Night Mode for maps and Shaft’s laser scope

[epickiller546 241]

Love this update :)

[Faithful 117]

 

A very good question, i should say, here are the numbers.

 

 

 

It took me awhile to get the exact amount, thought worth the try. ;)

*Red dots are shaft M1s

*Green dots are shaft M2s

 

first of all i want to ask you Where did you get that data, and the other thing is i can make that in MS Paint LOL

[Slammer-hammer 5]

Agreed with the naysayers for the shaft update. If you want to have a laser, it shouldn't be visible to everyone. The laser just points to the shaft tank not the target. maybe put a toggle switch on it so those that like it can have it. As for me I might just not play anymore as it ruins my whole strategy. I hope they get the message.

 

[Slammer-hammer 5]

Second that!!!!!!!!!

[spino.ska 19]

I am a skilled shaft player. I suck the oxygen from the battlefield. I am the game changer. I aid in winning most games and leave asking for no thanks. I ruin and shutdown key players that try to dominate the battlefield and my key team players. I'm the shaft that hits you at the last second when making off with the flag or just before you plant it. I know my objective on the battlefield "not to just pop players off like most shafts". I cover my players when their attacked or when their running off with the other teams flag. I oversee my team and put myself in places where I am needed. I am a skill shaft player because I know my objective on the battlefield. The laser doesn't belong on the shaft period!!!

 

P.S. If your the type of player that has no idea what your objective is as a shaft and you just pops players off then your not a true shaft. 

Love this post!

I've been playing tanki only since june of this year, but I'm a "sniper" player since Quake Team Fortress (1996), and what you wrote is the ESSENCE of sniping  :ph34r:

[deadmanrising 715]

I call myself unlucky I guess, I was nearly there to having a fully micro upgraded shaft,, but when this update came along, I knew I had wasted my money, and the devs don’t even care, because this bullsh*t laser only works on their strategy, if I knew this update was coming I would have never bought shaft when I ranked up in the first place, at least I will be more careful in buying turrets in future, so when a bad update is coming, I can safely store my crystals in happiness J

[RustyNail 1,538]

I am not a Shaft player, I usually play against Shafts in CTF battles.

My experience after the update indicates that Shaft became more strong than before.

The laser beam might be a give away of shaft's position and in most cases (not all, though!) this is a disadvantage, but eliminating the tremble in sniper mode makes it a more powerfull weapon, and an unforgiving one..

So, shafters should feel happy about this, unless they sleep while targeting..

 

My proposal, well, of course is "bring back the tremble or increase the loading period of shaft"!

 

EDIT: All those that gave me negative reputation, are they shafters that don't like what I propose (I find it natural then) or they simply disagree with what I experienced regarding Shaft? I am curious to know if they thing that shaft didn't become stronger after the laser update.

Edited December 12, 2014 by RustyNail

[Dragon-Judgement 1,529]

Eh... I like Night Mode, but not the laser for Shaft, and for a few reasons: it's not tactical, or realistic. Snipers in general don't use lasers because... it gives away their position. A sniper is MEANT to hide and catch the enemy while they are unaware. Now, someone sees a Laser and they take off running! Really sad for the Shaft users, especially since the Turret can't move THAT fast to catch people, and that's just ridiculous. I bought M2 Shaft when it was 50% off along with Thunder, and I was expecting to get it up to M3 and use it a lot... guess what? It's collecting dust, along with all of the other useless stuff in my Garage except for Mammoth and Thunder. Maybe an Infrared laser would work for the gaming aspect, but whatever.

 

I don't understand what Tanki is doing now with these "Improvements" they make. Maybe it's to satisfy the majority of their community, maybe they don't want any complaints, or maybe it's for the income, whatever it is, I don't know. But what I do know is that they ARE getting complaints and it's sad. Tanki used to be my favorite game... now... I hardly even battle anymore. The mechanics are too broken. They give an emphasis on what they THINK is the best Hull/Gun combo in the game, and that's just absurd. They "tweak" or "nerf" things to the point people don't even use the stuff anymore... what's going on with this picture? It's like... giving a crayon to a baby and saying, "Make a masterpiece son!" And of course, the baby has no clue what YOU'RE trying to get him to do, so he scribbles a bunch of nonsense on the wall, then you wonder to yourself why he didn't do what you wanted him to do.

 

Come on... :mellow:

Edited December 11, 2014 by Dragon-Judgement

[KICK-ASSAULT 4]

COMPLETELY AGREE WITH OTHER MEMBERS ON SHAFT.THE LASER IS :POINTLESS! I INVESTED SO MUCH MONEY TO GET WHERE I AM , NOW IM  UNABLE TO USE IT. ITS FRUSTRATING,TO WAIT FOR YOUR SHOT AS SLOW AS SHAFT IS, AND THEN UNABLE TO MAKE IT BECAUSE YOUR TARGET KNOWS AND MOVES. IF ANYTHING WITH ALL THE DISADVANTAGES SHAFT HAS, I WOULD MAKE THE RELOAD FASTER,I CAN DEAL WITH SHAKE,WHICH IS ALSO DUMB. WHEN SHAFT RELOADS,IT SHOULD BE ONE TIME FOR THE BAR TO "MOVE UP" ,NOT WAIT TO GO UP AND THEN DOWN TO SHOOT. FEELS LIKE SIX SECONDS INSTEAD OF THE THREE IT SHOWS .

BRING BACK THE CRYSTALS. THIS HELPS AVOID CAMPERS. IT GIVES A BIT OF AN INCENTIVE TO MOVE OUT OF YOUR POSITION. NOW MOST JUST SURROUND THE FLAG AND STAY THERE FOR THE DURATION OF THE GAME. THE CRYSTALS MADE THEM COME OUT. EVEN AS A SHAFT USER I LEFT MY POSITION SOMETIMES TO GET CRYSTALS. AND WHEN WE ARE DOWN ON FUNDS MORE LIKELY TO GO GET THEM. IF PEOPLE DONT WANT POWERUPS OR DRUGGERS LIKE THEY SAY. THEN THATS THE WHOLE POINT OF PRO BATTLES ,RIGHT?

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TANKI EVOLVE A BIT MORE ON MAP INTERACTIONS. ABLE TO USE OBJECTS ON THE MAP TO BLOCK OR BLOW STUFF UP.SOME MAPS HAVE CRATES WE COULD USE THEM TO LETS SAY BLOW UP A BRIDGE WHO KNOWS MAKE IT FUN. BE ABLE TO BREAK DOWN WALLS,SHOOT THEM DOWN. THE NIGHT MAPS IS A NO BRAINER,SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO.

AND TEST YOUR IDEAS AND ASK MEMBERS WHAT THEY WANT, BEFORE SHOVING THINGS DOWN OUR THROATS AS IF WE DONT HAVE A CHOICE. THERE ARE OTHER TANK GAMES OUT THERE.

[VOSEE 8]

I am being attacked more now than before the laser. It was difficult enough because of slow reload and turret turning. But now the other team knows exactly where I am. Before laser, I moved around constantly on the map to avoid detection, but their are not enough hiding places. Now with the laser it is even more difficult, they are all over me like ants! I put all my crystals in my shaft and it took so long to get it. I don't know why they do this to me. It is difficult enough to rank up and earn crystals, coming up against tanks that are higher in rank. Take the laser off of the shaft or give me my crystals back, so I can get another turret. :angry:

[thanki_tanki 13]

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Edited December 13, 2014 by thanki_tanki

[i.am.boboiii 2]

I am a skilled shaft player. I suck the oxygen from the battlefield. I am the game changer. I aid in winning most games and leave asking for no thanks. I ruin and shutdown key players that try to dominate the battlefield and my key team players. I'm the shaft that hits you at the last second when making off with the flag or just before you plant it. I know my objective on the battlefield "not to just pop players off like most shafts". I cover my players when their attacked or when their running off with the other teams flag. I oversee my team and put myself in places where I am needed. I am a skill shaft player because I know my objective on the battlefield. The laser doesn't belong on the shaft period!!!

 

P.S. If your the type of player that has no idea what your objective is as a shaft and you just pops players off then your not a true shaft. 

High 5 Bro

ive benn playing for almost an year this game(on my main acc : boboiii (got banned for a week)) and i can count on my fingers the number of shafter that are doing same thimg as u and me.Shafting was already the hardest thing to do(at least at higher ranks)... and now thet needed to nerf Shaft??? DAMN!!!

Btw i love your comm.BIG LIKE FOR IT!!!(im a skilled shafter so if u want...plz friend my main acc)

[i.am.boboiii 2]

...number of shafters*...

[i.am.boboiii 2]

And this maked a Huge twist...now its extremly hard to use shaft in CTFs,TDMs...lets not talk about DMs...I recently used it in CPs(the worst place where u could use shaft before update)and it does really 

good...maybe thats because people are not interested so much in killing...more in capturing points(point*...i allways play cp only in Polygon)

[hubbabubbu 6]

we dont want  update .we want more gold box drop ..3000 instead of 1000  :rolleyes:  :rolleyes:  :rolleyes:  :rolleyes: 

 

 

 

How about more than one box at a time. Usually its the same tanks get the boxes by just pushing everyone out of they way,

[micro_tank_1 0]

I am only using shaft m0 but I had decided that shaft was the gun I was going to use from now on. This new update, in my opinion though, takes the skill out of the shaft meaning that anybody can use it however when we do, we now lose the reward of being quite undetectable. Does anyone else agree?

[DrDolittle 0]

I can't say I ever noticed Shaft being a particularly powerful weapon.  Maybe we should be able to vote for which turrent we think the developers should screw up next?

[HappyNding4U 8]

Shaft is now at a great disadvantage against other weapons

 

The shaft turret has always had distinct disadvantages which could be exploited.  Some of which are the:

1) slow reload time     2)  slow targeting rotation speed

 

With that said, shaft needs to shoot behind cover to remain undetected. The laser NOW provides the enemy a crystal clear target to shoot at.  The new combination of slow rotation speed and having a *tracking* laser  -  essentially turns  the shaft into a Hollywood type searchlight for all to see.

 

Shaft WAS a realistic long range *SNIPER* capable of both an offensive and defensive  support.  Shaft is now at a great disadvantage on the battlefield.

 

 

-->  Why is this relevant (to me)

I spent a great deal of crystals micro-upgrading Shaft

 

To be competitive in  Pro Battles with no-supplies it is imperative to MU.  MU's are expensive and cost prohibitive. The end result is essentially only being able to upgrade a single weapon and tank.  

 

I wasted a lot of cash on a weapon that does not perform as advertised

 

 

 

In short, I'm disgusted with tanki.  Look above at how much money I spent on shaft.  I urge tanki to do the right thing and correct this blunder.

Edited December 12, 2014 by HappyNding4U

[dragoneeter 7]

Wow

 

Tanki slow down with the update's

 

 

Love em them night mode's good work

 

But I have to use m2 shaft to see if you updated it good.. But Sadly I was very good with the shake.. As you can see here

 

 

 

It takes the skill out of shaft :(

 

But I like the night modes :D

please!!!! ive made plenty of those shots before. those are easy as pie an i do those all the time. try shots from one corner of skysrapers to the other. between multiple buildings. with full power (terrible wobbling), etc. etc. 

[dragoneeter 7]

I absolutely hate the new laser on shaft. I cant use my maxed m1 now. this is a shame, because i use it 80% of the time. please remove the laser from the game.

Sincely,

    shafts everywhere

[dragoneeter 7]

Love this post!

I've been playing tanki only since june of this year, but I'm a "sniper" player since Quake Team Fortress (1996), and what you wrote is the ESSENCE of sniping  :ph34r:

TRUE DAT MY HOMIE!!!!

lol i do the exact same with flag bearers :P pisses people off so much.

[dragoneeter 7]

bring back the wobble as well. it gives new shafters a trial by fire, and makes shaft users to actually have some skill. but now, noobs can shoot almost as well as a proffesional (like me :P )

[creeperskelly 1,281]

The lack of wobble should be something earned by upgrading. At top levels the shaft should not wobble, but, at lower ranks should wobble more as a reflection of experience.

[i.am.boboiii 2]

The lack of wobble should be something earned by upgrading. At top levels the shaft should not wobble, but, at lower ranks should wobble more as a reflection of experience.

hm....Nice ideea...really... :D

[ubnice2me 0]

i feel like a cat chasing one of those lame  laser pointers, i agree the update to the shaft is pretty bad but i love the fact that others were complaining about the shaft's deathly ways, it  gives me a fuzzy feeling. on a positive note i was actually spending too much time playing this game but since the update i find myself spending less and less time playing tanki.                       spasibo tanki developers  :)