Oooh. A top 5 list!
Here’s mine based on aesthetics, ability, and how often I bother to use it.
Honorable Mentions:
My Big Fat Space Turkey - Prophecy
My disposable scout - ugly a$$ Probe
Busy Bee - Noctis/Porpoise
–Gadget loves lists
Edit: was reading about Comorant when I meant to write Punisher.
O ! Top 5 would be:
Honestly, the hurricane fleet issue. I spent hours with that little guy grinding up for my first battleship. (And my second battleship, because L4s are a big adjustment for a new player)
The Harbaby-class Cattlebruiser is the greatest ship in Eve Online.
What it lacks in speed, it makes up for in power and versatility.
And in looking like a hammerhead shark.
Its slow speed meshes well with my slow brain, and its hard-hitting lasers mesh well with my ability to press F1.
And if I accidentally web something, taking advantage of its FOUR (4) midslots, my lasers might even hit it. What’s better, I’ve the pink SKIN for it!
But, to stop meming for a moment, the Harbinger was the first ship in Eve that I actually felt powerful in. It was an affordable ship that made the universe feel as though it had opened up to me waaaaay back when I was a wee newb. To this day, it holds a special place in my heart not necessarily because it’s a good ship (and I believe it is), but because of the nostalgia I have for it from more than a decade ago now.
Warm Urine…
Shield Coercer! It just melts ships.
Kronos is my go-to ship for blaster firepower…although I lost one to a group of Code gankers in high sec due to my failure to react quick enough to the scum suckers… Lol… 
The Ibis is also a beautiful ship. At the price of less then a hundredth of a suicide dessie, it’s the bane of the afk miner.
Love the Catalyst. Would love to pilot a Hecate once I decide to give some money to CCP.
They’ve been giving me isk and skill books for various activities. It’s nice. Gives a boost to learning players.
Besides those two, I’d like to try a Gallente battleship one of those days.
Tengu - Peek-a-Boo
High power
1x Covert Ops Cloaking Device II
1x Sisters Expanded Probe Launcher
6x Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II
Medium power
2x Republic Fleet Large Shield Extender
1x Corelum C-Type 50MN Microwarpdrive
1x Republic Fleet Warp Disruptor
1x Caldari Navy EM Shield Hardener
1x Pithum C-Type Multispectrum Shield Hardener
Low power
1x Damage Control II
2x Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Rig Slot
3x Medium Core Defense Field Extender II
Sub System
1x Tengu Defensive - Covert Reconfiguration
1x Tengu Offensive - Accelerated Ejection Bay
1x Tengu Propulsion - Chassis Optimization
1x Tengu Core - Augmented Graviton Reactor
Modules
1x Covert Cynosural Field Generator I
Top 5 hmmmmm
Tengu
Drake xD
MOROS
Bhaalgorn
Redeemer
i used to love the raptor until ccp nerfed it a few years ago. i had so much fun zipping around in null sec in a gank frigate.
Didn’t they buff it again afterwards with the double overheat bonus and extra stats? it can kill a caracal solo.
the raptor used to be immune to warp bubbles, so it was excellent for getting around camps and traps
May I ask what you are doing with the hawk? Faction Warfare? Abyss? I fly the hookbill the most right now and do Faction Warfare for some solo pvp and making money besides it.
Anomic mission’s able to run the 4 team’s + talos, want to start using it for fw but want to practice with a cheaper ship for a bit first.
never heard of them! Thank you! The eve uni wiki article makes these type of missions sound very fun.
Obviously most people are going to name their huge, expensive, ships as their favourite. However, in the smaller ship range I just love the Moa. It has an ideal combination of good EHP, good range, good DPS, and speed. And all for just 30m ISK or so.
I’m going to give my poor little breacher some love. Sure it looks like a shack with a TV antenna that someone glued random solar panels onto and is now flying through space. Yes, it has almost no dps, and requires me to manage two different tanks at the same time, but my breacher is loyal and true, just remember to get your tetanus shots updated before you fly one.
As a Minmatar explorer, my first choice is the Tech 3 Cruiser. Having the ability to customize it on the fly makes that ship very versatile and extremely useful.
My second choice is Interceptors, mainly due to their small sig and fast speed which makes them great for travel.
Raven Navy Issue (I keep remembering it as the Caldari Navy Raven). It’s big, bulky, fortress-looking. If you don’t really have to focus fire, seeing all the missiles going everywhere is a treat.
