When you finally get the kit you always wanted!

[DeathIsImminent 153]

Was grinding my ass off to get to WO5 to buy this kit, but didn't make it in time. And now, it is back! It is probably the best M2 kit to get at my rank in all honesty. Some other kits may be more powerful until when you can get M3s, but Railgun is a powerful weapon either way. Anyone else has had similar aspirations as me? And any suggestions for the M3 kit I should go for? I should mention I have Twins and Viking both M1, so I don't think I would want to have either of those in the M3 kit I get.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

I paid $57 to get Raiden kit, but only because I needed to be able to compete with m3 and probably m4 players.

[AncientFire 1,894]

when i was a noob i never even thought of getting kits, now i realize how dumb i was...

i really really want justice (striker+hunter m3) unlocks at lieutenant general... only 3 ranks from mine right now and i only have 110k... rip me oh and the kit will disappear at marshal anyways so i'll really have to somehow grind crystals without getting xp 

 

but that kit is 445k and for a non buyer like me, i think i'll have to scrap that idea

 

i was thinking about getting shaft with rapid fire mode alteration but now its useless since the alt just got 30% nerf in sniping damage

 

so now i am stuck and have no idea what i am saving up for :/

[Kill_the_Propaganda2 684]

i was thinking about getting shaft with rapid fire mode alteration but now its useless since the alt just got 30% nerf in sniping damage

 

so now i am stuck and have no idea what i am saving up for :/

 

It's not useless. Why do you say it's useless?

[AncientFire 1,894]

It's not useless. Why do you say it's useless?

have u tried it with the recent nerf it got? if its still worth it then plz tell me

[Kill_the_Propaganda2 684]

have u tried it with the recent nerf it got? if its still worth it then plz tell me

Yes, it still has worth. The point of the alteration was to highlight Shaft's close-range effectiveness. I think you're looking a bit too deep into the nerf and with a bias as well. 

 

It does the same damage as Light Capacitors in sniping mode. The difference? Light Capacitors Shaft can get to that damage faster than RFM Shaft but would be less lethal in a 1 v 1 close-range fight. RFM Shaft gets to that sniping damage slower than Light Capacitors Shaft but it is very effective in a close-range fight. 

 

Why should RFM Shaft shut down anything (slight exaggeration) at close range and then stay on par with Stock Shaft at long range? Another thing RFM Shaft still has over Stock Shaft is the same thing Duplet has over Stock Hammer - the shot reload. M4 Hammer with double damage is able to kill all unprotected M4 hulls in two shots. Stock Hammer can do it in 1.8 seconds but Duplet can do it in 0.27 seconds. The shot reload is decreased by 85% meaning it can kill an unprotected hull 85% faster than a Stock Hammer. It has the element of surprise where you can't fight it if you didn't know where it was. POW POW. No time to stop your tank and turn around as a reaction. No time to pop a double armour and a repair kit to face the player. No time to look around before your inevitable death to see where particular enemies are and who else may be behind you. You're just dead, and you couldn't do anything about it. 

 

Rapid-Fire Mode Shaft has that over Stock Shaft. It's able to take down a medium hull 66% faster than Stock Shaft. It's able to take down a light hull 66% faster than Stock Shaft. It's able to take down a heavy hull 66% faster than Stock Shaft. If it's more effective than Stock Shaft at close range + it has a surprise factor that Stock Shaft lacks relative to it, why must it be on par with Shaft in long-range combat? 

 

And also, the popularity of alterations these days seems to be reflective of how useful it is - how powerful it is. I kept seeing players in the chat saying that RFM is the best alteration for Shaft before the nerf. I wonder why they didn't say Light Capacitors. I wonder why they didn't say Heavy Capacitors. 

[AncientFire 1,894]

 

thx