Which is the best MK5 ship ?

Enfo is my fave mk5, tied with speeder. Defender is second, sadly.

 

Definitely Fixer.

 

It might be your favorite, but Enforcer is one of the worst Mk5 ships. Can't double bubble, can't equip big shield. It is better than it used to be because Enforcers are the meta.

Shooter and Fixer are the best two Mk5 ships. It used to be Speeder, but it took a huge hit with the Tesla Bolt and EC nerfs.

Speeder is next. Defender and Enforcer are right there at the bottom together.

Mk5 Enforcer really depends on the setup. If the Enforcer is running a standard shield at Mk5, they are better than the Defender. But it is a waste of resources to level a standard shield for an enforcer because you are just going to ditch it for a big shield at Mk6. I ran a bandage on mine because I use all 3 on my Mk6 speeder.

 

Fixer is definitely the best setup Mk5 ship. It already has all of its blue slots, yellow slots and green slots. And many Fixers run the same green items on Mk5 as they do through Mk7. The only thing that Mk6 gets you is more health and the extra gun (which usually just is another distraction for fixers). Fixer has a good argument for the top Mk5 ship.

 

Joined my guild around the 3000 mark I believe, pretty much a 50/50 mix of fleeted and not. As a fun note, the final win that pushed me into Nightmare was against two guildmates.

Even with going Mk6 and cutting over to an Epic pulse I haven't been able to push much further than that though. Happy enough to have said I made it. (And get the tasty rewards!)

Fixer is definitely an over-performing boat at Mk5, as the devs can attest to with data. It has the highest average infamy and IIRC the largest Nightmare population of the Mk5s. @Help I Cant Swim spoke accurately as to the reasons - 90% of our kit is already in place, save for the folks that switch to double-pulse. Although that means the upgrade to Mk6 doesn't really bring a huge boost, other than more HP and a second weapon.

 

To add to this... from what I've seen, teams that have the only Fixer win more often than not. I'm sure people are going to argue against this, but I think everybody would rather be on the team with a Fixer rather than against them. That has to be for a reason.

So if you play Fixer, you are obviously going to see these games more than the other ships, which could be the reason why the Mk5 Fixer is overachieving.

You do have to weigh the higher average infamy for Fixers against having a lower farming rate. So I guess it all balances out in the end.

 

The new achievements made making a new Fixer pretty easy. 10mil fixing comes a lot faster than 10mil damage (unless you are using multiples). So you could prolly work towards running 3x legendaries. My favorite Fixer setup (for a teammate) is Pulse + double Bolt. It provides steady healing and lots of quick, ranged healing. But there are plenty of possible and effective setups. Just use what you are given by RNGesus. Doubling up on Bolt/Box/Tape can help you get to that legendary faster and then I'd switch to double of something else so you can get all 4 legendary green items.

 

@Help I Cant Swim has very good suggestions, as usual. Pulse + Bolt is definitely the best place to start from as a Fixer; keep your Uncommon Bolt even after you get a Rare, as you'll want to run the double-Bolt setup most likely right up until Mk6 as it offers fantastic healing output. Weapons you can focus less on, but I'd suggest a long-range weapon like the Sniper Cannon, a "fire and forget" like Firebomb/Torpedo, or an area-control one like Mine/Napalm. The idea is to focus on healing first, and be able to quickly pop off a shot when your Bolt(s) are on cooldown.

At higher infamy yes, the team tends to stick together in a fleet and protect the Fixer. But at lower levels, you'll often see two sets of two players jetting off by themselves, and the poor Fixer has to decide who to follow. 5v5 with a Fixer, you win - 5v3 you don't.

We're getting a little off-topic though from the overall thread - if we want to go deep into Fixer strats let's spin off a new thread and not crowd out the other ships, lest the Fixer get nerfed again