need help with a setup NOW!
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Topic: need help with a setup NOW!
Posted By: model98custom
Subject: need help with a setup NOW!
Date Posted: 07 September 2005 at 10:48pm
| i got some birthday money to spend and i want to get some new stuff for my custom proE. i already havea expansion chamber and a cp classic barrel. i like to snipe,give suppresion fire, and machinegun. im thinking about getting the apex barrel and a adjustable car stock. would that give a machine gun look? im thinking about the apex barrel because i can go from close range machine gunning to long range machinegunning to snipeing in 2 secounds. so what do yall think? |
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Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 07 September 2005 at 10:52pm
| I'd have to say no, just because theres not too much info out for it yet. Wait a few months and see if the hype is real. |
Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 07 September 2005 at 11:18pm
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im with him but if it performs like i think it does get it ------------- Gamertag: Kataklysm999 
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Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 07 September 2005 at 11:34pm
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Machinegunning? Anywho...Id invest in a new hopper before you get anything. |
Posted By: model98custom
Date Posted: 08 September 2005 at 12:05am
| i have a ricochet 2kx lcd hopper. |
Posted By: james_8997
Date Posted: 08 September 2005 at 8:26am
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here is a vid of the apex. this thing is not that great http://media.putfile.com/apexweb - http://media.putfile.com/apexweb ------------- 98custom, r/t drop forward j&j 12in. empire reloader 2 double trigger polished internals |
Posted By: model98custom
Date Posted: 08 September 2005 at 10:14am
| i've seen the video but if you look the guy puts it in super flatline mode and that is the least accurate so he made it look like a piece of junk. and he had crappy paint. |
Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 08 September 2005 at 10:40am
| yeah he wasnt that good. not that i could do any better but to make a video of a barrel at least be really really good. I mean. I would do worse if I did that. |
Posted By: Sargent Duck
Date Posted: 08 September 2005 at 10:53am
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There really isn't such a thing as machinegunning in paintballing, and
the term "sniper" just doesn't work. Anyways, concerning the APEX
barrel. Way to expnsive for what I saw. Sure, the ability to shoot
around bunkers is neat, but you could just snap shoot him (speedball),
or outflank them (woods). The flatline and super flatline effects had
horrible accuracy, and wouldn't be all that usefull. (Definetly not
usefull in speedball, and it's usefullness would be reduced in the
woods, as you'd be shooting through tree branches, shrubs, and other
stuff that would probably break a paintball). If you got birthday money to spend, get an HPA tank, and a Flatline (which isn't nearly as much) ------------- Ref: I want a nice clean game player: but it's paintball! |
Posted By: RedLion56
Date Posted: 08 September 2005 at 11:09am
get a flatline i used to have one and theyr'e great and have a lot more range and accuraccy . ------------- A5 12"Bigshot Pure energy 20ozCo2x2/AntiSyphon 32 degrees Black X_chamber Pen spring mod Polished Internals |
Posted By: model98custom
Date Posted: 08 September 2005 at 1:52pm
| my friend has the flatline and i was going to get the apex to have something different but with the same shooting abilities. and with the flatline i will constantly break balls because i shoot fast and supposibly the flatline doesnt do well with high rates of fire. |
Posted By: LordJovian
Date Posted: 08 September 2005 at 2:04pm
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If you want to get hit and eliminated every game you play because you're trying to change the Apex to do something cool, you might as well take the barrel off and spray paint randomly. The fact that you can change it is BAD. Example: Woodsball. You adjust your barrel to curve around a bunker and eliminate a player. Awesome. BUT, two of his buddies just found out where you where at. As you try to return fire, you realize your shots are CURVING AWAY. You hide behind your bunker, try an adjustment, pop out and start shooting. Your first three shots missed because you weren't sure where they were going, and by the time you realize you need to make another adjustment or move your gun, you're out. The Apex Barrel DESTROYS snap-shooting. Snap shooting is what the pros do, and it is suggested that many players learn how to do this. It basically means you know where the paint will go before you even shoot without aiming. You just know your gun well enough to quickly aim and shoot and hit your target. When you're constantly changing how your barrel shoots, it's next to impossible to do this. ------------- A-5 E-grip Chipley Custom Carbon Graphite 16" Evil Adapter(Spyder) 32 Deg New '03 XChamber Remote Line Gun Sling Sniper f/x Stock LPK 68/4500 HPA R-5 CP Reg JCS Duel Trigger |
Posted By: Geoduck
Date Posted: 08 September 2005 at 2:50pm
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Another gimmick. But maybe this barrel will make a new breed of
paintball campers (I don't want to say "snipers" but you'll act the
same way as a sniper, always trying to adjust your aim from a concealed
position.) Meh. ------------- Calling Bush dumb is like calling a headless man blind. 
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Posted By: SuzukiRider987
Date Posted: 08 September 2005 at 3:45pm
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It is NOT true that the Flatlines chops at high rates of fire. People just say this because they were using the wrond size paint and chopped(or bad paint). As long as you have the right paint the Flatline will shoot the same as any other barrel at high rates of fire. ------------- http://www.macdev.net - MacDev Militia http://www.alienpb.com - Alien - Because winning is more fun. |
Posted By: Rare-Faction
Date Posted: 08 September 2005 at 6:54pm
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I'd buy a motorized loader and an HPA tank, on the sole ideal that when
you upgrade/switch guns, you'll be able to carry those along
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Posted By: model98custom
Date Posted: 08 September 2005 at 6:57pm
| i already have a motorized hopper its a ricochet 2kx lcd hopper and i have a expansion chamber so i dont need hpa. i decided to get the apex and some other things ill post a pic in the marker gallery when i put it together. |
Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 08 September 2005 at 7:54pm
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don't get it. like LordJovian said, it can/will be a hassle. ------------- 
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