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[WickedGrips]

No offense Badwolf.. I understand your question. I'm not trying to be difficult.


However... the question you asked is what makes you more effective. Equipment & upgrades dont make you more effective. If this was the case, our military could equip thousands of untrained folks and call them soldiers. No bootcamp or training needed.


I have upgrades that work well.... Good knee pad's for hitting the dirt when needed. Good radio's & throat mic's for communicating with your flankers & team members. Good, accurate barrels, and GOOD paint so I hit what I aim at. But.... woodscraft is the number one thing you are going to need to be truly "effective". This is what puts you into the position to use all that expensive equipment & upgrades to the best benefit.

The best barrel in the world wont save you from a country boy raised in the woods shooting a pump... if he see's you coming from half a field away.


What do I use?

CP backs and barrels... J&J barrels... (soon a flasc barrel) tuned to the paint as it sits that day (shooting a barrel back matched to the paint at its diameter that day.. it changes). Pinokio hoppers... remote line with 68/4500 tanks.... a good comfortable vest to carry enough air & paint to be effective. A high quality mask with thermal lenses. Burlap & netting to make decent camo for the hopper & mask to break up the outline. Good boots.

The best advice, apart from woodscraft? Save up and buy the best you can afford. Buy better paint, even if it is more expensive. You'll hit what you're aiming at... thus need to shoot less. Buying cheap paint is not saving you money... its just forcing you to shoot 2 to 3 times more balls to hit the same target.


Needless upgrades. No offense to anyone here... but... how many guys do you know who will spend $100 on tactical gear for their marker... then go to the store and buy the cheapest paint they can get?

You need to look at what YOUR goals are. Do you want to be a character playing a role in a scenario.. thus in need of expensive costume add ons? Do you want to be a "sniper".. using stealth and a few balls to make a kill? Do you want to be the coolest guy on the field? Or do you want to be the guy no one see's until its too late? Do you want to be the fast runner who runs & guns with no fear?

The equipment needs & upgrades for each of those "guys" is different. Which guy are you? figure that out, and spend accordingly.

[Maxcore]

i guess my best upgrade was mod my helmet..im using flex8 jt double lense goggles and after a while and washing it starts to fog. The best mod..im not sure if anyone has done it here yet, i included 2 mini fans with a 9vv battery and a switch. when ever it starts to fog..i just turn on my mini fan on my goggles!..

[Zuby]

Practice is the deadliest weapon of all time.

Its tried, tested and true.

[darkon]

My mask, my vest, and my bt-4 with the SRT

[CorBillionaire]

I got myself a q loader, its silent (no noisy paintballs shaking around in a hopper) you dont have to worry about batteries, theres nothing on top obstructing your view, and it feeds 33 balls a second. Not to mention i think it looks badass

[tiggytiger11]

sameagol26, on 19 March 2010 - 02:10 PM, said:

Its true man. I try to be quiet and sneaky. Obviously im not the best tho.  But i really hate it when ur about to shoot at someone and then you step on a crinkly leaf! Damn that makes me mad.

Talkies are the worst, last weekend i was surrounded, so i attempted to advance and someone called the friggin talkie channel i was on when i was trying to advance quietly. D'OH

[b-9ers]

Zuby, on 15 July 2010 - 05:10 PM, said:

Practice is the deadliest weapon of all time.

Its tried, tested and true.

Amen brother! But not only practice, but experience helps as well. Practicing behind the scenes is always helpful, but until you've had enough battle experience, practice just won't cut it.

[RavenC]

The "Paint-Nuke". Not finished yet. Just got to learn a bit more about nuclear fusion. But when it's done, I'm gonna call it WOPA - Bomb of Paintballing @$$holes.
It's going to end Worlds! Worlds I tell you!

[b-9ers]

RavenC, on 11 December 2010 - 03:53 PM, said:

The "Paint-Nuke". Not finished yet. Just got to learn a bit more about nuclear fusion. But when it's done, I'm gonna call it WOPA - Bomb of Paintballing @$holes.
It's going to end Worlds! Worlds I tell you!

Hope it's not like the nuke in COD.. ruins everything! haha

[RavenC]

b-9ers, on 11 December 2010 - 05:09 PM, said:

Hope it's not like the nuke in COD.. ruins everything! haha

It's not like that stinkin' nuke of CoD! It destroys worlds I told you!

[sameagol26]

Go Black Ops!!! Anywho, back on topic guys. Next to paint being my fav upgrade, a reliable hopper is next. I have used many shake and bake hoppers, electronic loaders too and I have found my favourite to be the dye rotor! Easy to clean, very battery efficient, fast, doesn't require programming, lightweight, like the colour kit option, never breaks, lasts forever (Pretty much!) and it can hold about 200 paintballs which is nice!!! So all in all Rotors are great and a good loader will be the key to success so that you dont chop or misfead paint. Its mainly only needed for electro markers although I sometimes see pump players using rotor's which I find funny

[M1GHTYDUFFMAN]

to many to choose from lol went with mask and e grip

[RavenC]

Yeah, when i get a rental marker, the first and only thing I truly miss is my RipClip. When I pull that damn trigger, I want to have a damn ball flying out of my barrel! Already screwed up soooo many beautifull kills by a lack of a ball.... 2nd choice is the mask, those rentals truly sucked. Fogged up in a matter of seconds.

[Savagelama]

The thing that has increased my killing power the most, hands down, is my Pinokio hopper. With that bad boy strapped onto my marker I become a walking machine gun nest. It feeds hella fast (feeds my Rail and Pm6 just fine), holds near 400 balls, and is light as hell. Slap a pod pack on and ur holding near enough paint on your person to shoot ur tank empty. Pinokios are a MUST for scenario players who don't spend a lot of time in the deadbox.

The upgrade that has had the second most profound affect on my game is padding. you have no idea how many shots these things deflect until you play a few games with one on. Bounce shirts boarder on unsportsmanlike honestly,  but hey whatever works IMO.

[Tomcat]

I was on a team that was to be their first sponsored scenario pro team.  Too many problems with the pinokios.  We didn't have luck with them and the inital material cracked too easily.  That's just one guys opinion though.