[UNOFFICIAL GUIDE]: My Personal tips to help you through rough waters (i think) :)

Very well written. There are many important points in there that I see even 3k - 4k infamy players do wrong every day. A couple of things bothered me though:

- I wouldn't call enforcer jack of all trades. I don't have a better term for it, but it's not that. It can be played in multiple ways, but overall I'd say it has less options than other ships, for example because it only uses single point weapons, or because every enforcer carries at least 1 tesla shield. My point is, enforcer is in my opinion not a bit of everything, it's one specific thing.

- The weapons vs turbo thing. Turbo is important indeed, and I think it's good you point that out, but I disagree that it should be prioritized over weapons. Leveled with the weapons maybe. But from my experience, while playing for infamy 1 to 2500 (that's how far I played as non-fixer), weapons were definitely more important. They were the only thing that would noticably increase my infamy progress when I upgraded them. And as fixer, I'd like to add something: you can be too fast. If your fixer is missing heals on you because you move so fast, you're not gaining any survivability with your high leveled turbo.

- Bandage: it's not the heal amount that determines whether a bandage is useful, or rather, not by itself. There are 3 things that contribute: the heal amount, your total HP, and the typical damage dealt by enemies at the infamy level where you are. A bandage could heal for 500 and still be useless if you're a 2500 HP speeder that gets killed in 2 hits.

 

ah it's on them, not you... so my statement still holds true it's more a like a mantra you should tell yourself to get rid of the bad vibes whenever your teammates don't cooperate. believe me, it works, after playing 17,000++ matches, a little positivity goes a long long way... staying positive also allows you to talk to them (if you care to) and find out why they did that or maybe coach them into playing better. if they wanna blame you, just ignore them then. maybe that's why the devs came up with the repair bolt, to give your team a better chance of winning even if you get suicidal players with you

 

Its actually Jack of all trades, if you are good you can use it effectively. Some use it as shooters mortar style, with overboost and nitro its a speeder, with dual shield its as strong as defender. However nerf on top nerf has made enfo weak (i wont whine about it here),still strong at 1 v 1 and in right hands can do serious damage. (if this thread is expanded, i will explain on details how it works)

That's what Jack of all trades means, can be played like all ships, but not perfectly like any other ship

 

Thanks for the feedback @Miathan, yes, feel free to disagree, i welcome it actually so i can get a different perspective as well. As i said at the beginning of the thread, these are all my opinion based on my experiences.

- I wouldn't call enforcer jack of all trades. I don't have a better term for it, but it's not that. It can be played in multiple ways, but overall I'd say it has less options than other ships, for example because it only uses single point weapons, or because every enforcer carries at least 1 tesla shield. My point is, enforcer is in my opinion not a bit of everything, it's one specific thing.

• yes, i agree in terms of what you can put on it, it has it's own thing but what i meant with it being a jack of all trades is that it can fulfill the role of a shooter, speeder and defender with surprising effectiveness with the right build. put on a sniper, swift torpedo and a mortar and your enforcer can play a shooter role... put on carronade, double BC with some mean OB and nitro plus shield and it can play the role of speeder... put on monster double shields and you play defender's role and tank for your team as well as block arcing projectiles.

- The weapons vs turbo thing. Turbo is important indeed, and I think it's good you point that out, but I disagree that it should be prioritized over weapons. Leveled with the weapons maybe. But from my experience, while playing for infamy 1 to 2500 (that's how far I played as non-fixer), weapons were definitely more important. They were the only thing that would noticably increase my infamy progress when I upgraded them. And as fixer, I'd like to add something: you can be too fast. If your fixer is missing heals on you because you move so fast, you're not gaining any survivability with your high leveled turbo.

• Yes, sir, i totally agree with you, weapons are very important, however, you can't help your team if you die fast. you can't be effective if you keep lagging behind because you can't catch up, what good will good weapons do if by the time you get in the fray, 1 or 2 of your teammates have already been sunk? Speed = better survivability in battlebay. most specially in the llower leagues where more players use mortars and area damage weapons... having good speed will help you avoid most of them. i was stuck at around 3k infamy with mk5 shooter for a time and i couldn't push ahead because i kept getting burned by napalms and blasted by mortar fire. Then i notice some shooters easily avoiding my own mortar fire despite good lead shots, note that i was using a ballpark mortar then. Then i realize they were just faster than me. When i focused my upgrades on my turbo and retrained crew skills to speed up my shooter i started winning more and lasting longer in battles. That's my take on it.

- Bandage: it's not the heal amount that determines whether a bandage is useful, or rather, not by itself. There are 3 things that contribute: the heal amount, your total HP, and the typical damage dealt by enemies at the infamy level where you are. A bandage could heal for 500 and still be useless if you're a 2500 HP speeder that gets killed in 2 hits

• Totally agree, again, it's just my personal opinion that if your bandage can't give at least +80 hp every 5 secs, then i suggest you use a shield instead. as you said, 2500 hp is very squishy specially with the proliferation of legendaries in the lower leagues. i was a huge bandage guy back then and even until now but before i got to MK6, i got better results when i shelved my bandage for a big shield.

 

My point is I disagree that it can be played like other ships. Speeder is always faster, defender always has heavier weapons and more HP, shooter always has more firepower and it obviously can't be like fixer. I honestly don't see how enforcer is like any other ship. Enforcer is like enforcer. It has a unique set of item slots, points and typical setups, just like the other ships.

I mean sure, if you put double shield on enfo its HP gets high like a defender's, but if you put triple shield on a speeder it gets high HP too. Not exactly a reason to say one is like the other (and besides, noone does that, I've been playing in Ace I for over a month now and I don't think I've seen a single enforcer running double shield).

 

@yellowocean please go for it. I'm quitting this game, So now it's up to you to make guides.
I would be doing it myself if I didn't quit.

I also made a (wannabe) guide for weapons. You or anybody else is free to use it for a potential guide.

https://forum.battlebay.net/threads/a-weapons-mini-guide.12568/

 

from your perspective, yes i understand your point... the best thing enforcers do is dictate the tempo of the battle... they are the best at influencing the pace and a team's aggression due to their superior agility (despite the nerf, they can still dance you to death). They can dive in and out quickly without compromising their position because of their unique reverse ability. on the hand, they can fulfill the role of each other damage dealing boat admirably. At your league, double shielded enforcers are rare because dual shields without turbo isn't really effective. you'll start seeing more dual shields when you face more MK6 enforcers, and i tell you, they are a pain to battle against.

 

LOL, bro, i think i'm keeping you attached to the battlebay community... come back and play, man.

 

1) I've seen a dev post saying that enforcers do not have a "unique reverse ability"
2) my league is where I get teamed up with the very top of the game, I've seen plenty of mk6 and mk7
3) enforcer does not get a 3rd blue slot at mk6, it can never play double shield + turbo

 

1) everybody knows an enforcer can reverse faster than all the other boats, that's why they can do the cha-cha dance so well
2 & 3) My bad, i meant dual tesla shields, not the standard or big shield... i'm sure you've come across those enforcers...

 

Miathan, in your opinion, what do think is the role of enforcer and how it should be played? i still dont understand the strength of enforcer. (i have heard abt the reverse ability but it may not be true?)

 

Then what did you mean by this?

 

double shielded enforcers = double tesla shield enforcers... mk5 enforcers can equip dual tesla shields but can't carry an overboost... only mk6/7 enforcers can equip an overboost + 2 tesla shields. that's what i meant. sorry, i mixed up the turbo for overboost. my apologies

 

for me their reverse ability is unique because they can reverse almost, if not, just as fast as they can move forward... no other boat class can do that. And, correct me if i'm wrong, but from my own limited enforcer experience overboost can also boost the reverse speed of the enforcer.

 

Fortunately I have been saving 3 rare turbos (due the level limiter, the max level I can reach is 30)
Have to play hided because the enemy delete half of my health only with a Sniper's critical hit.

Don't to forget to mention that weapons works depending of infamy level
eg:
Healer 50-500 Infamy = Standart cannon
500 or more = high damage weapon with long cooldown like Railgun

 

the boat specific guide will take some time because i have to review the builds per MK level, i don't have an alternative baby account so i have to review the thread on ship tier slots.

 

Can beat any boat 1 v 1,and can also be a team player (frost launcher helps mortar users, double shields projects teammates). This what i said is what enforcer is for, basically enforces the team. Now coming to reality, all these i stated are dream quality of enforcer and only big whales can achieve it. Since the tesla shield nerf the protection role is almost over, and down the ISAK tree you have to sacrifice both turret agility and HP if you want to use frost launcher. Even when you use flare, you sacrifice speed.

All i can tell you is enfo and defender are extra ordinary strong. But both are whale boats (As one of the kitterini's posts stated). I suggest you read my post carefully, but those enforcer characteristics are only possible if you have epics and legendary of high tier.

So, for making enforcer effective for use you will have to stick to it for quite a long time, make sure you are ready for that. THE Dance as stated above is also useful when turbo is good and crew speeds are attained, currently when i try to dance with enfo, i m just wanking fingers back and forth, while my enfo stays at the same spot

ITS not a bad boat, but before you think about switching to it you have to consider various aspects