Let's Discuss Shaft!

[A_Jl_E_H_T.00 615]

 When as a noob after buying it M0, I didn't even knew it had the scope/zoom mode. I'd simply fire it without scope and never understand how the other shaft players could kill me faster with less shots than me shooting them countless times. Luckily, one day when pressing "space" I unintentionally held it a bit too long before releasing it and I had a quick glance of the scope on the screen.

+1

[r_JCar0 289]

I was a shaft user through the seargent major ranks. I loved it since it one shotted a bunch of hulls and i racked up lots of kills and very small deaths. I loved the scope. & loved the map sephurov. I scored 15-0 & 35-3 in that map. Very good scores and really fun. But now ive lost interest in sephurov. In fact, i havent played that map since before i became WO1. The reason being that sephurov is best for shafts & ive seen atleast half the players with shafts in TDM. & now that i lost interest in shaft i also did in that map. Maybe many people will agree with me on this: shafts were fun and created super great scores. But when you think about it, you dont need any skill of any sort to hold the scope there for a bit waiting for players. Sure its deadly, but no skill needed. Most important though, after a while it get boring just waiting there the whole game and releasing the space bar when someone is in your scope reach to shoot. So i realized that, like many players, it gets boring and no skill needed. Do you really wanto not have fun in a game? No. Thatd be wasting your time. So yeah i know its long, but thats my opinion and story on shaft. :D

Skill is needed in using ALL guns including shaft. About shaft skills, refer to them in an earlier post I made on this topic. There's no "scope reach". Shaft's fire range is limitless in all maps. Any large map like Serpuhov is a good serving not only for shaft but rail too.

Edited September 13, 2013 by r_JCar0

[doughnut2100 763]

Skill is needed in using ALL guns including shaft. About shaft skills, refer to them in an earlier post I made on this topic. There's no "scope reach". Shaft's fire range is limitless in all maps. Any large map like Serpuhov is a good serving not only for shaft but rail too.

No what i meant by scope reach is when a tank is in your scope vision and you can shoot them.

Edited September 13, 2013 by doughnut2100

[dardayy 493]

2000 by crystals. Basically get 200 boxes in 1 or 2 hours. And it means collect almost every drop. Huh?

 

2000 by crystals. Basically get 200 boxes in 1 or 2 hours. And it means collect almost every drop. Huh?

Yes literally, just select the right maps and fight and don't be a mult, I used to pay, but after a lot of finements i got now i found this way much easier. getting back to our topic, dear players, shaft generally is great for having fun, for scoring, for providing some backup to your team, but you can't be a solo player with shaft with a team you don't know, it will count on luck. its a weapon not for collecting crystals or bonuses, you can go like a bird with firebird kill kill kill and harvest everything comes in handy :D

[dardayy 493]

Waiting for the new development to shaft, switching from sniping mode to ordinary fire mode 

[Irontank1v 836]

^Why do you have to quote everything twice?

[dardayy 493]

^Why do you have to quote everything twice?

You mean by writing 2 comments then it means quoted twice? ok i will try to put them all within one line 

Edited September 14, 2013 by dardayy

[Irontank1v 836]

^I didn't meant that

[Buggati_The_Best 1,233]

very nice paint,but your D/L is huge,do you used some drugggs?

tell the truth...

[Buggati_The_Best 1,233]

Shaft is disgusting, when i see a shaft i think no skill, they just sit there and kill kill kill

In moon silence shafts are no fun...

Player Buggati_The_Best has been banned for a day. Reason: Violation of forum rules. Profanity, insult.Rules

Edited September 15, 2013 by Irontank1v

[ExtremeKiller26 443]

Player Buggati_The_Best has been banned for a day. Reason: Violation of forum rules. Profanity, insult.Rules

Even for spraying you need skills.

Edited September 15, 2013 by Irontank1v

[dardayy 493]

very nice paint,but your D/L is huge,do you used some drugggs?

tell the truth...

 

Without having some team with him, he couldn't get into that rank

[BackSeatDriver 29]

What is the best map to use shaft on?

[Ramarrone 8]

Shaft can be used everywhere, don't agree with the ones saying it's not good for small maps, tried to win in short bridge too, one of my preferred is combe, tons of points. the impossible one probably Island ... a team without 1/2 shafts is not complete. I use it with mammy in stadium and sometimes combe, hornet elsewhere. And never stay in a position for too long.

Edited September 14, 2013 by Ramarrone

[r_JCar0 289]

very nice paint,but your D/L is huge,do you used some drugggs?

tell the truth...

For a Generalissimo, with an M3 combo (yay husto!) it's common to get good D/L. Don't blame the drugs "across the board" ;)

[aojsd 144]

For a Generalissimo, with an M3 combo (yay husto!) it's common to get good D/L. Don't blame the drugs "across the board" ;)

However, we do know that husto has LOTS of drugs :lol:

[Remaine 4,687]

Shaft seems like the most realistic gun, barring Smoky.

[BackSeatDriver 29]

Shaft can be used everywhere, don't agree with the ones saying it's not good for small maps, tried to win in short bridge too, one of my preferred is combe, tons of points. the impossible one probably Island ... a team without 1/2 shafts is not complete. I use it with mammy in stadium and sometimes combe, hornet elsewhere. And never stay in a position for too long.

Thanks!

[r_JCar0 289]

Thanks!

Well, the best preferably is to have a few specific sniping spots. I usually stick to one where I can cover an area where tanks have no choice of not crossing through (for example: spawning areas, and areas where if tanks don't traffic through it they're, so to speak, limited to a corner of the map and can't really accomplish much in battle.) So in both instances, it's guaranteed I'll have tanks evading my cross-hair at all times :D

[ExtremeKiller26 443]

So, you mean take place from where you can't be attacked from behind and then die? Like the blue team hole in Silence?

[r_DidYouKnowThat0 1,662]

So, you mean take place from where you can't be attacked from behind and then die? Like the blue team hole in Silence?

The Blue hole does have a big disadvantage though. Blue hole exposes you 24/7. Only good if you have something with no charge and good accuracy. (Smoky or Shaft)

Edited September 18, 2013 by r_DidYouKnowThat0

[r_JCar0 289]

So, you mean take place from where you can't be attacked from behind and then die? Like the blue team hole in Silence?

I find intriguing that tunnel on blue side in Silence. You just camp there without the worries of being assaulted from behind or the sides, and you can get to kill any opponent who peeks or drives up the ramp. I get the best score in Silence in that spot...especially when my tank is high on DA and DP (illegal drugs aka battle supplies)  :lol:  :P

[Irontank1v 836]

^The only thing i hate there is when your teammates plan to just sit right in front of you  -_-

[r_JCar0 289]

^The only thing i hate there is when your teammates plan to just sit right in front of you  -_-

I know right? But I still manage to steal their kills through simply firing at the opponent through them  ^_^

[ExtremeKiller26 443]

I know right? But I still manage to steal their kills through simply firing at the opponent through them  ^_^

But sometimes it's hard when you need to shoot a wasp or something. You can't even see him...