Let's Discuss Shaft!

[hasorigami 12]

I think Shaft is the weapon for the smarts. If you know how to use it, then you find it an awesome weapon. Even if I just have Shaft M1, I always try it on test server. Is the most dangerous weapon!

[WookySpolf 63]

I find it annoying when a Shaft ties me down with my Thunder, but when an Isida comes to heal me I can deal with the Shaft pretty easily.

[sam131192 113]

I find it annoying when a Shaft ties me down with my Thunder, but when an Isida comes to heal me I can deal with the Shaft pretty easily.

Try dealing with 3 m2 shafts guarding one side of silence ! That too one with titan and prodigi.

[WookySpolf 63]

Yeah, I get that kind of thing a lot actually.

[duck100101 965]

Shaft after rebalance became one of the most usless weapons if you don't use power-ups, fully loaded it cannot kill a viking M3

VERY TRUE, you are very right they ruind the shaft

[sam131192 113]

Yeah, I get that kind of thing a lot actually.

It effectively stagnates the battle.None of the teams can then cap any flag. And if there's no time limit ......

Shafts should'nt be allowed in maps with closed spaces IMO..

Edited January 24, 2014 by sam131192

[kexinsh 0]

[WookySpolf 63]

Its effectively stagnates the battle.None of the teams can then cap any flag. And if there's no time limit ......

Shafts should'nt be allowed in maps with closed spaces IMO..

Yeah, unless someone with Railgun and Titan or Mammoth decides to drug and take out the Shaft.

[r_Koobi0 31]

Yeah, unless someone with Railgun and Titan or Mammoth decides to drug and take out the Shaft.

Railgun's are a bit more easier to tackle than a Thunder, in my opinion. Thunders are difficult only because of the splash damage because they can get you using that while you're reloading.

 

Railguns usually take a second to fire the shot. What I do is, I time it so that just before the shot is fired, I hit the top of the turret which causes the rail gun to lose target and shoot elsewhere. This is why when I upgrade my turret, I make it a point to also upgrade the impact force of the Shaft, it really helps when the Railgun user is using a heavy hull.

 

A Railgun (or any turret) with a heavy hull can be hard to kill when there's a good Isida right next to them though. In such cases, I usually go for the Isida first.

 

In general, whenever I play, I always go for the Freeze or the Isidas first. They are the most threatening turrets to a team.

[r_Koobi0 31]

You know what really pisses me off? Railguns on your own team who keep bumping into you. They don't understand that when you're in sniper mode, the turret moves super slow so if a Railgun or any other player bumps into you, you lose your aim and it takes a long time to get back to the target.

I've had so many chances to destroy flag stealers but other players have knocked me off my aim and we've lost...ugh.

[Guest]

You know what really pisses me off? Railguns on your own team who keep bumping into you. They don't understand that when you're in sniper mode, the turret moves super slow so if a Railgun or any other player bumps into you, you lose your aim and it takes a long time to get back to the target.

I've had so many chances to destroy flag stealers but other players have knocked me off my aim and we've lost...ugh.

There is also a issue, not sure if I'm the only one experiencing it or if it is what you were talking about in your post, that when someone jumps over your tank while you are in sniping mode, you just get back to the arcade mode and have to reload and re-aim again.. And also, as you said, when someone push/move you while aiming is terrible..

 

 

P.S. You look like a pretty skilled player, not all players at your rank know who to aim first and how to play, keep it up and you'll be a great Shaft user, I think.

Edited January 24, 2014 by Guest

[r_Koobi0 31]

There is also a issue, not sure if I'm the only one experiencing it or if it is what you were talking about in your post, that when someone jumps over your tank while you are in sniping mode, you just get back to the arcade mode and have to reload and re-aim again.. And also, as you said, when someone push/move you while aiming is terrible..

 

 

P.S. You look like a pretty skilled player, not all players at your rank know who to aim first and how to play, keep it up and you'll be a great Shaft user, I think.

Oh yeah, that happens very often too. I wish the developers would change that because you have to wait for 8 seconds till you can get off your next shot.

 

Thanks :) The fact that it's a fun game is a huge incentive.

[doughnut2100 763]

Very fun to one shot wasps+hornets m2, and hunter m1 with shaft m1. :)

[WookySpolf 63]

When I use Shafts on my nooby accounts I find people bump me a lot, but my main problems are the shaky-ness when you are at full charge and the slow reload.

[doughnut2100 763]

When I use Shafts on my nooby accounts I find people bump me a lot, but my main problems are the shaky-ness when you are at full charge and the slow reload.

I hate it when people on your team bump you, moves your aim so much.

[Remaine 4,687]

M2 Shaft is annoying... But it won't be so much of a hindrance when I get M2 Viking, whenever that will be.

[doughnut2100 763]

There was a silence CTF I went in, and the blue team had 3 shafts m2! No one could even move!

[r_Koobi0 31]

I hate it when people on your team bump you, moves your aim so much.

Lol there are some shaft haters. More often than not, there'll be a member of my own team who comes up to me and tries to push me or just be a general nuisance...no idea why.

 

I love when this happens in Silence because I have a little trick up my sleeve:

1. I let them come close to me.

2. When they begin to push me, I push back till I have them up against a wall.

3. I then aim for the top of the turret and shoot.

4. Since the shaft has a powerful impact force, the front of the hull (if it's a light hull) will elevate for a second because of the impact of the shot.

5. As the hull elevates, I quickly move forward so that the hull is now perpendicular to the floor and parallel to the wall so the hull can't move.

6. I let my turret reload and then as soon as I move back a bit, the hull starts to fall but before that, I aim and shoot at the tip of the hull.

7. Now, the hull is stuck in that position and he can't usually do much and most often will have to self destruct so that he can respawn.

 

Shaft is such a cool weapon. So many hidden tricks because it's such a versatile gun.

 

 

The above is hard to explain so I've tried to illustrate this with text, below :)

 

| = wall

- = floor

< = your hull

^ = your own team members hull who's trying to mess with you

 

 

 

|

| ^

| ^

| ^

| ^

| ^ <<<<<<<

|-----------------

 

 

That is how it will look like at step 7 (as detailed above).

Edited January 26, 2014 by r_Koobi0

[Longcat970 119]

Nostalgia!

 

 

 

 

Edited January 26, 2014 by Longcat970

[ATHENA123 56]

Bought m1 today and made 2000 xp in 1 hour

[WookySpolf 63]

@Longcat970 Oh man. I remember being a WO3 and ranking up and buying Shaft... nice pictures!

[Smok-Ti-Thun 93]

^^^ ....that Greyish-Blue Shaft M3 with the bright-orange glowing parts....a beauty!

Edited January 27, 2014 by Smok-Ti-Thun

[Xenophobia 457]

I have M2 shaft and it's very good. Since the rebalance most people use hornet and when they haven't a paint, with a great shaft protection (winter for example) it's easy to deal with them. In addition you get XP very easy.

Edited January 27, 2014 by Xenophobia

[Rockzz6 8]

Haha Xenophobia i countered u in Canyon...remember me, I am Rockzz7 the rail user who irritated u a lot  :P 
(On Topic)- Yess shaft's really good....I have seen great players like brandybabyxx , Hazel-Rah with it maybe some day Xenophobia I may include you in them  ;)

Edited January 27, 2014 by Rockzz6

[DanTheKiller1 2,889]

Very few times used it,I think i`ll try it..