You set them into groups that you can control simultaneously; for example, in a Dominix, I might have a group of 5 repair drones and 5 heavy combat drones, and I can recall the heavy drones with one click, launch my 5 repair drones with one click, and then assign them to a target with one click. It's not a whole lot of overhead, although the UI could be better.
Overall, though, both Gallente and Minmatar have some awesome ships, so it'll just come down to personal preference. If you could only train one or the other, I think most folks would agree that Gallente have a better set of BCs/BSes and Minmatar have a better set of frigates/cruisers. (Cruiser part maybe a tossup.)