If you're still serious about Shaft, then go ahead and buy Winter. Twins goes well with Mammoth, but is pretty expensive so you should only buy it if you are confident about saving enough for M3 Shaft by that rank.

Joined for the English players to talk to. Lonely when you're stuck in a battle with a bunch of Russians.

I do too. :)

Only con to Hornet is the instability IMO, other than that it's amazing.

Sometimes hard to avoid damage.. especially a Freeze against a light hull..

Hornet-Isida is very common and what I use. Good for CTFs and a more aggresive gameplay. Viking-Isida is better for surviving longer against other Isidas and other turrets, and is more defensive.

Mind blown.

Firebird M2 is better than M2 Freeze. The after burn finishes them off pretty easily if you don't destroy them in initial charge.

Freeze is always helpful in CTFs, and I see M2 Freezes pretty commonly above Brigadier as well.

My main concern would be lack of Isida protection for Inferno, but I suppose with Freeze it wouldn't matter too much.

M3 Paints. I'm aiming for Inferno/Irbis and Prodigi myself. Only M2 Paint I would consider would be Spark, with the popularity of Rico having skyrocketed.

I suppose they do, if you separate them into terms of percentage values. Like M0 Rail paint would be Forester, M1 Tundra, M2 Digital, M3 Prodigi.

M3s, and good paints. Your garage is diverse and varied enough that you don't need more M2s.

So many Isida/Hornets out there, and quite a few with Electra as well. It's really common.

What is your garage currently? If buying Fire, make sure you have a good hull to use it on and if buying Mammoth, make sure you have some good DM/TDM turrets to use with it.

So.. fully microupgraded M2 Smoky/Wasp? o:

And to players who have these paints, what are your opinions on Inferno and Irbis? I like both for their looks and protections, and it's really hard to choose one or the other.

Hmm, maybe.. but Zeus is pretty artistic looking. I have to agree though with duller paints like Needle, Clay, and others that they aren't used for the looks but the protection.

Once met a Rail/Titan.. he drugged and was pretty much invincible with the Isidas healing him. :P

It one hit kills the lighter hulls (M1 Wasp and M0 Hornet and M0 hunter) but not the heavier hulls.

In the end the problem really is what you're going up against. A Hornet may not be a challenge, but what about a Rail/Mammoth? Wonder which one would win, Shaft or Rail in that situation.

You've never seen me play then. Either I score high with caps or really aggressive kill stealing and healing. During double funds I aimed high and got quite a few first places in long CTFs, even once in a Stadium. :)

I'm probably going for Viking, going to need the health more with all those druggers out there.

Whole point of the lighter hull is to be sneaky, which involves making sure the other Shaft has either fired already or looking away, then darting a quick hit and hiding again. I'm not blind either, so if you're poking that scope at me I'll hide.

Go for the Kit if you want to be OP in DMs with M3 Mammy, otherwise go for M3s.