Prophecy Or Rotor?

[Shirow]

I'm a bigger fan of the prophecy, but to give Dye its due all of the Rotors I've seen with breaking issues have been set up to push paint as fast as they can. People have to figure out that slowing down the system is the best way to feed fragile paint. For some reason though, folks would rather drop test at 30bps and blend during the tourney than just run the hopper at its 20 bps settings...

Yeah, I figured this might be the case. I'm going to try running my Prophecy stock this weekend and see how it goes. Granted, I won't be plowing through paint fast since I'm still shooting my un-pneu'ed mag but at least I'll get to try it out before my Cheater gets here :)

[El Camino]

decisions, decisions

Wooooow, one thread I'm off the fence looking at Rotor, the next thread I've jumped the fence looking at Prophecy, now I'm back straddling the fence, but it looks like whichever way I go, I'll still end with a great loader. I think I'll wait till after Christmas and see if someone sells their gift (loader). Thanks everyone for your input!!

[Shirow]

Wooooow, one thread I'm off the fence looking at Rotor, the next thread I've jumped the fence looking at Prophecy, now I'm back straddling the fence, but it looks like whichever way I go, I'll still end with a great loader. I think I'll wait till after Christmas and see if someone sells their gift (loader). Thanks everyone for your input!!

I was in the exact same place as you, what really ended up pushing me was the price drop on Prophecy. I just can't see justifying the 50-60$ premium on the Rotor. Who knows what will happen over Christmas though. It looks like Dye's response is a free speedfeed with the Rotor which is nice if you want a speedfeed I guess..

[PBChappy]

have owned 3 rotors (all used) and love them only play woods ball but they work fine but i have never used a prophecy and would love to try one just to set them side by side and play

[Jaron]

Yes, I just don't like the fact that it's basically a free hanging plastic box on a wire.

You can remove the whole floor as well. As for a box hanging on a wire, if you orient the battery pack correctly, the chassis holds it pretty well. And the nose also locks the pack in place as well. As for full disassembly, yeah it's not the easiest, but really how often to you need to do a complete tear down?

[Shirow]

You can remove the whole floor as well. As for a box hanging on a wire, if you orient the battery pack correctly, the chassis holds it pretty well. And the nose also locks the pack in place as well. As for full disassembly, yeah it's not the easiest, but really how often to you need to do a complete tear down?

No disagreement here, I'd just prefer it wasn't a box on the end of a wire :)

[Jaron]

On the plus side the pack can be disconnected from the wire, unlike some harnesses.

[CatoRockwell]

If only the prophecy had some different looks. I really want a camo hopper. Anyone know if simon is planning on catering to us scenario/woodsballers? I hear great things about empire but everything they release is in flashy tourney colors

[Jaron]

You can get color accent back shells ( I just picked up some green ones, ) but that's about it so far. If I'm worried about camo while outside I just wrap it in a cover I made from a cheap camo T-shirt.

[manike]

No disagreement here, I'd just prefer it wasn't a box on the end of a wire :)

I always disconnect the wire snapcap before removing the battery box from the tray.

There will be some more looks coming shortly, I don't have a release date yet though.

Olive is definitely on the list.

We are working on some other very cool stuff for it too.

[Shirow]

On the plus side the pack can be disconnected from the wire, unlike some harnesses.

Yeah, I don't think it's going to be a big deal and I agree it's nice that it can be disconnected. It just feels.. I don't know. Flimsy, I guess. The rest of the loader feels so solid it just seemed like a bad design on that part.

I do like the loader overall though, especially for the price.

[CatoRockwell]

I always disconnect the wire snapcap before removing the battery box from the tray.

There will be some more looks coming shortly, I don't have a release date yet though.

Olive is definitely on the list.

We are working on some other very cool stuff for it too.

wow that's neat that you would take I interest in our discussion.

An olive drab body would be great! It would be even cooler if you did some camo especially multicam. I know that speedball is a very lucrative market, but there is a big
scenario/woodsballers market as well. I appreciate you letting me know about this. Keep me posted.

[Shirow]

Shot my Prophecy for the first time today, ~30f outside and it performed flawlessly. Really happy with it!

[Pump Scout]

In only vaguely related news, I picked up a 280 round nose for mine today while on a lengthy roadtrip. Looks a little comical, but not as much as past high-cap hoppers (VL3000 and Viagra Pinokio come to mind!).

[Shirow]

In only vaguely related news, I picked up a 280 round nose for mine today while on a lengthy roadtrip. Looks a little comical, but not as much as past high-cap hoppers (VL3000 and Viagra Pinokio come to mind!).

Yeah, both of the other nose cones look alright.. but they are both uglier than the 240 IMO.