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Let's Discuss Shaft!

By mchen,
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  1. 1. Which gaming style do you prefer when playing with Shaft?

    • Attack
      16
    • Defence
      16
    • Support
      27
    • Parkour
      1

  2. 2. Which Shaft augments do you prefer?

    • Short band Emitters
      8
    • Light Capacitors
      6
    • Heavy Capacitors
      6
    • Rapid-fire Mode
      12
    • Armor-Piercing Sight
      8
    • Healing Emiiters
      19
    • Adrenaline
      4
    • Standard
      5

  3. 3. Which skin for Shaft do you prefer?

    • Standard
      16
    • XT
      25

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HighwindsGDN
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Shaft is for noobs, hardly see them anymore at my rank and when I do I'm sure to take them out first.  In fact, I'll intentionally hunt down shafts when they are playing in a battle room I'm in.  Can'

HighwindsGDN
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I cant stand shafts because they are worthless in a CTF game especially when like 3 or 4 of them join your team... they just sit there and go for kills clueless as to what is going on around them, its

r_DidYouKnowThat0
r_DidYouKnowThat0

You won't be laughing once there are 3-4 Shafts pointing at all entrances .. . happened in one Silence battle I was in. Nobody could capture anything! :lol:

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Desty 275

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Moving on from my little rant, who would like to be interviewed on their experience with Shaft?

Someone interviewed me year or two ago about shaft, I can forward you the fully written interview questions/answers, if you would like for research.

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Desty 275

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Very good. What's your loadout? I assume either AE or RFM with Hunter or VIking. (screw Viking)

 

I really gave a hunter a shot, but it's a little bouncy when using RFM. Since most of my kills are while driving backwards with a flag and sudden breaking/turning usually cause me to shoot arcade shot to sky or front of me, so been lately sticking with viking. No doubt hunter is more stable while under fire, but I rather miss because of my aim/enemy's fire than shoot perfectly but land shots to sky or front of me.

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Tidebreaker 1,669

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omg use spoilers if you are going to quote so many pictures  :rolleyes:

Sorry, I don't have that much experience in the Forums. Teach me, sir!

 

I once almost got a 30 K/D in a battle but then I died and ended up getting 16.75 K/D.  :mellow:  (this was before MM btw) 

I have nothing against that if you didn't sit in a corner and rack up those kills. In fact, if you didn't camp and got a 30 K/D, then you're a pro.

 

ME!!!!

Someone interviewed me year or two ago about shaft, I can forward you the fully written interview questions/answers, if you would like for research.

Sending PMs.

 

I really gave a hunter a shot, but it's a little bouncy when using RFM. Since most of my kills are while driving backwards with a flag and sudden breaking/turning usually cause me to shoot arcade shot to sky or front of me, so been lately sticking with viking. No doubt hunter is more stable while under fire, but I rather miss because of my aim/enemy's fire than shoot perfectly but land shots to sky or front of me.

It's not bouncy. In fact, it can cope really well. Since it has more weight than Viking, you're going to be much harder to flip over. The problem with Viking is that it's too low, which is really irritating if you can't shoot someone above you.

Give Hunter a chance, eh? It's been neglected far too much by the community. Love it, and it will pay you back many times over.

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It's not bouncy. In fact, it can cope really well. Since it has more weight than Viking, you're going to be much harder to flip over. The problem with Viking is that it's too low, which is really irritating if you can't shoot someone above you.

Give Hunter a chance, eh? It's been neglected far too much by the community. Love it, and it will pay you back many times over.

 

Try M4 while you have speed activated.

 

Driving while speed activated, suddenly need to stop and go backwards and this is what happens very often due to hull being bouncy:

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It makes you miss arcade shot EVEN when enemy is literally front of you. Same happens when going backwards. Viking does not have this issue.

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Tidebreaker 1,669

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Try M4 while you have speed activated.

 

Driving while speed activated, suddenly need to stop and go backwards and this is what happens very often due to hull being bouncy:

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It makes you miss arcade shot EVEN when enemy is literally front of you. Same happens when going backwards. Viking does not have this issue.

My beef with Viking is that EVERYONE uses it. It's quite literally a forgiving hull for every kind of noob out there.

 

And why does luck give you Shaft XT but not me? Seriously, I've been dedicated to Shaft for many years and all I get is a Violet shot effect...

 

Look past Hunter's downsides, and you'll love it more.

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Desty 275

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My beef with Viking is that EVERYONE uses it. It's quite literally a forgiving hull for every kind of noob out there.

 

And why does luck give you Shaft XT but not me? Seriously, I've been dedicated to Shaft for many years and all I get is a Violet shot effect...

 

Look past Hunter's downsides, and you'll love it more.

 

There is a reason why everyone uses viking, it's by far superior hull compared to any other. But I know what you mean, horrible to see those in every game mode possible. You are not only one who thinks that, I have noticed many people saying, that viking should be nerfed, so game would have more than just one hull. But TO dev team does not see issue there, even new overdrive is more superior on viking than hunter. 

 

It's not possible to look past this bouncy downside due to the fact it makes me miss my arcade shots not because my aiming, but characteristics of the hull. It's absolutely better in terms of avoiding railgun shots or making rico/twins to miss as it gains speed faster, but the fact is, using hull, where you can make more damage to enemy, is always always better. 

 

I have all XT's dude and 100% all shot colors. It's not luck, it's about opening lots of containers, we are talking about 3000 of them here.

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There is a reason why everyone uses viking, it's by far superior hull compared to any other. But I know what you mean, horrible to see those in every game mode possible. You are not only one who thinks that, I have noticed many people saying, that viking should be nerfed, so game would have more than just one hull. But TO dev team does not see issue there, even new overdrive is more superior on viking than hunter. 

 

It's not possible to look past this bouncy downside due to the fact it makes me miss my arcade shots not because my aiming, but characteristics of the hull. It's absolutely better in terms of avoiding railgun shots or making rico/twins to miss as it gains speed faster, but the fact is, using hull, where you can make more damage to enemy, is always always better. 

 

I have all XT's dude and 100% all shot colors. It's not luck, it's about opening lots of containers, we are talking about 3000 of them here.

You're right, Viking is already too OP. It's going to unleash some kind of apocalypse when the overdrives arrive here. However, Hunter is great in the fact that it's overdrive will EMP every damn thing close to it and also temporarily disable any tank. THIS is the hard counter.

 

OK, I don't have anything to argue against that. You're right, Hunter does have its downsides.

 

3000 containers? Is your dad Bill Gates?

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Jameden 4

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@Jameden I think the highest amount of kills I got in a MM battle with Shaft is 34. Anyways, I love it when they curse you. I just put a smiley face when they send me profanities. I only respond when they call me a hacker. 

 

Another factor to your success is that you are being placed with ranks lower than you. I wanna see how good you do when the ranks are higher. It'll be harder but it's satisfying to kill the higher ranks when they underestimate your Shaft's power. :)

Okay. This is how I do when I am the lowest rank.DtF5Vyh.png

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ZloyDanuJI 409

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This is what EVERY shafter dreams of doing and being able to achieve in a battle.

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they don't dream of this, they pretty much always get this every time they get sent to brest or highways

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they don't dream of this, they pretty much always get this every time they get sent to brest or highways

The thing is, that certainly does not happen 100% of the time in Brest or Highways. What were the chances of being able to get 0 deaths while being 1st place in the winning team? For all I know, I could have potentially been in the losing team (it was a Matchmaking battle after all).

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The thing is, that certainly does not happen 100% of the time in Brest or Highways. What were the chances of being able to get 0 deaths while being 1st place in the winning team? For all I know, I could have potentially been in the losing team (it was a Matchmaking battle after all).

well maybe not winning team (as if it matters for a camping shaft ) but definately infinite k/d and 1st place all the time

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There's an alteration (possibly rapid fire mode) which means shaft does lots of damage in quick succession. Now there are shafts attacking like its a short range weapon. Tanki has well and truely lost the plot...

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There's an alteration (possibly rapid fire mode) which means shaft does lots of damage in quick succession. Now there are shafts attacking like its a short range weapon. Tanki has well and truely lost the plot...

At least people other than campers are using shaft, shaft arcade has been changed to short range for a while now - no significant damage at long range

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Desty 275

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There's an alteration (possibly rapid fire mode) which means shaft does lots of damage in quick succession. Now there are shafts attacking like its a short range weapon. Tanki has well and truely lost the plot...

You mean this one right? I love it!

 

Capped 1 flag, returned 2:

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