Gallente Basic Ship and Skill Overview: Difference between revisions

This guide aims to provide an overview of the different ships and their roles rather than specific fits. For these, take a look at the individual ship's page (eg {{sh|Atron}}).

Gallente drone ships are also popular as basic [[Careers#Ratting|ratting]] ships in nullsec space, and for initial forays into low-tier [[Abyssal Deadspace]] PvE challenges; in both of these use-cases, Gallente ships are eventually elbowed aside in more advanced uses by Guristas ships such as the {{sh|Gila}}.

Gallente pilots will also want to prioritize skills for armor tanking, and capacitor skills to keep their turrets running. Any Gallente pilots with an interest in electronic warfare should look into the skills {{sk|Sensor Linking}}, {{sk|Signal Suppression}}, {{sk|Long Distance Jamming}}, {{sk|Frequency Modulation}}. A fairly new character with these skills trained even just to III or IV can have a significant battlefield impact, and they open up the road to some very powerful advanced ships such as the {{sh|Keres}} and {{sh|Lachesis}}.

The Atron is the Gallente Attack Frigate. It is designed to be fast and has a capacitor bonus to tackle modules and bonuses to hybrid turrets, favouring blasters. The Atron doesn't have great firepower and it still isn't the most durable of ships, but with its speed and agility, good piloting can keep it alive while tackling a target while other ships deliver the punch. Furthermore, it can serve as a level 1 mission runner until {{Sk|Gallente Frigate|III}} is trained for the {{sh}Incursus}} and {{Sk|Gallente Destroyer|I}} for the {{sh|Catalyst}}.

"Scram Chasing" might be difficult and lethal in the Atron and should be left for tankier hulls like the {{sh|Incursus}}.

The Atron is the "fastest" T1 attack Frigate. While the Minmatar {{sh|Slasher}} is (originally) 10m/s faster than the Atron, the three low slots allow adding an Overdrive or Nanofiber Hull resulting in a faster ship while still retaining the same tank. A large capacitor allows a stable fit relatively easily, allowing you to keep point on a target for prolonged times until your fleet or gang arrives on grid. In addition, an ample Power Grid and CPU make the Atron easy to fit with little training.

The Imicus is the Gallente Tech 1 exploration and scanning frigate. It is a good ship for rookies or veterans who are getting into probing and don't have the skills for the T2 version, the {{sh|Helios}}. Its bonus to virus strength allows it to complete Data and Relic sites faster and more reliably.

The Incursus is the typical PvE and PvP frigate for Gallente players. It is faster and has a better scan resolution than the {{sh|Tristan}}, which makes it better for tackling in PvP. It is also the only Gallente frigate with 3 turret slots. The Incursus will likely deal more damage than a Tristan for pilots without {{Sk|Drones|V}}.

The Navitas is the Gallente logistics frigate and is designed for remote armor repair. It makes an ideal entry point for beginner Gallente capsuleers who want to train into the {{sh|Exequror}}, the Gallente Tier 1 logistics Cruiser, before eventually moving on to the Tier 2 {{sh|Oneiros}}.

Note: The Navitas is designed to be self-sufficient on capacitor (i.e. to fly without the need of a [[Logistics#Remote capacitor transmitters|cap chain]]) like its larger variants: the {{sh|Exequror}} and {{sh|Oneiros}}. However, logistics capsuleers can cross-train into the Amarr {{sh|Augoror}} relatively easily, and from there to the T2 {{sh|Guardian}} although both of these ships require a cap chain.

The Tristan is an excellent frigate for PvP and PvE. It is a dedicated drone boat - the only T1 frigate that can operate 5 drones - and thus requires high drone skills to be flown effectively. It offers a bonus to both Hybrid Turret tracking speed and Drone hitpoints and tracking speed. However, it is slower and has less scan resolution than the {{sh|Incursus}}, making it slightly worse for a dedicated tackling role in fleets.

The Algos is the second step on the Gallente drone boat path, between the {{sh|Tristan}} and {{sh|Vexor}}.  It is slightly bulkier than the {{sh|Catalyst}}, and since it is capable of fitting a full flight of salvage drones in addition to a rack of railguns, the Algos is an excellent choice for L1 mission running. Unlike larger ships (i.e. the Vexor), the Algos is designed to be flown with very low skill points; with that in mind, it is the only drone ship where {{Sk|Drones|V}} is not an absolute necessity - although it should still be a top priority for new Gallente pilots. The Algos is a versatile destroyer, capable of running either rails or blasters while pushing through a respectable amount of DPS.

The Celestis is the Gallente EW cruiser. It can be made surprisingly tough for an EWAR cruiser with its 5 lows. Its extra lock range and bonus to sensor dampener range make it considerably better at range damping snipers than the smaller {{sh|Maulus}}.

The Thorax is a gun boat, designed to use hybrid turrets. In PvP, the Thorax is used as a hard hitting blaster boat. This can be highly effective but is very "do or die", and will make most Thoraxes' lives glorious but short. In PvE, the Thorax is less popular; the slow and steady style of the {{sh|Vexor}} is more suited to mission running. Despite this, the Thorax can be popular as a first mission running cruiser, because most pilots will have trained gunnery skills while piloting frigates and destroyers, while they will probably have neglected the drone skills required to use a Vexor effectively. Having said that, the Thorax has a 50m³ drone bay, so will also benefit greatly from drone skills.

The Vexor, like the {{sh|Myrmidon}} and {{sh|Dominix}}, is a drone boat. The Vexor is an excellent mission ship, and can also be a good PvP ship.  It has 75mb of drone bandwidth, allowing it to field a mixed flight of medium and heavy drones at a time, and has the drone bay to carry a few replacements or an additional flight of light drones. This gives the Vexor great flexibility for long roams, where it can carry a full flight of medium and light damage drones, as well as a flight of light repair or EWAR drones to deploy as the situation dictates. While the Vexor has a bonus to hybrid guns, this can be ignored if desired due to a large amount of the Vexor's DPS coming from drones anyway, and Vexors with autocannons, nosferatu and/or neutralisers are common. With 4 mids and 5 lows, Vexors are most often armor tanked.

Among T1 cruisers the Vexor is a little more skill demanding than the {{sh|Thorax}}. In particular, you should not get a Vexor unless you have at least {{Sk|Drones|IV}} and should make getting {{Sk|Drones|V}} a high priority.

The Myrmidon is the typical level 3 missioning ship. It can fit a passive shield tank like the {{Drake}}, but most Gallente players will focus on armor tanking skills, and its armor repair bonus makes it an excellent armor tanker.

The Myrmidon can also be an excellent PvP ship, though the damage potential is less than the {{sh|Brutix}} with most fittings. It is sometimes used in PvP with dual or triple reps. The Myrmidon has a 100 Mb drone bandwidth. Ogres may have difficulty tracking targets smaller than battleships, and travel time can also be an issue depending on the initial engagement range. Pilots without T2 ogres may wish to use hammerheads, valkyries, warriors, and ec-300 drones in their drone bay instead.

The Talos is the Gallente Attack Battlecruiser. With damage and a tracking bonus, it focuses on blasters, providing very high DPS, but limited range. In short, it has the DPS of a {{sh|Megathron}} and the tank of a {{sh|Thorax}}. However, with the range of heavy blasters and the second highest speed of the Tier 3 battlecruisers a shield-tanking Talos can be an effective kiter. A very good write-up can be found on [http://www.evealtruist.com/2012/01/know-your-enemy-tier-3-battlecruisers.html The Altruist's blog].

The Dominix (aka Domi) is one of two T1 battleship drone carriers, with a bonus to drone damage and hit points. It has the 125mb bandwidth required to field a full flight of heavy or sentry drones and a 375m³ drone bay large enough to carry several flights of heavies, sentries, mediums, and/or lights. The Dominix's ability to choose damage types by switching drones makes it an attractive Level 4 mission runner. With its 5 mid slots and 7 low slots, the Dominix is normally armor tanked. Compared to the Amarr {{sh|Armageddon}}, the Dominix has bonuses towards drone tracking and optimal--this helps a little with normal drones but is most useful when using sentry drones.

However, for [[Incursions]], the Hyperion is an excellent starter blaster boat. The Hyperions bonus of 10% per level of {{Sk|Gallente Battleship}} gives it good damage output for a T1 Battleship, while its 5 medium slots allow fitting a comfortable amount of shield resistances, a web, and a sensor booster for vanguard sites, or a microwarp drive for assaults or headquarter sites. Most pilots aiming to fly a {{Vindicator}} for incursions will start out flying a Hyperion.

The Gallente [[Industrials|industrial]] hauler ships provide tremendous flexibility in hauling. The {{sh|Nereus}} and the {{sh|Iteron Mark V}} are the "standard" haulers, with the Nereus focusing on speed and tank over cargo capacity, and the Iteron Mark V focusing on the opposite. The {{sh|Kryos}}, {{sh|Epithal}} and {{sh|Miasmos}} are specialised haulers with massive cargo bays for specific cargo (minerals, planetary commodities, and ore, respectively).