Let's Discuss Shaft!

[sam131192 113]

Your opponents must have been total noobs. Lol

What combos were they using?

[r_Koobi0 31]

The thing is, on bigger maps, like Silence, you can pull D/L's from 10-40.

I use a Titan M2 hull and my turret is a Shaft so I'm a pretty slow moving tanker and respawning far away from where you'd like to be can be a little annoying :)

 

I guess I should have asked what are the big maps that are good for Shaft? I've honestly only played in a few maps and don't know them really well.

 

I really wish there was a way for us to explore maps without playing...even a blueprint image, so we can plan our game.

Now what happens is you go to a map that's new to you and you can hardly figure out your environment because you'll be destroyed if you venture too far.

[doduobird 315]

I pulled off a 86.00 in Combe CTF, don't have the pic, as I had to g2g before the battle ended. Their whole team was hornet m1/hornet m2, so I just got pretty easy kills, and they were really easy to anticipate as most of them were noobs (no offence). 86 kills 1 death.

[doduobird 315]

The thing is, on bigger maps, like Silence, you can pull D/L's from 10-40.

I use a Titan M2 hull and my turret is a Shaft so I'm a pretty slow moving tanker and respawning far away from where you'd like to be can be a little annoying :)

 

I guess I should have asked what are the big maps that are good for Shaft? I've honestly only played in a few maps and don't know them really well.

 

I really wish there was a way for us to explore maps without playing...even a blueprint image, so we can plan our game.

Now what happens is you go to a map that's new to you and you can hardly figure out your environment because you'll be destroyed if you venture too far.

Stadium is great for Shaft if you have a heavy hull, shafts won't pay attention to you if you're in the middle of the field, they only pay attention to enemy snipers on the other side of the map. Serpuhov, Bobruisk, Novel, great maps for shafts.

[r_Koobi0 31]

I pulled off a 86.00 in Combe CTF, don't have the pic, as I had to g2g before the battle ended. Their whole team was hornet m1/hornet m2, so I just got pretty easy kills, and they were really easy to anticipate as most of them were noobs (no offence). 86 kills 1 death.

Yeah, Shaft is a great weapon for massive D/L's :)

I'd say M1 is 10-40 D/L on a regular day and you could be immortal on a good day.

 

Stadium is great for Shaft if you have a heavy hull, shafts won't pay attention to you if you're in the middle of the field, they only pay attention to enemy snipers on the other side of the map. Serpuhov, Bobruisk, Novel, great maps for shafts.

I tried Stadium once but didn't like the fact that there was no cover but I'm going to take your advice and try it out along with the others.

[doughnut2100 763]

Your opponents must have been total noobs. Lol

What combos were they using?

Serious. -_-

They were rails, thunders, freeze, etc. None that were noobs, as they are my friends.

[sam131192 113]

The thing is, on bigger maps, like Silence, you can pull D/L's from 10-40.

I use a Titan M2 hull and my turret is a Shaft so I'm a pretty slow moving tanker and respawning far away from where you'd like to be can be a little annoying :)

 

I guess I should have asked what are the big maps that are good for Shaft? I've honestly only played in a few maps and don't know them really well.

 

I really wish there was a way for us to explore maps without playing...even a blueprint image, so we can plan our game.

Now what happens is you go to a map that's new to you and you can hardly figure out your environment because you'll be destroyed if you venture too far.

Just make a private battle and explore away. :)

[HamtheSpy123 1]

I think shaft is great for CTF or TDM on the map serphuv because its long range and when you go down the ramp you can snipe them off. 

[shaft7373 0]

As you can see by my username, Shaft7373 its my favourite gun the most powerful one in the game.It's just so versatile you can use it in any map. Plus it does more damage than any of the guns.

 

[shaft7373 0]

As you can see by my username, Shaft7373, shaft is the most powerful gun in the game. Its just so versatile, you can use it in any map.Plus it does the most damage.Shaft is the best gun if you know how to use it, trust me best gun.

Edited February 21, 2014 by shaft7373

[alex_is_the_best 87]

Well shaft is great, in some ways when you are a shaft for example and at the moment you are loading the bar in scope mode to shoot and right that moment a freeze comes from nowhere you have no chance against him. Cause he will freeze you and your turret will be frozen and you will swip it very slow as usual and the freeze will kill you. In fact, even a firebird sometimes can throw right at your face fire through your sniping makes you not seeing anything just flame in your scope, so you stand no chance. Shafts to be used greatly must be at big maps you can't use shaft in a ping-pong for example cause in that case you will be the weakest player in that battle. Everyone will ignore you and kill you every time he passes through you. Think about it shafts are good in some ways to deal damage from far as an enemy goes with your flag and a teammate follow him to kill through you damage the enemy but still does not dies, your teammate will kill him for sure. Well shaft is not always useful! But i can say its good at some situations.  ;)

[themaster360 11]

As you can see by my username, Shaft7373, shaft is the most powerful gun in the game. Its just so versatile, you can use it in any map.Plus it does the most damage.Shaft is the best gun if you know how to use it, trust me best gun.

Just cause it does the highest damage per shot doesn't mean it has the highest damage per second. And it's not necessarily the "best" gun because it can one-shot certain hulls. It's not very versatile either, I'd never use a Shaft in Island for example. Nevertheless, I still love the turret. Reduces my lag and I can pull off otherwise impossible shots, as well as having fun sniping and improving my skills against Rails and other Shafts. And in the end, it really all depends on your skills. 

[zadanx 52]

This is my M2 Hornet - Shaft combination -  which I love.

 

I have been thinking lately what would be better Hornet or Viking with Shaft.

 

I am getting closer to being able to get M3 stuff, and I need advice where to spend my cystals.

 

I do not like to park ... so heavy hulls are out of the question, I prefer to move and take quick sniping shots.

 

So the speed of Hornet is great, but would the added protection from Viking be better?

 

How slow is viking?

 

What are your favourite Shaft - Hull combinations and why?

 

 

[WookySpolf 63]

On the test server, Viking / Shaft was perfect, but if you are not a heavy drugger you may find it a little slow. At M2 and higher Viking is not too slow though (I don't have M2 VIking but I tested it on the test server).

[MrAmazingKiller 9]

Viking-Shaft looks Beast! ;)

[I.D0M 601]

Mammoth, Shaft, Prodigi, Stadium, Drugs. Nothing can beat this beast.

[LETCHIK_WOLK 370]

Wasp-Shaft: I'm everywhere, and nowhere...

[ziaayadad 26]

Wasp-Shaft: I'm everywhere, and nowhere...

I thought unused hornet shaft,

 

Jus stick to ur nooby thunder wasp emerald combo :p :)

[zadanx 52]

Wasp-Shaft: I'm everywhere, and nowhere...

I was on sandbox with somebody with this combination ..... and I could see how this would work well.

 

But I guess you need it at M3 level?

[PeterYR 6]

At my rank, Shaft is pretty much a one hit kill for almost any hull. I think the reload needs to be better, though...

[MrAmazingKiller 9]

I once pulled a 10 D/L in a Polygon DM that's 40 mins, most guys in the match was Hornet-Isidas, or Hornet-Freezes and Mammy-Thunders though......

[hassanabba 14]

shaft has accurate kills

[Finnshaman 5]

Shafts are one of my biggest threats. They are surprisingly accurate. :D  :lol:  :lol: They're one of the two guns I dread. Other one is Freeze.

Must be why I only use M1 Shaft + M1 Hornet/Mammoth for dumb/dumber enemies in big maps and M1 Freeze +M1 Hornet when charging up ones tail ^_^

[TheUltimateLegendry 0]

i can still dominate because i have a tactic... stay at silence or highland. and at my rank micro upgrade to 135 damage to one hit everything but mammoth and titan 

contact me if you want to know snipe spots

[RedMenace 112]

I made this topic to discuss the very annoying aspect of shaft like when ur aiming down the scope and then a team player just gets behind u with the turret going into ur tank and u lose ur sight who else finds that annoying?