Mk5 to Mk6 - the long journey

Leveling my ship Mk was by far the best focal point for me so far in the game... until now. I got Mk5 at level 28, for enforcer. I am now lv30. I think it took me almost 3 months to get here. But it seems to me that to not gain access to Mk6 until level 39 is just torture. I could not find the specific math, but if captain levels are 2k xp each (and I assume the go up) that is at least another 18000 xp to go. I know how RPGs work and saw some charts that shows crew xp increases (yeh!) but that training time starts to take several days rapidly (boo!). So what time frame is estimated to go from Mk5 to Mk6? Looks to me to be at least 3 months.

With the intro of mk7 now, do you think that mk6 should be make more attainable? No other Mk span has been 10 captain levels, and to jump to this now, it is going to be a long hard road. I would almost support more Mk levels so I can continue to feel like I am progressing. Thoughts?

 

Its ALOT more than 19k. Just 38-39 is around 5k alone.
3months is too low, but probably not that far off, from 35ish you are looking at 2weeks+ pr level, probably closer to 3 weeks for the last ones.
I'd suggest spending whichever pearls you acquire on speeding level up as much you can, talents (& eventually mk6) bring a guaranteed boost unlike the casino boxes.

 

I dunno - 39->40 is 6k exp.

 

Update! It has taken me about 23 weeks to go from Mk5 to Mk6. 161 days! 5.5 months! Noting that when I started I should have unlocked it at lv39 but now it is lv40. I hit Lv40 on Feb 10th. Of that, I have spent maybe 3 months in VIP, so if you add 20% more so add about 15 days (or 2 more weeks to my data).

My current crew is bhurt 26, mortimer 23, swift 21, isak 19, felix 20, brock 22, sinklair 24, burnice 22, blastian 10, and buzzkill 15 if others want to compare how far they are.

Seems way long for progression. Mk5 in 3 months, next Mk in 6? Dare I ask how long til Mk7??

 

So, as an update to my thread, the answer to go from MK6 to Mk7 was about 6 months again. I hit level 48 last week. So there you go. Full circle. VIP for the whole time, so you might have to add a month.

 

I feel so inadequate..

 

I say just revel in your current boat level. Once you upgrade you will take a hit with tougher battles for a while. It's a lot nicer to be on the OP side of the MK balancing. I waited to L43 to upgrade MK6 and I still took a hit for at least a month. I'm L48 now and again waiting for items to get better (as in more than zero T5E weapons) before I take the next leap. Let's just call it a temporary Counter-Progression each upgrade.