Poll: What do you guys want to see next update?

Obviously perk distribution on defender is a matter of opinion.
IMO, exchanging one red point for a blue point would be a buff.
With only 3 red slots, and long cooldowns on 2 slot weapons, I believe that defender can’t properly utilise those 5 red slot points and so would benefit more from having more blue points - which would allow them to run 2 big shields.

Yes flare 2EC Defenders would be disadvantaged in the short term. But they were negatively affected by the last EC nerf anyway and may already be developing alternative weapons. There is much debate about whether BC or EC is better anyway.

However, if you gave them them an extra blue point without taking away the red point, I’m sure they wouldn’t say no.

 

A long time ago, I'd have said that that is not the case. But having been to a level where people hit 9/10 well-aimed shots, I'd say that you're telling it true. Speeder as it is right now doesn't have A THING that the enforcer, or the shooter, can do better. Which is why I started looking into the enfo as a main, and out of all ships, making the shooter a target for the long run.
I'm not even ranked among the top 100(in my own list) in the best point-shooters, yet, I've made short work of some of the fastest speeders out there.

I duelled a NML speeder for fun once. Dude had a T2L turbo and T1L OB, high tier meta setup. His speed didn't help him one bit as I mercilessly shredded his ship with my enforcer mk5. This dude. Was. A. Mk6 speeder. I can't even say he was half-bad; he simply ran into an ocean of burst damage, and died instantly.
Speeders are weaker than they used to be, and the "hiding game" may be called an "acquired taste", but in reality, it's a thinly veiled excuse for the fact that it has become niche in the endgame.
Personally, I have a t3 epic big shield. That's about a lv40+ rare? I guess? I simply lack the sustain for any engagement that lasts more than 10 seconds. And I have to disengage for 60 seconds to gain enough sustain for 5 more seconds. It hurts how bad it's become. Endgame weapons are simply too powerful, and the speeder's forte of evasion is simply... Not existent! None of us would seriously equip rudder, even with the new event perks.

Imho we speeder(or ex-speeder) mains, at least the ones among us who fell in love with the ship for being an agile beast, don't want much; just bump up the speeder's turn rate by a little... For me even this one buff will work wonders.