Minmatar aka the minja is assassination.

Gallente aka the ganja is recon.

Caldari aka the canja is [REDACTED].

Amarr aka the amanja is [REDACTED].

So it comes down to your play style.

The ganja only has 1 high slot at the proto level- and is seen as a disadvantage.

I play a Minja and it is pretty fun with IshNoks (aka proto knives). Their proto suit is hampered by poor CPU even when your skills are maxed out. I am down to maxing out my sidearm operation, light weapon operation, and explosives skills to lv 5 just to eek out every last bit of CPU savings. trust me- it is a long road to making a minja proper.

I kind of feel like a ganja is easier to play initially.

Exactly how does a...ganja use recon?

I have never used knives, because I always thought that it would be difficult getting up close to an enemy without them hearing or seeing me before I hit them.

I'm curious which is better for using sniper rifle, minja or ganja? Thanks.

'Best' is always going to be relative, but based on the 2 current scouts available and your current provisions for narrowing down which 'Best' you are looking for it comes down to 1 of 2 questions.

1. Do you prefer to get into a spot to snipe from as quickly as possible?
or
2. Do you want to be able to increase the damage output of your sniper rifle regardless of how beneficial it is / have some shield tank to fight the few people that will come to find you?


If 1, out of the current options, your preference would lean towards gallente.
If 2, out of the current options, your preference would lean towards minmitar.

If you want to be able to dabble into CQC go minmitar regardless of 1 / 2. Gallente's only really strength at this point in the game would be running, which is near useless by itself, in the current state of game. It might be decent for AV vs tanks if stacking damage mods on the 5slot high logi suit wasn't such a viable option for making really good swarm fits.

Actually, none of the Scout suits support sniping, the best thing to do is to use a Logistic suit, they are more suited for sniping, not saying Scouts can't snipe, it's just that none of the Scout perks help you in sniping, other than the lower Suit Profile.

I use Proto Gallente Logi, but how would this be the "best" for sniping aside from equipment usage? Scouts have better profile scans and reductions for hiding and therefore useful for sniping, don't they?

I giggle every time my sniper fatty sees a scout sniper through his scope.

It's like christmas.

The minmatar is extremely fast and you recommend the gallente for running? Hmm, I don't know about this.

I giggle every time my sniper fatty sees a scout sniper through his scope.

It's like christmas.

Gallente has 4x low slots instead the minmatar's 2x so the Gallente can stack more sprint mods and run faster than the minmatar.

But to the OP you're better off using medium or heavy frames if you want to snipe. The scanning profile only helps you when you're in the enemies scanning radius and for most people that's only 15m, and as a sniper you'll probably be way out of range for that.

Gallente has 4x low slots instead the minmatar's 2x so the Gallente can stack more sprint mods and run faster than the minmatar.

But to the OP you're better off using medium or heavy frames if you want to snipe. The scanning profile only helps you when you're in the enemies scanning radius and for most people that's only 15m, and as a sniper you'll probably be way out of range for that.