Snipers, what do you do now?

[CptAmused 0]

Since the maps have all been reworked the shaft and rail gun have become fairly useless. To all the former shaft/railgun snipers, what do you do now? Have you changed your gameplay? Turrets? What do you do differently?

[r_BazookaJoe2 48]

My tip for you, pick your fights carefully.

Not every map supports snipers.

You need to adapt your playing style a bit and look for good new spots.

 

The key element for a shaft user is a good team that supports and protects him from direct close range attacks.

 

As a railgun user there shouldn't be too many problems. Use a fast hull and move alot, change positions and plan ahead.

If possible place mines in strategic passages to stop suprise attacks and observe your surrounding.

[DirtFighter 199]

Since the maps have all been reworked the shaft and rail gun have become fairly useless. To all the former shaft/railgun snipers, what do you do now? Have you changed your gameplay? Turrets? What do you do differently?

still using Rail...I don't see any problems...I do use a run and gun style though..

I also use Thunder which is better suited for my style but for now its M2 Rail vs M1 Thunder so Rail wins out for my personal use..

I will be back on Thunder when I get the funds to upgrade it. 

[Playep 355]

I'm a all-in-one Railgun user, so I dont have to worry about sniping. I believe Railgun is not only for sniping.

[ExtremeKiller26 443]

Actually, the new maps now favor rail hornet combo a lot. In every match you will see atleast one rail hornet.

[r_DidYouKnowThat0 1,662]

You must be joking. Kungur is even better for Railgun/Shafts, and Shaft is absolute ruler in Madness.

[Reckoning 178]

You've got the wrong idea friend. maps are now more sniper-friendly than ever.

[Ilia.ArchangeI 6,785]

shaft and rail gun have become fairly useless.

Totally not.

[RiseOfCucumber 651]

Only a few maps were changed , not all . There still have many maps that can use Shaft and railgun . 

[Tiger1915 44]

i'm railgunner and ex-shatf user , shaft is now useless , railgun works in wave , poly. , madness(not all the time) , sometimes in silence , now i play with isida in silence and in smoky in madness and other maps

[SuperNick95 5,312]

Useless......??

My friend, the fact that most of the modified maps has been enlarged actually helps A LOT railgun users. I don't know about shaft. But the only thing which stops railgun from being far more effective is this presence of prodigi and picasso which you can find everywhere nowadays, even in farm.

[Buggati_The_Best 1,233]

shaft is a bit annoying to use,but once you find a good spot is very enjoyable to 1 shoot light tanks :wub:

[r_felipe050 1]

on silence there's a very good spot on the blue team

[Playep 355]

Totally not.

Sorry Archangel I accidentally disliked your post :(

[Tiger1915 44]

Useless......??

My friend, the fact that most of the modified maps has been enlarged actually helps A LOT railgun users. I don't know about shaft. But the only thing which stops railgun from being far more effective is this presence of prodigi and picasso which you can find everywhere nowadays, even in farm.

i said shaft became useless :) 

[LiquidGold 1,370]

maybe his tank needs binoculars to see that far ;)

[DeoxyriboNudeicAcicl 97]

I'm an avid shaft user, now with the new expansion of maps, if there are a lot of barricades in the way of a close range map, just use hornet/shaft, run up to them, charge for about 2 seconds, then BAM, they're dead. (because I bet most people are using hornet also). If not, then still use hornet and run far away from those other tanks while shooting full charges. I don't think I can explain fully because it's like instinct, I guess it just takes experience and skill. :)

[r_Reforce0 5]

Since the maps have all been reworked the shaft and rail gun have become fairly useless. To all the former shaft/railgun snipers, what do you do now? Have you changed your gameplay? Turrets? What do you do differently?

 

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[canadarules 1,938]

Shaft is so easy to use now...they added platforms for it in most maps. Madness is great for it as well...if anything it is better

[GoldRock2 290]

Useless......??

My friend, the fact that most of the modified maps has been enlarged actually helps A LOT railgun users. I don't know about shaft. But the only thing which stops railgun from being far more effective is this presence of prodigi and picasso which you can find everywhere nowadays, even in farm.

Agreed with the points made here.

[Lt.Tank-Marshall 32]

Dude, they built sooo many platforms just for shaft users.

 

Im gonna go back to shaft one I save enough crystals

[ATHENA123 56]

Totally not.

Agreed. I use my railgun more then ever now. Infact- I got it m2 and it is great

[Fjelstad1678 186]

Been playing Shaft since they re-did it. This map change has seemed to have made the usefulness of the gun even greater. 

[I.D0M 601]

I was going to buy railgun m3, but then I noticed how OP shaft actually is when used correctly. Getting it m3 next sale for sure.

[DirtFighter 199]

Been playing Shaft since they re-did it. This map change has seemed to have made the usefulness of the gun even greater. 

I was just playing a game in "Lost Temple" and the other team had 3 or 4 strategically placed Shaft gunners and they where wreaking havoc on my team. That is a good Shaft map IMO