Nah, it takes 3 seconds, 1 second/shot. And a few turrets can one shot light hulls in 1-2 secs regardless of alterations.

Passing myself for very young, so I can shame others at being bad. Did it a few times. Otherwise (as a Shaft), when I get pushed/bumped volontarily by a player who want my spot or who did it for their own fun... They usually don't win that contest once I'm annoyed enough to focus on them. Yeah, that can be considered as mutling, I call it vindication.

Oh, I don't always camp, often play mid-field and even attack for the flag sometimes. Admittedly, I'm now much more proficient at it with the triple shot Alteration. Damn me eyes, I'm still a noob.

I thought Shaft was the noob Turret... At least it's what I remember people typing furiously at me in chat when I popped them left and right. 'KILL SHAFT!' is still something I see from time to time. I like it since there's always a couple who stop fighting for the flag and try to get revenge, helps the team get som nice wins. Guess things change - I'M NOT A NOOB ANYMORE, woohoo! \o/

My 3 default Protections right now are Firebird/Hammer/Thunder. I will switch those if MM puts me in Highway but otherwise I will switch Thunder for the most other prominent/most annoying Turret in play. It's very rare that I drop the Fire Protection, given the burning effects also coming from Vulcan, Smoky and, less often seen, Hammer Alterations.

A game changer for Shafters indeed! I bought a kit once to get M3 Hunter, Smoky and legacy Clay (been a while), already had the m3 Shaft bought independantly at the time. o7

Develepoers should always assume players will quickly succeed indentifying the best combination and/or modifications added in any game. This is is TO, so Turrets and Alterations. It is VERY easy to identify what is OP in most competitive games, just wait a few weeks and see what is most used. The multiplication of Hammer/Duplet combo is as clear an indicative as any. There are other Turrets/Alterations combinations that are OP right now, but this is the Hammer thread. Now, TO is a relatively simple game, it is not hard to quickly get a sense of what is wrong and what is not gameplay wise, so I am fully expecting the devs perfectly knows what is OP: Just look at what is predominantly used by high ranked players. But then, it is hardly a secret what Alternativa strategy to sell crystals is, isn't it? When Store crystal buying used to fuel the OP flavour-of-the-month combinations slows down, THEN a 'balance' pass will be made. Not a criticism, just a pay to win standard business practice, which Alternativa needs to make money. The fact that it impact the gameplay is irrelevant as long as cash flows in. Simple. Just wait a while, and the devs will make some changes and turn other Turrets OP, no big deal. In the meantime, start every match with Hammer and Firebird Protections. o7

Player: Stop stealing my kills! Me: What do you mean 'stealing' your kills, a kill isn't 'your's' until you get the final blow. Player: I get them under half health, how is it fair that he finish them off? Me: What, you shoot a tank, bring it to 1 health and we should let him mass murder everyone until you come back to finish him? Player: I use Firebird, I know they will die to heat, stop shooting them! Turns out he was cruising around with his Firebird fit with the Compact Fuel Tanks alt hitting everything he could. Of course shooting those was stealing kills...

I am getting the triple shot Alteration at the 50% discount in a few days. Also, considering the 50% on Drones, which one do you consider the best upgrade to support your Shaft (no, I am no buyer, but I'm sitting on 2k batteries right now). For myself, I am tempted by the Engineer drone, I am very mobile so it's easy for me to pick up supplies, 20 to 40 secs increase in duration is big. On the other hand, Assault looks nice too, since after every kill (one shot) you get an extension of 3 to 15 secs on all your active supplies. Once fully upgraded, that mean a free DD fully charged shot after each kill, but that would imply camping more. Your thoughts and opinions?

More Alterations with Freeze and Overheat effects. Shaft Alteration(s) with an explosive blast and/or piercing shot. Alterations for tank hulls. More limited edition skins in the Shop, that'd be like Pokemon, collect them all!

Dying to overheat effect from Smoky and Vulcan, and to a point, freeze alteration on Smoky. You can't protect yourself anymore against a single turret, you need to Protections for one. I predict more burning/freezing Alterations coming up soon, practically turning turret damage into something else. More chaos, less tactics and skills is what TO devs sems to be aiming at.

Its a new feature, TO designers clearly thought that Shaft needed 'One More Nerf'.

Keep dreaming

I got yelled at in chat in DM today, don't happen as often as it used to be, but yeah, yeah Shaft is godgun. :P o7

I'm a Shafter, when I'm not running the flag I LIKE my cover.