Mwahahaha Shaft m2. You`ll never know what hit you.

Hahaha my m2 shaft now does 189.0 damage. There goes your m3 hornets and wasps. M1 viking dictator Titan hunter And your m0 mammoth

I totally agree. Right now I'm upgrading my shaft so I can kill most of the popular hulls in one shot. :D

Bravo. I have m2 so say goodbye to those annoying heavy hulls In addition to wasp m3 Hornet m3 Viking m1 Etc. I'm .7 damage off of dictator m1

Shaft has unlimited range, but I see what you are getting at. If you want to turn your turret a bit faster, do it just as you start charging the shaft. It does begin to slow down. However, if you have a good camping spot you shouldn't have a problem.

@ Gunshot Agreed. @solodragons if you've been using the weapon for a crazy long time like I have, you learn it has huge limitations. 1: can't move in snipe mode 2: the recharge time is a lot slower than you think 3: the turning speed is slooow 4: ranking up takes a long time with this weapon After using shaft for a long time you begin to learn how to deal with these limitations. Maybe part of your problem is you are facing an experienced shaft user. If this is occurring, then it probably feels like you are being targeted. That's probably because you are. If you use hornet shafts are a little more likely to shoot at you. Thats not a reason to complain of you look at it. If you look at stats shaft can really only kill m2 hornets and wasps at m1. And m0 Vikings. If you feel like you are being targeted by a shaft try using viking m1 or higher. So, if you look at it shafts damage isn't all that high. It used to be able to one shot a mammoth m3 If I am correct. As for nerfing the damage, shaft is a sniper turret it's supposed to have high damage. That's the entire point of being a sniper with a scope. If the damage is nerfed shaft becomes a glorified railgun. And none of us wants that. BTW I'm not hating just pointing out the facts as well as offering helpful advice.

I prefer the old viking as well. Being a shaft user, the speed means almost nothing to me

Only if the user knows how to use it.

Yeah it's penetration damage. What happens is the gun puts out "x" damage. The damage is calculated on the receiving tank. If the damage is enough to destroy the tank it does so, and any leftover damage is assigned to the tank behind it. This continues until there is no more damage left to assign.

Yes, shaft m1 will be effective to Major (my rank right now). It has the power to one shot m2 hornets, so you will still be a potent force on the battlefield. After Major I would recommend having shaft m2.(At that time a lot of people will have viking and Titan and mammoth m2. And a shaft m1 would hardly put a dent in those. Edit* yes it will still be possible to be first or second at higher ranks. However it will be a lot harder to maintain that position especially in a large Ctf match. When I was a captain, for example, I got first in a Ctf match with a d/l of 99 and 3.

I think that sounds good as far as positioning goes. Personally, I would use viking because it allows you to rapidly change spots if necessary. This ability has allowed me to save our flag many times. It's very hard to take me out at long range. I use viking m2 so my hit space is low and my health is high.

Wasps with nitro mean nothing to my shaft. At long range obviously. In stadium you wouldn`t stand a chance.

Is it that fast? Either way, for the time that it is active you can do crazy amounts of damage to the enemy team.

Yeah and it's kind of over powered at its rank. I used my shaft m1 effectively all the way to major.

It works really well on viking. Low silhouette decent health and speed. It's perfect.

On a different account?

no I just aimed at the flag, and they came to me. @devanloo: true shaft is good for camping. An experienced shaft player forces you to change your tactics as a close range fighter. As a camper, you need to know when to change your spot. Otherwise the enemy will start targeting you.

Not really. I have shaft m2 and most of the enemies were hornet m2s or viking m1. I can still one shot both of them.

It's really funny when you hold down an entire team while they try to get your flag. I was able to keep six off in a stadium battle once.