which for my A-5

I really need to know soon because I can't wait to order my gun and get it.

i dont recommend the flatline unless you like dodgeable shots allowing your opponent to step to the side... a nice firepower upgrade is nice... i reccommend the e-grip

make em cry, not dance.

well if you get an egrip definately get a x chamber or reg otherwise it wont be all that fun

You Wont See Me wrote: HITMAN 4 HIRE wrote: i dont recommend the flatline unless you like dodgeable shots allowing your opponent to step to the side... a nice firepower upgrade is nice... i reccommend the e-grip make em cry, not dance. 280 Fps is still 280 fps shot through a flatline. What dont you get about that? A ball shot from a flatline actually maintains speed better than a ball shot from a normal barrel.

Because of the Magnus Effect from the flatline barrel, the ball will decellerate sloer as it travels towards its target- this can, adn has been mathematically proven. It only looks like its moving slowly becuase the lack of arc to the shot makes it look closer than it actually is- but I guarantee that the flatline shoots at exactly the same speed as another marker, and maintains its velocity just as well, if not better.

You Wont See Me wrote: HITMAN 4 HIRE wrote: i dont recommend the flatline unless you like dodgeable shots allowing your opponent to step to the side... a nice firepower upgrade is nice... i reccommend the e-grip make em cry, not dance. 280 Fps is still 280 fps shot through a flatline. What dont you get about that? A ball shot from a flatline actually maintains speed better than a ball shot from a normal barrel.

whoop de friken doo, if i can move to the side and not get shot, then the barrel is probably better used as a hocky stick than a barrel.  a ordinary barrel shoots faster, it has too... the arch in a flatline is putting a unneeded amount of friction on the ball unlike an average straight barrel... i don't need need physics too figure that out...

don't get me wrong, the flatline's range and accuracy are pretty good, but there isn't enough speed behind the ball... or whatever.  you'd do better with a straight barrel and an e-grip to send ropes of paintballs toward ur target.

You're an idiot. Why does the chrony say 280fps then?

A flatline shot does not go any slower. You can set the speed just like any barrel. It's a perception thing. Your brain is used to seeing paint arch a lot more at any given range than a flatline would cause. Thus, when a shot is fired form 100 feet away with no arc on it, your brain is tricked into thinking it's maybe 30 feet away or so, hence the seeming slowness. Having used my flatline to shoot a great number of players, I can tell you that it is no slower than anything else. Trying to say "I don't need physics" is just willfull ignorance. In fact, a flatline shot will be moving slightly FASTER at long range. A normal shot takes longer to reach the target because it must travel the distance of the arc, wheras a flatline goes in a direct line to the target. Thus, the flatline shot is in the air for less time, thus it has had less chance to decellerate- and so is moving faster than a normal shot. Or do you 'not need math' as well?

Yeah me and Brihard are going to get along just fine!

I just purchased an A5 and I purchased an Egrip seperately so if I didn't like it I could just switch back. The Egrip totally rocks. I have it set on Turbo so I can fire 1 shot at a time if I want to and on the opening break if I pull the trigger faster than 4 shots a second it fires on the pull and release giving me amazing firepower. Its the control (1 shot or rip) that makes me choose an Egrip over an RT. As for the flatline I had one on my 98C and yes it looks cool and shoots far but theres 2 big drawbacks for me. #1 when I shot people way downfield the ball usually bounced. #2 it's such a frickin hassle just to take off your barrel. I bought a Lapco Bigshot as recommended on this website and couldn't have been happier.