Well... I'we been shaft + hornet 90% of the gaming time... and crystals spent. I 'we been upgrading firebird for the purpose when odds are 2:6 when game changes and all the "kids" leave 'cose of the score... and shaft becomes a darts dead center; and oposing color overwhelmes spawning area. This is where "changing EQ " is a great update. Anyway... camper-shafts were before and now with this laser beam a great mark. This laser update forces shaft users to change position 10 times more frequently... which is not an easy manoevre on most of the maps. "PRO Shaft" - trains to be in a scope mode as less as possible.... mostly not over 1 sec after total scope zooming time; and switch to secondary position to mask a trail and reload as fast as possible cose of obvious reasons. This tactics kept me in 1st or 2nd places on scoreboard of every game. m1 shaft turret with full micro-upgrades penetrates with 2 shots anything without double armor (of proportional ranks)... thats why those results were possible. ...now ... what occures ... its enough to aim ones with laser/scope you get smoky crit and far more problematic thunder splash damage that forces shaft eather to "drug" toolbox ; to run for a dropped toolbox ; or to stay 1 on 1 with armored and immediately double-damage drugged thunder... guess the outcome... There are pro-shaft-hunters in the game... mainly railgunners...now they have a great overlay of the map to position their railgun for a kill. I know that developers are probably not too happy with a non-donor player like me, but option 1 is not possible for me. This laser scope makes this game too much an arcade... so I 'we been playing my firebird since. Removing the crystal drops impruved the game, 'cose now players run for a kill instead for boxes; and that sharpens the fight and if frequency of kills on both sides reaches the algorithm ... there you have a goldbox. Players complaining for crystals drops are anywhey useless in a team fight. 20 sec delay on dropbox after anouncement gives just enough time to try to rech it without having 10 "drugged" tanks in the middle of the map... and I think its a good update. Nightmode - great ... gives now dynamics to the game... and a whole new view on tanki online. Sorry for a long post... CU in the game.