So, you played with people who don't know how to use shaft. Cause, even if it was set to camp somewhere, waiting for a target, it was most powerfull by moving and finding a good target by ourselves. Now, camper must move in order to survive, so they use the true power of shaft. Also, you're right, it's easier to hit a target, now. I have to admit that it's not a so bad update. I still use the shaft, and still be deadly with it. The biggest change is in the fact that we all know when we die from shaft now (when targeted, but there is still an arcade mod, that is like all other turret, whithout the laser scope, but obviously less powerfull). The only thing I regret now, is that it need less skill to be deadly whith shaft. So it's harder to be much better than any other shaft. It remain some user that don't know how it worked really, or that keep the same way of using shaft than before. Those people are easier to kill. But they will understand, or forgive shaft one day ^^.

I use shaft, and I am a little bit anoyed by this "update". In fact, it's not as bad as some people says. The laser ray tell everyone from where we attack. So you kill the main purpose of the shaft. But the main idea is not bad at all. It prevent shaft to stay at one position waiting for their perfect target (this is not the good use of shaft ability.) The good use of the shaft is not waiting at one position, but chasing the good prey (so, target it at the last moment, not during few minutes). When I use shaft, I allways move, change where I attack, and when ... This is the good strategy for a shaft. Not waiting. I often see shaft waiting, and in 15 minutes, they kill maybe 15 or 20 ennemies, when I kill 50 or 60 (or even more, it depend how strong are the opposit side) So, my suggestion for the developpers : don't keep the laser ray, but keep the laser spot only. So every body know where a shaft is targeting (preventing the famous instant kill), but they don't know where the shaft is, so we keep the main purpose of the shaft : sniping.