SHAFT - (New Design is a Disaster ...)

[SueMe 0]

There is no challenge left in avoiding them. You might as well have put inbuilt lasers on the field. Tankers can now easily locate shafters leaving them completely defenseless. They were pretty defenseless to start with..
I have spent a lot on upgrading my shaft (M1 currently), but now I rarely use it. Please make some changes asap! Maybe you can just have a dot at the place where the shaft is pointing instead of a whole beam.
 
I want to add that earlier, using the shaft had a certain challenge to it. When tanks took cover leaving a very little portion of the tank visible it used to be a matter of skill to be able to hit the enemy with no intersection point of the cross hairs or any dot  in the shafter's view to help him take the shot in a not-so-stable view of the enemy.. I used to be a PROUD SHAFTER. But now, it is easy... especially with no shaking.. you just have to press down space and use the arrow keys to bring the dot on the enemy and let go; as simple as that. 
 

Players were supposed to look at where the enemy shaft is pointed before making a move. Now it is too easy. 
Moreover, often there is a lag while playing the game. The laser beam stays at one place while the shaft continues to turn. This is very misleading and confusing. It can also be very frustrating for a meticulous player who observes all shafters but still gets destroyed. Please do take this seriously. 

[the_blue 25]

I still get shaft kills fine, I usually move my laser so it hits something that none can see (a nearby wall, or something) but i can still see the enemy. once my shaft is at full power, i move my crosshairs over a little and kill him. 

[SueMe 0]

That's what I do too.. but if you get someone that.way, next he'll know and he'll come at you from a different direction and you'll be staring at a wall. You snipe as see what else is going on in the game. You cannot you deny the old one was better. Also, the new feature restricts the role of shafters to tanks that stay at a distance and fire. It drastically reduces the shafters chances of getting the flag. You cannot go into enemy territory and subtle take out the troublsome tanks and then take the flag, get into cover, sit still focusing on a corner waiting for the tank chasing you to show up, after which you blow him up and proceed. Because you're ready for him and the has no idea you stopped somewhere only to shoot him. As for the other point I made regarding he ease of aiming, dont you concurr?

[eclipse1149 1]

well..i also agree to SueMe

Shafters played a very important role in the flag capturing games..

now there is no challenge left for the other tankers

im NOT a shafter ..im a rico/thunder guy ..now b4 going to take d flag , i just equip my DOUBLE POWER powerup and i can easily take on the snipers with dat..the gud old shaft was way better..the quality of the game has deteriorated since the introduction of the new shaft . obviously majority wud say dat d new shaft is better bcuz it has become easier for the ppl to capture flags since the introduction of the new shaft. well now the tankers can easily locate the shafter bcuz of their lasers even if they are aiming at something/someone else .

SNIPERS should remain stealth and there is no point of playing the game with snipers if they can be located that easily

[Thekillerpenguin 1,731]

I'm still using my (M1) Shaft very effectively against M2s. I don't really like the laser sight update, but Shaft's far from useless at the moment.

 

I use a combination of hiding my laser sight as much as possible, good camouflage, and using a medium hull so I can switch positions often. I can still rack up impressive scores and D/Ls with the current Shaft.

[XXgamercool_TURBO 14]

Shaft was not hugely nerfed, all it did was help newbies see where shafts are and cause lag. But.. this shake thing is really anoying. i had to sit in one spot for a long time until somebody killed the shaft who was pointing in front of me

[LeIouch_Vi_Britannia 6,163]

I still get shaft kills fine, I usually move my laser so it hits something that none can see (a nearby wall, or something) but i can still see the enemy. once my shaft is at full power, i move my crosshairs over a little and kill him. 

you know,shaft aint made to be used in ping-pong, but see this!

just take the laser easy and be fine!

 

ive noticed that people dont even "see"my laser

meaning they dont come to me even after dying 2492748 times :)

[Cor7y 13,862]

I suggest Tanki give us a refund on shaft

[eclipse1149 1]

well...evryone does the same thing.."hiding the laser sight as much as possible". But dat is not as comfortable as the previous shaft..so we want the tanki developers to bring bck the previous shaft :D