how much paint per game?

[warbeak2099]

a single trigger pnuemag

Pure, unadulterated win.

[punkncat]

I won't even get into how much I use for tourney play and practice....

A few weekends ago I took my cocker to play rec ball. I used less than 250 balls all day long.

[Hilltop Customs]

I won't even get into how much I use for tourney play and practice....

A few weekends ago I took my cocker to play rec ball. I used less than 250 balls all day long.

how much for tourney play and practice?

rec ball doesnt seem anywhere as demanding on the shots per game as tourney ball. Makes me wonder if a lower capacity hopper would be more acceptable for rec/woods ball.

[maniacmechanic]

woodsball & normally a hopper per game , rarely carry pods mostly Semi

Played today , 6 games of elim. in the woods , used less than a bag , E Mag on full auto , 15 BPS ( playing against ramping Egos , not just the markers ) , the thing about a Mag is you can hit what your shooting at

[Watcher]

I am trigger happy... I can shoot a lot if I want to. I've had times where I've shot a case in only a couple hours of play with a mech, single-trigger 98.

That being said, I try to limit myself most of the time. I keep up the rof when I play speedball and X-ball with people who are ramping, but for the most part I limit it to a hopper a game of speedball and I usually don't outshoot that.
It all depends on the game though: how many vs how many, where the game sides, what the others are shooting.

I usually carry 4 pods on me as backup, but not more for a usual game where I might pod up once every 2 games or so. If I get in a standoff though I am prepared and willing to trade paint.

For big-games I run 6-8 pods and that's just so I can play for longer without having to re-equip.

Shooting all mechs: A Tippmann 98 Custom, delta 68 pistol, Automag RT, and a PMI Trracer pump.
Using the 98 I can survive all day on under 1000 rounds. The delta I rarely use, with the 'Mag I can shred through cases like an Ego on full auto but I hold back. Usually I'll use a whole case in a full day.

Playing pump, I can go through under 500 a whole day. I can jam 10rnd tubes in the feedneck and run "ghetto" stock class. That's a total $$ saver But I usually just play open-class pump.

Sometimes I run with a Tac-Cap of 50 rounds on my 98 and 2 50rnd pods for games if I want to play pump style but want to have some extra firepower as well.
In that case I may use less than 50 balls a decent woods game or a game in a scenario village or whatever.

I own an ION but I rarely use it and when I do semi is all I use. The only electro I've used regularly was a Piranha STS E-Force 2k3 with a shake-and-shoot and later a revy.
With the shake-and-shoot I'd hit about 3/4 of a hopper in a hard speeball game and with the revvy I'd hit a full hopper plus change. I was very trigger happy with the piranha though because it was my first electro
The Piranha was problematic though so it was short lived and I traded it for the ION.
The ION I just don't like...

Again, it all really depends on my mood, what others are shooting, and how the games are going. I try not to outshoot my hopper in a usual speedball/woodsball/scenario-map but I always have spare to reload and unload, and all bets are off concerning big-games, scenarios, and hard core speedball/x-ball games.

How I've trained myself to shoot, now the only electro I'd go for would be an e-mag so no worries about unloading a case in 2 games there. Not that the e-mag couldn't but with mech and hybrid it can go into "paint-saver" mode...

Accuracy over firepower any day, though I will admit firepower has it's place.

[punkncat]

how much for tourney play and practice?

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Practice I go through just about a case an hour. Last practice I used up 1500 rounds in three scrimmages.

Normally for a tourney I will use 500+ balls a game. A lot of that has to do with whether it is us or them getting rolled. This last tourney I only used two hoppers worth in one game, every other was less than a hopper. We got our butts kicked.....

[bryceeden]

I use about 500 balls a day in most rec ball since I usually play pump. Usually about 1000 a day if I'm using a semi. Occassionally I shoot a full case but thats pretty rare anymore.


In a tourney I shoot usually 500-750 balls per game.

Scenarios I shoot alot.

[chafnerjr]

I've been playing more scenarios lately with my fresh pneumag so I used a case and a half on Saturday at fox 4. However, for most rec ball I'd use a case a day at my normal field. We tend to get in a lot more games than most other fields to be fair. During games I generally don't have to break into my pod pack unless things get nasty then I start to light it up. It's nice to know that when I get pinned and surrounded by high ROF electro's (A5's don't count) I've got the fire power to pull myself out of a hole. Then again I've had rec days with nothing but newbies and used only a hopper full for 4 or 5 games. So it all depends.

As for cash wise? I try never to exceed a case per/day unless it's a scenario... then things change a little bit. So many targets and so little time