Let's Discuss Shaft!

[Tani_S 736]

Assault emitters is totally worth the cost. One thing to take note that it does not only increase arcade damage, but minimum damage as a whole. This means that a half-charge with the alt will do more damage than without it. This can be useful if you're planning to whittle down the HP of enemies you can't one-shot. 

:huh: Are you sure about this? Did you test it? Tbh i can't believe this at the moment...

[Crimson_Tank 285]

Shaft is for PROs. 

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

there are so many shafts i see at highways who never play against me. unless my team is losing very badly they make sure they join on my side. and if i join against them they leave and try to join on my side. some of them even try to bootlick me so i'll accept their friend requests. it's easy to get 40-50 kills if there's no strong shaft on the enemy side to duel with but you'd have to be a real coward to leave each time you realize the shaft on the enemy team is stronger. I mean for shaft wars it doesn't really matter too much if the enemy has better equipment, you just have to knock off their aim and quickly hide or kill them each time before they shoot you.

Edited August 25, 2017 by GuidoFawkes

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

Why do shafts have it harder with Overdrive?

 

Only thing I can think of is there are more "targets" out there with DA on for free?

 

You have to use more DD maybe, but you'll still get the kills.

Oh ye of little knowing.

 

This player DOESN'T drug, I'm from that camp.  I'm done going on about drugging though.  Whatever, it's the game, I can propass and play drug free, but that's beside the point.

 

The reason why it's harder now is that shafts could at least do careful over watch before and cherry pick targets that had been getting hammered, knowing full well they had already used a RK and were in cool down mode.  One big hit, followed by an arcade shot, bam, done.  Now, they can hold on to those, OD on entry, ride the light with DA and full health, and then hit the RK when they are really hurting, the time shafts did their job best, preying on the wounded.  If they get hit by me right after a OD, they still can pop a RK, and take sometimes THREE FULL charges from my M3.5 shaft.  IT's absolutely mid boggling stupid.  My recharge times, my laser, my slow turret rotation, coupled against OD druggers and might as well just not play sometimes.

 

As for ME using it, well, I have it, it eventually gets to a 100%, and even TRIED not using it, but teammates were CONSTANTLY bumping me in scope, knocking my careful aim off because they wanted me to blaze them up.  I gave up.  If I have it, I'll search an izzie or something as soon as it's convenient, unload it it, and head back to my spot and camp in peace again.

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

For a pathetic comment this one will do.

I had typos, never fixed it, but, I'm gathering, you don't agree.  Whatever, "little willie" shaft player, let the real big shafts do their job and keep quiet.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Arcade shots are the way to go here.

 

In fact, I even like to call myself the "Pistol Abuser" because of this. :ph34r: B)

[LittleWillie 3,199]

I had typos, never fixed it, but, I'm gathering, you don't agree.  Whatever, "little willie" shaft player, let the real big shafts do their job and keep quiet.

Ah. a Dick reference. Very very clever. About what I'd expect from a whiner.

 

BTW, good luck getting me to shut up. Ask around.

[Robert.W.Kuhaneck 0]

 

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't stand em, thinks its hilarious when I keep killing them and they leave.

Dude,that's not true.I am a Huge Shaft fan and its the best Turret ever made.It can kill almost any Hull in one shot.It can with Double Damage.So when you say its foe noobs,i think your just jealous,Noob!

 

Shaft easily kill with one shot in the lower ranks like me. Wonderful weapon to use if you are patient (for mostly TDM, CTF and CP).

Yeah,as much as a fan i am,i must say Shaft is not good for DM's. -_-

 

Anyone still need an answer?

Get a shaft, a good hull and skills and you won't hate that weapon

I think the "Good Hull" would be Viking personally.

 

i have a m1 shaft and it making me lose but when i use freeze or isadia or something like railgun,firebird,i win most of the time.

Dude,i have M1 Shaft and i get kill after kill after kill.It's a truly amazing weapon,you just have to know how to properly use it.There is ways to still dominate the battlefield with it.

 

People say the smoky upgrade from m2 to m3 i bad, but at m3, smoky is still a formidable weapon. I wouldn't be so sure for both thunder and shaft

Blah,Smokey and Twins have to be the worst turrets on the Game ever.

 

Shaft gameplay can be quite boring.

Just sitting there, waiting for some tanks to kill....and after 10 minutes, you get destroyed by a Freeze who snuck behind your back.

Like i said to other players...you have to know what you're doing.then it can be quite entertaining.

 

Who would use shaft lol except boring tankers? It is strongest but boring!! I never use it unless I have to get crystals fast.

It is NOT boring!!!

Edited August 27, 2017 by wow
Posts merged, please use MultiQuote function next time.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

 

Dude,that's not true.I am a Huge Shaft fan and its the best Turret ever made.It can kill almost any Hull in one shot.It can with Double Damage.So when you say its foe noobs,i think your just jealous,Noob!

 

 

Yeah,as much as a fan i am,i must say Shaft is not good for DM's. -_-

  

I think the "Good Hull" would be Viking personally.

 

 

Dude,i have M1 Shaft and i get kill after kill after kill.It's a truly amazing weapon,you just have to know how to properly use it.There is ways to still dominate the battlefield with it.

  

Blah,Smokey and Twins have to be the worst turrets on the Game ever.

 

 

Like i said to other players...you have to know what you're doing.then it can be quite entertaining.

  

It is NOT boring!!!

 

 

Can you not spam the forum with that many posts? In the future, please use the "Multi-Quote" button for quoting more than one post, even if the post you want to quote was from 4 years ago. ;)

 

Thank you. :)

[SprayGround 2,851]

1. I think the "Good Hull" would be Viking personally.

Dude,i have M1 Shaft and i get kill after kill after kill.It's a truly amazing weapon,you just have to know how to properly use it.There is ways to still dominate the battlefield with it.

Blah,Smokey and Twins have to be the worst turrets on the Game ever.

1. I agree, Viking is best hull. :D

Shaft can be fun in low ranks yes, but I'm sure you will change your mind about it in higher ranks, it just loses it's power in my opinion, I have tried using it, but it just doesn't seem any good. It's way more OP in low ranks than in Legends.

Well I used to play with smoky alot, even made it ''M4'' but now it doesn't feel OP anymore so I stopped using it, but Twins is really good now, definitely can't say they are worst turrets in the game.

[splitterpoint 10,986]

Shaft is a very capable turret actually. The mouse controls make it really precise. The main problem would be the bad spawn points in combination with short range guns... particularly vacuum cleaners.

 

I always underestimate the power of the arcade shots, they deal about the same damage as Thunder M3 but with a higher firing rate.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Shaft is a very capable turret actually. The mouse controls make it really precise. The main problem would be the bad spawn points in combination with short range guns... particularly vacuum cleaners.

I always underestimate the power of the arcade shots, they deal about the same damage as Thunder M3 but with a higher firing rate.

I would utilize those arcade shots (or what I like to call "pistol mode") more often. It's like striker, it's better if you use the laser for special purposes like dealing massive damage to heavy hulls. It's a good idea to use the Pistol mode on light and medium hulls.

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

http://ratings.tankionline.com/en/user/sabkabaap/

this shaft leave almost every match when i'm on the enemy team.

http://ratings.tankionline.com/en/user/nyvangdk/

this shaft cries about drugers but drugs himself, and he leaves every single match he's losing

http://ratings.tankionline.com/en/user/royalarch/

and this one leaves every single time his k/d gets lower than 5.00


what they all do is only join the winning team. that's how they manage to have fake high k/d. but i know they're big noobs I've killed them more times then they killed me even when my team is losing. try and find a screen shot of them fighting a battle to the end with them losing. it doesn't exist.

[railguniz4noobz 2,394]

There is no "might" about it, your comment is pathetic.  Shafts have it harder than ever with the overdrive implemented.  Nerf on damage, nerf on stealth, and now nerf on scope shot followed by arcade shot to finish off an opponent with it costing them anything.  No, druggers get a wide berth in Tanki, and shafts were their NUMBER enemy.  This is was almost removed, and shafts have to work WAY TOO hard now to play, so indeed, your comment is pathetic.

Nerf on damage? Shaft can 1 shot medium hulls. Couldnt do that a year ago. 

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

Nerf on damage? Shaft can 1 shot medium hulls. Couldnt do that a year ago. 

Shaft M2 could kill anything except M3 mammy at first, then they reduxed it, and then kept doing it.  That was a bone thrown to shaft players recently, and mind you, you had better full charge and simmer, it's on the cusp, you try to quick shot that full charge, ie, drain the bar, and the second it's gone pop them, you have a 50/50 chance of NOT killing them off, they are near dead, but not quite, so you either lose the kill to a fellow player or they heal up with kit or OD.  My follow up arcade shots are third less about in kills now.  In fact, I sat the other day and full charged a viking across the map in Lost Temple, did 2k+, a lot plus in fact, can't recall the exact number, but clearly no shield.  They had no idea where I was.  I popped them again for 382, as soon as possible, and then again, and again, and again, and again, one or two of those arcades were much higher too, but we'll leave it at that.  5 arcades to kill them off, and they were being pinged by my team at the same time.  Fast forward minute and 30 seconds in,  do it again, and same crap, except this time, around the third, a team mate got first.  It's ridiculous, hands down.  Shafts are HUGELY annoying now, not the death dealers they used to be.  I have to work FAR TOO HARD now for my kills.  Sure, every once in a while I land on a team that knows what its doing and I can do the classic snipe from far bit, but those battles are far and few in between the tons of them where I have scoot and shoot way too often because I nail some rail in a viking and it just gets pissed because I'm forcing it to use their precious drugs they paid for.  The recharge is longer now too.  Can it be played, of course, can it be used effectively, I'm testament to that, but it should not be this hard to play with, it is no longer the unit it was sold to us as.

Edited August 29, 2017 by FogOfWar_XXX

[Truthteller 4,204]

You are talking about such old times.. that was even before the rebalance of 2012...

 

Shaft is balanced right now, just not OP, its arcade on its own is a very dangerous weapon.. With scope it can 1 shot or do severe damage to any tank.

Edited December 5, 2018 by Truthteller

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

http://ratings.tankionline.com/en/user/sabkabaap/

this shaft leave almost every match when i'm on the enemy team.

http://ratings.tankionline.com/en/user/nyvangdk/

this shaft cries about drugers but drugs himself, and he leaves every single match he's losing

http://ratings.tankionline.com/en/user/royalarch/

and this one leaves every single time his k/d gets lower than 5.00

what they all do is only join the winning team. that's how they manage to have fake high k/d. but i know they're big noobs I've killed them more times then they killed me even when my team is losing. try and find a screen shot of them fighting a battle to the end with them losing. it doesn't exist.

Well, shaft isn't really the kind of turret that can turn the tide of battles.

[DoNotReply 33]

http://ratings.tankionline.com/en/user/sabkabaap/

 

this shaft leave almost every match when i'm on the enemy team.

 

http://ratings.tankionline.com/en/user/nyvangdk/

 

this shaft cries about drugers but drugs himself, and he leaves every single match he's losing

 

http://ratings.tankionline.com/en/user/royalarch/

 

and this one leaves every single time his k/d gets lower than 5.00

 

 

what they all do is only join the winning team. that's how they manage to have fake high k/d. but i know they're big noobs I've killed them more times then they killed me even when my team is losing. try and find a screen shot of them fighting a battle to the end with them losing. it doesn't exist.

And here is the best of all shafts: http://ratings.tankionline.com/en/user/ghost_animator_shaft/

 

Holds 6 tanki world records: http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=321061&p=3116223 

Edited August 30, 2017 by DoNotReply

[Amagi 1,728]

Yeah, keep telling everyone Shaft is noob and easy target, so I can have more food in DMs. Thanks! B)

[splitterpoint 10,986]

Can the forum mods stop deleting my messages for no reason so I can actually respond to Dieselplatinum? All I want to say is that I agree with him... What in the world is wrong with that?

[Kurt_KurtDGreat 2,259]

Can the forum mods stop deleting my messages for no reason so I can actually respond to Dieselplatinum? All I want to say is that I agree with him... What in the world is wrong with that?

No posts hidden here from you o.O You mean in this topic I assume yes...? Perhaps something was wrong with your internet for a minute, and it just wasn't posted. There doesn't seem to be anything removed from you here recently :)

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

And here is the best of all shafts: http://ratings.tankionline.com/en/user/ghost_animator_shaft/

 

Holds 6 tanki world records: http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=321061&p=3116223 

have you ever seen him play outside of monte carlo without a personal isida?

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

And here is the best of all shafts: http://ratings.tankionline.com/en/user/ghost_animator_shaft/

 

Holds 6 tanki world records: http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=321061&p=3116223 

and best shaft?? pffft you need to play more with russians. this guy has more kills and less than half the deaths. on less than half the drugs. and higher rating, it's fair to compare rating when both are of equal rank. not everyone brags on youtube and forums. I have a friend who broke 2 of his current records looong ago but never applied for them.

 

electric worry is the only one better than him whom i can show you right now because my friend is in the same clan as he is but i've came accross a couple more better than your best shaft, only thing is i can't remember their names and i don't have anyone in my friends list who is in the same clan as they are so i can't access their profiles.

 

try playing at high ranked highways battles, that's where you'll find the real good shafts, not in battles where you'd find your best shaft--rank bracket with colonel as the highest. ever seen him face m3 20/20 shaft+mammoth+both alterations+50% shaft protection+enough drugs for the whole battle kind of people? I've faced these people with electric, that's what prompted me to check his profile after he smashed them. 

 

http://ratings.tankionline.com/en/user/Electric_Worry/

Edited August 30, 2017 by GuidoFawkes

[splitterpoint 10,986]

No posts hidden here from you o.O You mean in this topic I assume yes...? Perhaps something was wrong with your internet for a minute, and it just wasn't posted. There doesn't seem to be anything removed from you here recently :)

Ah hello, can I have your word on this?

 

My internet is perfectly fine but I often notice that my posts are actually there on the forum with a timestamp and everything but a few minutes later they're nowhere to be found. The only thing that I can think of is a manual removal here or that there's something wrong with my mobile phone and that version of the forum.

[Kurt_KurtDGreat 2,259]

Ah hello, can I have your word on this?

 

My internet is perfectly fine but I often notice that my posts are actually there on the forum with a timestamp and everything but a few minutes later they're nowhere to be found. The only thing that I can think of is a manual removal here or that there's something wrong with my mobile phone and that version of the forum.

Hi :) Well, if you refresh the page and it is still there (as in, posted) the only way it can be removed from the forum would be if it was like you said, manually hidden because it was against the rules, but it could also be that it was merged with another topic if it could suit it better. If your post only contained something that agreed with another guy, and it didn't contain anything against the rules, then its highly likely it was just a small lag on your internet. If this happens continuously and you think its a bug that needs to be fixed, I recommend you post it here:http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=275523