Let's Discuss Shaft!

[Derek_kill 1]

I reckon this is actually a nice change... You can easily gain points by taking out the light hulls and easily weaken heavy hulls... Just run away whilst you reload :lol:

Like railgun? :lol:

[r_Koobi0 31]

Specially in big maps, i prefer hornet, If u do hide and seek, its amazing

I completely agree.

For hide and seek, the new shaft is incredible.

[rokar123 11]

http://youtu.be/7zAELx1dRPs

 

Shaft rocks now!

Nice video Raphael.

[r_JCar0 289]

The presence of a pro sniper's effect on an opponent team: gives them a run for their money :P

 

 

 

Nice video Raphael.

Awesome video Raphael! Can't wait to get m2 shaft :D

Edited December 19, 2013 by r_JCar0

[Piety 70]

Shaft is nice but I don't think it's worth it as it's very boring. I can't imagine anyone using this to m3 and nothing else

[Longcat970 119]

Reload MU doesn't seem to do much on shaft, however, the sniping MU is a pretty good bargain :wub: 

All shafts should have maxed sniping damage first, then rotation speed second to compensate for faster hulls!!

Arcade mode should never be upgraded, waste of crystals for a weak & risky stealshot!

Put points into impact force only if you will take advantage of the knockback or are good with troll tactics!

 

Recommended order:

1.Sniping damage

2.Rotation

3.Reload

4.Impact force

 

Dump the extra in your hulls, not worth the arcade unless devs decide to buff it to base sniping mode damage.

Edited December 20, 2013 by Longcat970

[Reckoning 178]

Reload MU doesn't seem to do much on shaft, however, the sniping MU is a pretty good bargain :wub: 

All shafts should have maxed sniping damage first, then rotation speed second to compensate for faster hulls!!

Arcade mode should never be upgraded, waste of crystals for a weak & risky stealshot!

Put points into impact force only if you will take advantage of the knockback or are good with troll tactics!

 

Recommended order:

1.Sniping damage

2.Rotation

3.Reload

4.Impact force

 

Dump the extra in your hulls, not worth the arcade unless devs decide to buff it to base sniping mode damage.

Agreed!

i wonder why they have not included penetration force in the list....

[r_Koobi0 31]

Reload MU doesn't seem to do much on shaft, however, the sniping MU is a pretty good bargain :wub: 

All shafts should have maxed sniping damage first, then rotation speed second to compensate for faster hulls!!

Arcade mode should never be upgraded, waste of crystals for a weak & risky stealshot!

Put points into impact force only if you will take advantage of the knockback or are good with troll tactics!

 

Recommended order:

1.Sniping damage

2.Rotation

3.Reload

4.Impact force

 

Dump the extra in your hulls, not worth the arcade unless devs decide to buff it to base sniping mode damage.

I'd place impact force at #2 just because if you've got another long/mid range weapon aiming at you (like a rail or thunder) and you hit their hull at a corner or the top, you can mess with their aim when they're trying to shoot you and in doing so you can probably prolong your life a little.

 

I also like to snipe from afar so rotation speed isn't a huge deal to me.

 

I guess it all depends on your style of play.

[Longcat970 119]

I'd place impact force at #2 just because if you've got another long/mid range weapon aiming at you (like a rail or thunder) and you hit their hull at a corner or the top, you can mess with their aim when they're trying to shoot you and in doing so you can probably prolong your life a little.

 

I also like to snipe from afar so rotation speed isn't a huge deal to me.

 

I guess it all depends on your style of play.

With the MU branches, you can now get a specific type of 'build' with any gun.

There can now be shafts designed for long range or long-mid, shafts for support (impact force) and just shafts focused more on killing power (rotation and reload)

 

Also, some people can do without some of the MU's. I don't really prefer face-to-face combat with shaft, I just use it with Hornet to stealth kill without getting hit. Preserves your whereabouts too.

Like you said, it's still a matter of play style. Damage just needs to be maxed for every gun (except smoky, which relies on crits) to be effective, and the gun must have synergy with the hull.

 

That reminds me, Tanki is becoming like an RPG...

Edited December 20, 2013 by Longcat970

[r_brandybabyxx0 737]

With the MU branches, you can now get a specific type of 'build' with any gun.

There can now be shafts designed for long range or long-mid, shafts for support (impact force) and just shafts focused more on killing power (rotation and reload)

 

Also, some people can do without some of the MU's. I don't really prefer face-to-face combat with shaft, I just use it with Hornet to stealth kill without getting hit. Preserves your whereabouts too.

Like you said, it's still a matter of play style. Damage just needs to be maxed for every gun (except smoky, which relies on crits) to be effective, and the gun must have synergy with the hull.

 

That reminds me, Tanki is becoming like an RPG...

 

Not exactly..... unfortunately, you can't really go for a type of 'build.'

 

We could IF we were limited to a certain amount of upgrade points for each item... but with the ability to max everything... well its basically useless. -.-

 

It would be far better if we could MU only 2-3 categories, and the other 2 categories would be left untouched.

[r_Koobi0 31]

With the MU branches, you can now get a specific type of 'build' with any gun.

There can now be shafts designed for long range or long-mid, shafts for support (impact force) and just shafts focused more on killing power (rotation and reload)

True, it's about your style of play.

One other reason I like impact force is, if you play CTP on the Silence map, and you're on the blue team, when an opponent grabs the flag and tries to jump off the ledge, just shoot the top of the hull as he goes off the edge and he's almost always going to land upside down, giving your team mates enough time to get to him, destroy him and restore the flag.

[Reckoning 178]

hey does any facing shaft bug or is it just me?
the turret speed of shaft (in sniping mode)seems to be back to its old physics after i microupgraded its damage.
can anyone confirm this??

[tytoalba1417 0]

They can only dent my Mammoth, and when Wasp; they can't keep up aiming properly.

Shafts can only win, if they aim for enemies right infront of them... not even considering they'll need to aim for Wasps or Hornets to make a kill.

 

In other words; why use Shaft, if there's Railgun on the market.

Shafts are much more powerful than railgun. It take u 2 kills to kill a m0 hornet with a m0 railgun but it only takes one shot for the shaft to kill the hornet. Also it takes 4 hits for m0 railgun to kill a mammoth but it only takes shaft 2.

[r_brandybabyxx0 737]

hey does any facing shaft bug or is it just me?

the turret speed of shaft (in sniping mode)seems to be back to its old physics after i microupgraded its damage.

can anyone confirm this??

I also noticed it felt slower.... I noticed it a few days ago... but I didn't micro-upgrade it. We might be on to something.

Edited December 21, 2013 by r_brandybabyxx0

[Piety 70]

Shaft damage I guess is best for upgrading and it's turn speedZ

 

Penetration won't matter too bad

[r_Koobi0 31]

I also noticed it felt slower.... I noticed it a few days ago... but I didn't micro-upgrade it. We might be on to something.

I definitely feel this, as well.

[Longcat970 119]

Not exactly..... unfortunately, you can't really go for a type of 'build.'

 

We could IF we were limited to a certain amount of upgrade points for each item... but with the ability to max everything... well its basically useless. -.-

 

It would be far better if we could MU only 2-3 categories, and the other 2 categories would be left untouched.

Builds pretty much exist. You may be able to upgrade all of them, but it would take you tons of crystals/lots of time to fully MU a gun & hull, so a build 'guide' would be necessary and practical to save time and crystals.

Edited December 21, 2013 by Longcat970

[Kpopower 1]

I would of liked to tried out the shaft before the rebalance. It keeps getting worse and worse with each update.

It is now only effective at low ranks :(

[dardayy 493]

with the last introduction of MUs, there was also change in physics as well

Shaft started to shoot slower and taking more than 3 seconds, and after max zoom it gets too slow unlike before the MUs

They want you to use MUs to get the shaft that was first introduced with the new physics.

 

Now its totally worthless. You can't follow and kill fast tanks

[Remaine 4,687]

Python should solve potential Shaft problems in the future.

[Buggati_The_Best 1,233]

Python should solve potential Shaft problems in the future.

at high account i didnt seen a single shaft user for like a week,not even 1 :o 

shaft become even more unpopular...weird :huh:  

[Remaine 4,687]

at high account i didnt seen a single shaft user for like a week,not even 1 :o

shaft become even more unpopular...weird :huh:  

Yeah, barely anyone bothers upgrading their Shaft higher than M1 and I can understand why.

[Buggati_The_Best 1,233]

Yeah, barely anyone bothers upgrading their Shaft higher than M1 and I can understand why.

the old shaft was better...

[Remaine 4,687]

the old shaft was better...

Indeed. I'm sure brandy will testify against that though.

Edited December 21, 2013 by Remaine

[r_brandybabyxx0 737]

Indeed. I'm sure brandy will testify against that though.

Lol, you know me well. :rolleyes:

 

I've never seen you in-game before. Which server do you play on?