DevReply I'm so close to quitting..

Although I found some good info here, I feel coming to this forum was a mistake. I've looked back at all the many posts in various threads talking about how Defender is in a really bad place, about how you could buff it, etc. and it just leads to a sense of despair as it becomes obvious this is a game "run" by a company that doesn't care about it. And sure, you could say switch to a new ship. But I've been focused all these many months on building up a Defender. So, while some of the gear would carry over, I have basically no decent yellow items, or green ones. And I can't just start playing a new ship with extremely subpar gear or I'll quickly drop below the infamy threshold to where I get my match rewards cut severely. I just don't know what to do with myself, having made the grave mistake of thinking Defender was fun at the beginning and too-slowly coming to the realization of how bad it actually is at any reasonably high level of play. What is someone like me supposed to do, other than drop several hundred dollars at LEAST on this game (not possible for me BTW)?

 

What captain level and infamy are you?

 

Level 39, was hovering around 3.2k until I started switching up weapons to help in guild quests, now I'm down around 2.6k

 

Don't listen to all the whiners, you can do fine with a defender. It may be a little weaker than others at some levels but the difference is not as big as some forum people want to make you believe.

If you really want to switch, you can always try shooter. No green or yellow items required.

 

My first post may not have been clear enough. I was aware of the problems I had with Defender for a while. It wasn't until I came here that I realized that I was not alone, that this had been a topic of discussion for quite some time with no real changes made. This forum didn't convince me Defender was in a bad place, I slowly came to that realization on my own.

 

Uh exciting data! Shooter has to be the most popular right?

Whats the least popular and who has the lowest damage &/or contribution?

Everyone loves Miika in his number mode!

 

I stand corrected. Apologies for letting my temper make me overdramatic.

 

Thanks @Miika for letting us know the hard numbers, always great to hear feedbacks from the devs about their point of view instead of thinking our suggestions fall on deaf ears.

@Flipscuba what is yoir defender build? I'm a defender main lvl 40, just switched to mk6 and im rocking an unconventional build

 

Some variation of Sniper/Blast/Explosive/Regular Cannon/Flare gun depending on quests, mood, etc. Two shields (big and regular) turbo and rudder. For the past day or so I've been running Sniper/Flare/Blast with flame perks since I realized that flares pop shields.

 

Thanks @Miika for the statistics data.
This should calm down all the people with their crazy "balancing" ideas.

 

Great, sniper flare blast is a good combo, try switching to explosive cannon with fire perks and you'll be dealing tons of damage.

Here's my unconventinal build, I usually prioritize survivability and support and can usually do quite well:

 

Huh. Do you find you can deal with Speeders at all? I tried replacing my rudder with a third shield, and I honest to God felt like I could not get any decent Speeder in my sights. I also have only been blessed with a couple rare bandages, so a triple bandage build would be far off for me.

 

wow only 1 shield and 3 bandages?

 

Lucky u...i got 2 epic bandages in like 4 months...yesi got 1 spic and i waited for another 1 for like 4 months...and u ask...did u crafted epic blues?yes i did alot,but i get lube or rudder(items ill never use ever again!)so yea...

 

Eh, I couldn't even fit a bandage into my build anyway tbh. I refuse to give up my rudder, else I can't kill the Cursed Speeder.

 

1k damage crit on him will make that pest swim away(sometimes i get a triple critstreak and i finish it off ezly)

 

Yeeess, the cursed, cowardly Speeder must die.

 

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