snipers that are not snipers anymore whit the new lazers

[lucky620 0]

should they ban or keep the laser????

[farrokhbulsara 0]

I completely agree. I have been using the shaft as soon as I could afford to buy one and have been using it ever since. However, I think it has now been ruined by the use of the laser. It takes away the whole objective of being a sniper: being hidden and covert. Now, it seems completely pointless in using the shaft due to it compromising your position.

[SuziJoen 2]

Hello Tanki-team,

You have made the game unplayable for those who have specialized in sniping. Our tanks are not the strongest but quick and because we need time to charge up we have moments that we cannot defend or run. We take that for granted because we use stealth. The laserbeam takes the stealth away and we end up being cannonfodder for all.

We cannot take on the heavy hitters this way (whilst they have no problem discarding us which is no fun as well I guess) and it has taken all the fun out of the game for me and i do not wish to and will not redevelop a new tank. I shall stop playing although it is with a heavy heart...

Please withdraw the laserbeam.

Sincerely, Jeroen Tirion

[Rad-Powered 1,694]

Keep the laser. Much more fun and dynamic. 

[PowerStrike1.1 270]

Keep the laser. Much more fun and dynamic. 

True, in real life there's a laser on snipers,but they should add a setting that disables laser and stable cross hair. So if you disable laser, you disable stable cross hair.

[DrPotatoes 2]

Yes, but, the whole point of the laser was because the unstable crosshairs weren't enough to keep the sniper in check, without the laser it is overpowered. I agree however that the laser is rather excessive, what could be done to improve this is to make the laser more transparent, with a colour that produces a lower signature.

[lun-a-tick 0]

I hate the laser, all the time and money I have spent finding hiding hiding places upgrading tank and transfering real life skills to this game are all wasted . Try making the laser visible only to the person it is aimed at as in real life , then it would be fair to both snipers and thier prey. I love this game but if you persist with the laser as is I will have to leave. 

[zxcvas12 13]

I agree with this because since the new "lazer" came out, everyone is using the gun "shaft" It's annoying to see them use it and aim directly at you, but it's funny to see them aiming with the lazer moving around. I really want the lazer off, It isn't a good idea for many tank players. It's only good for the "shafters" Please remove it.

[mikaalswa 0]

True, in real life there's a laser on snipers,but they should add a setting that disables laser and stable cross hair. So if you disable laser, you disable stable cross hair.

Do you really think that military snipers advertise their position to the enemy by using a laser sight? Laser sights are usually used on something like an assault rifle which does not usually have any other sighting method. The purpose of having a high powered scope is so that you can hide, preferably far away, and kill. Real snipers might use "red dot" scopes, but the red dot is internal to the scope and only visible to the one using the scope.

 

Snipers in real life use very large caliber rifles which are slow to fire but almost always kill in one shot, why should this game be different? Shaft is only a one hit kill on the lighter hulls anyway, the heavier hulls or upgraded lighter hulls can take more than one shot to kill. This is true of almost any other game which has snipers, as well.

 

The laser destroys the whole benefit of Shaft and now makes you a target to everyone. People with other turrets can still hide and snipe from long distances, but shaft glows for the whole playing field to see.

 

Yes, shaft is powerful, but it is also slow and has a narrowed field of vision when zoomed in. I think that it was more than fair the way it was because anyone who found your hiding spot would almost certainly kill you before you could kill them. Unless shaft is zoomed in, any other gun can beat it in a one on one fight and since shaft has the narrowed field of vision and cannot what is going on around them or move while zoomed, I think that is fair.

 

You have taken away the fun of the game for me and made it grossly unfair for snipers. Due to the slow zoom in and reload to perform another zoomed in shot, shaft was equal with the other weapons, now it is impossible to use the zoom function because everyone on the opposing team immediately targets any sniper who tries to use his or her scope.

 

Remove the laser, please!!!!!!!!!!!    I heartily agree with SuziJoen's sentiments; I have developed my tank around shaft and now that tank is ruined for me. I will not spend the time, or the money, to develop another tank. Why should I spend more time or real money to develop something that may be made useless in the next update?

[Thekillerpenguin 1,731]

I don't like the laser sight, but I can deal with it. I've still managed to do well (very well, I might say) in quite a few games with my Shaft, so it's not useless.

 

Some tips:

• If you're not ready to fire yet, point your laser sight somewhere other than where your enemy is. Make your target think you haven't seen them. When you want to fire, target them and fire as quickly as you can.
• Switch camping spots every few kills. A medium/light hull will be useful for this.
• Don't charge up unless you see an enemy.
• If you're zoomed in, but you don't want to give away your position, see if you can hide your laser sight by aiming at a thin prop in front of you, like the trees on the beach in Rio.
• Play in day mode. The laser sight is especially visible in night mode; everyone will be able to tell where you are. In the day mode, it's less obvious, and many players don't see it if you keep it as inconspicuous as possible.

[I_finger_my_dog 0]

I completely agree with Mikaalswa and Suzi, the shaft with the laser is completely useless and I will leave the game if it stays.

The whole point of the shaft is to make up for the huuuuge inferior characteristics of the turret (slow, reload time, low damage in battle mode) with a good ambush. Now, you will be discovered in a second and most certainly destroyed.

[GameBurn 1]

i hate laser update. this idea is very bad. please revision tanki!!!! i can't kill anymore :( no crystal & no XP :(

[LeIouch_Vi_Britannia 6,163]

I agree with this because since the new "lazer" came out, everyone is using the gun "shaft" It's annoying to see them use it and aim directly at you, but it's funny to see them aiming with the lazer moving around. I really want the lazer off, It isn't a good idea for many tank players. It's only good for the "shafters" Please remove it.

WTF? its most annoying for the snipers them selves :/

[gorubiglith 5]

Sniper playin, has lost any sense, 

sight traces are totally wrong way to play sniper,

and stabilized sight , it simply sucks

It was easier to simply ban snipers out of the game 

[DrPotatoes 2]

Yes, after giving several weapon related concepts some thought, it has come to my attention that the only reason any of these changes have been made is because the shaft is one of the only NOTICEABLE weapons because it is/was the main destroyer of tanks. This was annoying to other tankers. If the Shaft stands out more in seemingly op traits, shouldn't the other weapons change for the better as well? Of course, as soon as the laser is no longer present. For instance, the Twins should have a more unique characteristic other than literally nothing. The FIrebird, although it's effect is rather annoying, hardly anyone even cares about it. Same similarly can be said about the Freeze but slightly more people find that weapon annoying. Or the Thunder, splash damage, but that is typically not thought about to any but the user, it is passed off as simple lag as in the case of the Ricochet. And the Ricochet is fine the way it is: an annoyance that everyone hates but mysteriously tolerates, unlike the Shaft....

 

And for those of you who do not think the Railgun is good enough, it is completely, why do you think all the professionals use it? Yes it does have an aiming feature, just press and hold the E key.

 

My underlying point however is this: The rest of the guns need to have their special characteristics enhanced so that no matter which gun you choose, it will be equally annoying as the others are, but you will still be just as vulnerable as before. As it is, the guns will have to be amplified, because there is no way to degrade the Shaft that will keep the game in it's, same wonderful gaming experience. Thank you.

[Woody218 0]

I hate te laser sight. If it remains part of the game, I will stop playing.  It has turned the whole game into a bunch of sniping.

[jerronward 2]

the laser sight make it more difficult to remain hidden but it also can be used to make sure that you will hit the target: if the laser is on the tank you are targeting you know it will hit it. there are pros and cons. the laser sight is to visible maybe they should make it so that the olny thing that will show is a red dot on the target that is extreamly visible. it would allow the snipers to remain hidden and would alert the players that there is a sniper in the area