MK5 Fixer coming soon. Loadout guidance please?

If Sniper is bringing best results or the one you have the most fun with then stick to it!
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Same for green items really, alot of viable setups at mk5 - Depends on what you have & how you want to play. I go back and forth between two setups:
Double Pulse
Pulse+Bolt+Bolt

Both work fine, but are good in different scenarios. If I had a viable Tape or Box I would probably do Pulse+Bolt+either, as the double bolt setup is very low on selfhealing

 

I would definitely keep pulse (sel-explanatory) and bolt in. This last one will later on remove frost and stun, heals more and faster than the box and reaches long distances. To me it's worth building. However lack of self healing is a pain and I wouldn't recommend going dual bolt unless you have a very defensive set up and you are really good at positioning/dodging. Since I am neither of those I run pulse/box/bolt and it works well for me. My only green epics are dutch tapes though and if I get a third one I might switch the box for it (so yeah, also take into account whatever the rng is giving you).

For red, I am as undecided as you are

 

I'm a newb but any suggestions on fixer is appreciated I'm at just unlocked Felix I think the healer guy but def gonna build up.healer any suggestions on items to keep in guessing any healing items I get uncommon and above lol

 

About weapons, Ive given this a lot of thought and trial... I just love Sniper (decent dmg and crits, close and long range, quite easy to shoot) and Napalm (can be used from behind cover, area denial, breaking enemy groups... so many possible uses).

Cant wait to run them both (I still have to choose btw one and the other )

 

Loving pulse, bolt, box. Fun and versatile.

As for the MK5s that run tape. LOLOLOLOLOLOL. Learn to use box if you need to heal yourself so badly. ;-P

 

I pulled an epic long-range mortar should I use that, rare sniper, or rare mine? I'm using a L20 plain cannon right now and because I'm almost always behind my teammates they keep getting in the way.

 

I love fixers who run bolt, box and pulse, it's an amazing set up, you get self heal, aoe group heal, solo heal AND long range heal.

Duct tape is a bad idea for any fixer unless you run defender style which is a lame idea. I also think that fixers should consider running a railgun, gives you great dmg and makes sure you can do dmg and focus on teammates without a weapon or healing item lying in cd without being used at all times (Very risky though, speeders, enforcers will haunt you, useless in close range and you will only be able to do dmg once in 22 seconds, but when you do deal dmg, you do right then you do it big.)

 

I went pulse + bolt + box myself and have no regrets. Awesome combo. I can see pulse + bolt + tape work too though. Many people dismiss tape as bad, but last I checked, the 2 top fixers in the game were running tape.

 

I am also considering the duct tape option for the additional slot when I get my mk5. Tape Haters are gonna hate but the argument is a dead fixer can't do any healing plus it's your ship you can do what you want to. If it's not a good setup your not going to get far.
You can only work with what the RNG gives you I would love to try the bolt but it's not appearing I have one rare and that's it so far.
I have tried the rail gun suggestion above. It was fun but with the decreased damage at close range you are helpless against a speeder. I do like the heavy hitting weapons though I use a level 17 epic swift torp. Nearly 700 a hit, reasonable cool down, nice splash and not so bad against speeders. Plus when it's frantic you just point and let go and mainly focus on healing.

 

Not MK5 though. MK6s can run double pulse with duct tape, allowing them to take more hits as they zoom to double-pulse heal. They will take more fire in general since they have to stay closer to their team, making tape more justifiable.

With MK5 you take a serious hit in healing output running duct. I love playing against MK5s that do that. I can heal with box or heal my team as the scenario dictates.

 

Box gives you a big boost if you want to self heal. That's its versatility. Taking such a huge nerf in your healing output as an MK5 is simply unnecessary.

 

Im all about the pulse, bolt, box combo!
also my weapon is firebomb, great for helping team mates do dmg and getting stars. (goes over walls too so u dont need to be in view of unfriend)

 

I love double pulse fixers personally but that is because I stick with them. So I'll have my vote on that. But in a case where players are wanting to stay away from fixer pulse box bolt is a great option as well. Use both and experiment, see what works for you the best

 

Explosive would be a very good option, unfortunately the %damage talents don't come til lvl 21 (which is +20%). I highly recommend this over swift, but just my opinion. In fact I think explosive might even be a top 3 choice of all weapons for a 2 slot fixer, but then again I don't play fixer :/