Let's Discuss Shaft!

[dardayy 493]

I say .. , Hazel Rah.. 

You know what i mean.. 

Shaft isn't a sniper anymore ... increase its damage, reload and rotational speed and decrease its arcade damage

Be wise and follow this advice . or u r losing the shaft that u personally liked it.. make from shaft a sniper, specially with the mouse edit it will be amazing, we don't want anymore complaint when a shaft is joining any team they all start cursing and thinking they will be losing.. please count on game's statistics they give u more logic than some kids' random or personal opinions

Thank you Hazel or whoever else 

Edited June 25, 2015 by dardayy

[grandpegasis5123 20]

I remember ranking from WO1 to WO3 in 1 battle because of shaft...

[IronCommando 14]

I remember ranking from WO1 to WO3 in 1 battle because of shaft...

I think this is exaggerated :/

[grandpegasis5123 20]

I think this is exaggerated :/

It was a 300 flag limit with SMP in monte carlo against noooobz before laser scope

 

yes it is kinda exaggerated but its tru

 

Edited June 23, 2015 by grandpegasis5123

[dardayy 493]

When ths unnecessary comments about victories will be removed??? we have a serious issue in here to dissuss about what shaft should be !! and not about your personal one battle victory !

This message isn't directed toward anyone in person 

[Kid95 67]

I say .. , Hazel Rah.. 

You know what i mean.. 

Shaft isn't a sniper anymore ... increase its damage, reload and rotational speed and decrease its arcade damage

Be wise and follow this advice . or u r losing the shaft that u personally liked it.. make from shaft a sniper, specially with the mouse edit it will be amazing, we don't want anymore complaint when a shaft is joining any team they all start cursing and thinking they will be losing.. please count on game's statics they give u more logic than some kids' random or personal opinions

Thank you Hazel or whoever else 

You could be right, Shaft doesn't seem like a sniper weapon anymore. It's like a slow reload cross between a Rico and Thunder with that increase in arcade mode damage. 

 

I'm beginning to incline myself more to the fact that the laser sight is a very bad feature for Shaft too. I'm not talking about getting noticed, but it's bad for Shafter skill in the sense that you're always able to know where an enemy Shafter is once you see his laser. You don't make more effort than that, and that's it.

 

Before the laser, a Shaft in hiding behind foliage or a structure was harder to track by another Shaft, and to be able to tell where a Shaft is without the laser is a good sense of skill. Now that the laser has been introduced, this skill has become history. 

 

What balances that bad part is the fact that we got to hide our laser and be more agile with the turret, but I miss the old Shaft for this reason. Yes, it was more of a sniper weapon before.

 

When ths unnecessary comments about victories will be removed??? we have a serious issue in here to dissuss about what shaft should be !! and not about your personal one battle victory !

This message isn't directed toward anyone in person 

As long as we talk about what we  experienced in that victory, something of use to Shafters, I suppose it would be okay right?

 

By the way, I just realised today in a game, 2 Isidas healing a non stop shooting  Dictator Vulcan is a serious combo in a team. Made the Vulcan look invincible in several cases. Turned a lot of tanks topsy turvy and off aim (including me), and not even a series of consecutive Railgun and Shaft shots from our team could stop them (Sadly that Dictator Vulcan was just going for kills - a noob, yes -  and not really contributing much, otherwise it would be serious trouble for us. Nevertheless, we won the game comfortably without the enemy capturing a single flag).

[Kid95 67]

Yeah most of them.

Although Freeze, Firebird and Smoky are dealing too little damage to be considered as M4, from my view.

Facing an M2/M3 firebird was initially scary when I was Captain/Major. I'd be finished in about a second facing that turret. However as I climb the ranks, Firebird is diminishing in it's damage. I think that's the case with all Firebirds - initially they're a nuisance, later on they get weaker at higher ranks(keeping in mind whther they're M1, M2, M3)

[Truthteller 4,204]

Its very hard to master shaft.. Harder than railgun..

[kayitsiz 621]

When ths unnecessary comments about victories will be removed??? we have a serious issue in here to dissuss about what shaft should be !! and not about your personal one battle victory !

This message isn't directed toward anyone in person 

I know, but players should see that there is a possibility to success with shaft.

This topic is already spoiled and no one can save there!  :(  :angry:

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

Wait a minute.  Spoiled by what?  All we do is talk shaft in here.

[Buggati_The_Best 1,233]

this gun is kinda boring =/

the laser is good looking but everyone knows where you are .-.

[dardayy 493]

 

 

Before the laser, a Shaft in hiding behind foliage or a structure was harder to track by another Shaft, and to be able to tell where a Shaft is without the laser is a good sense of skill. Now that the laser has been introduced, this skill has become history. 

 

 

As long as we talk about what we  experienced in that victory, something of use to Shafters, I suppose it would be okay right?

 

 

Yes, but i had wrote a suggestion to make the laser visible only for your team

and i agree with your last paragraph as well . 

[VFR1200 3]

I didn't read all the pages, but i'm a "shaftaholic"  :D 
and i'm so mad, the shaft bug still exist.
Any news of the developers side?

And no => full screen doesn't help.
Even firefox and other triks didn't work or help. <_<

[Zenyth 6,494]

I didn't read all the pages, but i'm a "shaftaholic"  :D 

and i'm so mad, the shaft bug still exist.

Any news of the developers side?

And no => full screen doesn't help.

Even firefox and other triks didn't work or help. <_<

Shaft bug?! Explain to me please. :o

[michael470 13]

Yes, I suggest solving the problem with shaft scope promptly. I know there may already be some kinds of tricks to deal with it, but the bug still poses inconvenience and annoyance most of the time. :(

[dardayy 493]

Yes with the mouse view , and despite its being amazing using the mouse with shaft, but once you try moving the hull using the cursors or the awsd keys, then the hull get stuck into moving unstoppable most of the times.. 

Edited June 28, 2015 by dardayy

[LeIouch_Vi_Britannia 6,163]

When ths unnecessary comments about victories will be removed??? we have a serious issue in here to dissuss about what shaft should be !! and not about your personal one battle victory !

This message isn't directed toward anyone in person 

Come over with it,no dev reads any posts here ;)

[D.Rose 0]

I always get crystals when I use Shaft in battles. I love it.

[Kid95 67]

I always get crystals when I use Shaft in battles. I love it.

As long as you contribute towards the success of your team, yes it's a game changer and you have better chances of winning and being in the top 5 (depends on your role and the situation too). Blindly going for kills will not make a difference to the end outcome, which will be win or lose.

[Kid95 67]

I'm just realising, it's been quite a while since the update and I still haven't tried out mouse controls. All you guys saying that using the mouse is really good makes me want to try it out anytime this week, since I'm in no mood to play today, and I keep forgetting:/

[dardayy 493]

I'm just realising, it's been quite a while since the update and I still haven't tried out mouse controls. All you guys saying that using the mouse is really good makes me want to try it out anytime this week, since I'm in no mood to play today, and I keep forgetting:/

Its really amazing using the mouse, but it helps only with the snipe mod, and since the snipe damage is not as good as before when used with higher ranks, thus its somewhat useless against the enemies with the mouse, since you will need to keep on bouncing using the arcade mode like a crazy monkey shooting with banana instead of a steady sniper . 

[VFR1200 3]

Shaft bug?! Explain to me please. :o

Still the same.....

in a gameplay of 15 min , i got 3 to 4 time's the turret does at random 1 of these 3 things:

1) - starts to spin to the right, the only thing you can do is press space bar and shoot once he is aiming , then is done 

at that moment, i'm helpless for a 10 seconds, so the chance you got hit by enemy fire is big.

2) the turret is aiming straight upward, solving the problem :  like above.

also about 10 sec helpless.

3) the turret is aiming straight down. solving the problem :  like above.

 

Playing in full screen doesn't work.

I am playing with the cursors, cause playing with the mouse isn't my thing.

Edited June 29, 2015 by VFR1200

[michael470 13]

Still the same.....

in a gameplay of 15 min , i got 3 to 4 time's the turret does at random 1 of these 3 things:

1) - starts to spin to the right, the only thing you can do is press space bar and shoot once he is aiming , then is done 

at that moment, i'm helpless for a 10 seconds, so the chance you got hit by enemy fire is big.

2) the turret is aiming straight upward, solving the problem :  like above.

also about 10 sec helpless.

3) the turret is aiming straight down. solving the problem :  like above.

 

Playing in full screen doesn't work.

I am playing with the cursors, cause playing with the mouse isn't my thing.

Wrong, you just need to press the direction keys on your keyboard in the direction that your turret is spinning awkwardly, then everything is fine. However, these precious 1 to 2 secs may be a matter of life or death. Therefore, I still insist that the bug should be solved.

[Vlad-The-Impaler 1]

Well i remember the days when shaft had no laser pointer. I thought it was the best thing ever in the game. Sure many people rage quit about not really knowing where the shaft enemy is. Back then in battles i could change the tide of the battle just with shaft. I was an excellent sniper (the gun still had the wobble in it and it was skill to use it). Now since the shaft has a laser scope that gives away your position i fell the gun is no longer fulfilling its role as a sniper weapon. I still use shaft but the old version was much better. Personally if it re-balance again to do more damage and still have the laser pointer that would be nice. Also! Tanki... I love how Micro Upgrades system works. I plan on using shaft a lot more when i get my 3 star rank. then i can micro upgrade my shaft then it will really be deadly. LONG LIVE SHAFT!

[Kid95 67]

I think they also increased the damage dealing aspect of shaft. My sniping mode damage is almost equivalent to that of the previous M3. Surprising. They must've done that to make up for the problems we've encountered before?

 

Shaft just got a lot more dangerous