Of course it's done on purpose - if the devs cared about balance, we wouldn't have turrets that can hit you from behind walls or augments that can repeatedly disable your tank. It's always been this way too, though it's never been more obvious than now.

Yea that's because it's designed to. An enemy only has to actually see you for a fraction of the lock-on process to target you. You see, Scorpion is the second "special needs" turret in Tanki, essentially a Magnum for people who suck at aiming with it (as if Magnum wasn't cancerous enough already). The other is Gauss, which is just an auto-aiming Shaft for people too challenged to use the scope properly.

Yea the mods have been on a real tear as of late. My other account got nailed for six months recently without notice because of a single curse I used during a game. Ridiculous. And they do it for free!

I agree that shaft has been screwed for a while now. What you say here, however, only leads me to see Pony Tail as either picking favorites or just oblivious to how his game is really played. The likes of Magnum and Scorpion are far more cancerous when it comes to camping, as people using these turrets don't even have to expose themselves or have a direct line of sight to deal damage. Way too often is it on maps like Breast and Noise where someone with a Magnum will just sit still behind a far wall and aimlessly throw shells around for an entire match, completely untouchable. If any turrets should be removed under the charge of fostering camping, it's these two.

So you combined the two most obnoxious turrets in the game (magnum and striker) into one?

It is possible. I am fairly certain that any hours that were played on an account before profiles were introduced are not represented.

I've certainly done my share of complaining about MM and Overdrives, but recently, I would have to say status effects are the largest problem with the game. In particular, alts like EMP Twins or the Stunner Missiles are downright obnoxious to face. No, Tanki, getting frozen in place constantly isn't an enjoyable experience. I cannot think of another game that has become so eager to strip control away from the player. It's artificial difficulty that's completely unfair to players who don't want to burn money gambling with lootboxes.

I first started playing consistently in May 2013. My first map was probably Fort Knox, which was always popular for the noob ranks. The second turret I bought was most likely Twins, which I used with Hunter for a while before moving to Mammoth/Rail and then Mammoth/Shaft, which I used almost exclusively for years with this account. To this day Shaft is the only turret I main. I remember I didn't know how to use Shaft's scope when I first got it. I ended up mashing buttons for a while until I eventually discovered that holding the space bar was all I needed to do. I also remember really wanting to play on the maps Crash and Gallery -- they were removed almost exactly when I finally got the rank needed to make battles on them (Sargent Major). I only got to try Gallery once and I never got a chance to play on Crash. It was sad; I remember being pretty impressed with Gallery. The first gold I ever caught was on Moon Silence on the large ramp that leads into highest section of the blue team's base. I remember being pretty excited about it, since it was hard to collect anything in my slow-as-molasses M0 Mammy (all the hulls were a bit slower back then if I remember correctly).

New UI stuff looks nice. Definitely an aesthetic improvement over the drab gray that was everywhere previously. It is nice to see the stats of your tank on the higher levels of the garage page again, too. If I may offer a couple nitpicks: Some of the new icons aren't very descriptive. For example, it wasn't obvious to me that the six dots in the lower left was supposed to be my friends list. Having the chat button be on the opposite side of the screen from where the chat opens feels counter-intuitive. Other than that, looks good.

I'm probably alone in this sentiment, but I love getting and throwing back insults. The banter is half the fun of this game. *Cracks open Monster Ultra* Back in the day we used to enjoy greifing and throwing crap at each other all the time in online games. You kids...

Well that's a relief. The one in the test server was hideous.

So....if I am reading this right, is it as if Shaft now has a battery of sorts, where the 10 second reload only begins after all of the energy is depleted?

Don't forget: You're here forever.

Which is often negated by the abundance of Shaft protection modules and Defender drones out there. Booster used to be able to counter these, but not any more. Coupling a Booster with Shaft's former ability to quickscope in relatively close quarters gave me the most fun I've had with Tanki in years. Sorry, but I'm not interested in throwing unreliable arcade shots at people from across a map until I get lucky, and in terms of close range fighting, there are more effective turrets. Ironically, campers are still out there, too, more useless than ever. @At_Shincalls this new Shaft a realization of "mobile shafting," I say he's full of crap. No quickscoping = no mobile shaftng = no fun. Simple as.

Because a 10-second reload for a single scope shot is ludicrous and completely sucks the enjoyment out of using the weapon, that's why.