First Cowboy fan on here to admit it . Thank you . <| sep |> I have a number of tier 6 ships , my fav is the tier 6 defiant , the main benefits of tier 6 ships are , they come with specialised equipment or consoles , for example my defiant class comes with quantum warheads , which are amazing and devastate enemy ships then they have no Shields . it also means I don ' t have to put a torp on my ship , which I run with all cannons Great think about this game is that you don ' t need a tier 6 ships to be successful at the end game . I would say , if your only playing 12 hours a day , then stick with your tier 5 ship and see if that had an option to upgrade to a T 5 U , I did this when I wasn ' t sure about buying tier 6 ships . Hope this helps .