What happened to the 16bps industry cap?

[Kevmaster]

hell...at hte IAO in '99 the PB industry agreed to ban ALL modes(Burst, Turbo, FA) forever...you see how far that got I can name one company that went out and changed their markers to be semi only

[1stdeadeye]

AGD blew past this too!

My X-Mag came from the factory with a pre-set limit of 20 BPS.

[einhander619]

Full auto is useless anymore and I think that nowadays it is a sign of a gun manufacturer trying too hard. Just look at an electro spyder, all the firing modes are listed under "features." On high quality electros that will mostly be used in tourneys, there is usually a semi only board option (i.e. gz timmies.) I don't know about you guys, but using modes at my field is a sure sign that you are a noob or a poser. As for the bps cap, screw it. It's in AGD's best interest to market mags to the current paintball world as terrifyingly fast, non-chopping semiauto only guns.

[Blazingace]

You have to look at the rate of fire as a maximum. Even if you can pull faster than 16 the gun will only fire 16. I like the semi auto only guns, but I think that they should be set up to infinite rates of fire. Your skill on the trigger and discipline should dictate your rate. The issue was not full auto, but the rate cap.

[SHAZAM-AGD]

it all boils down to liability....the manufacturs will always get pinched in the end no matter how much insurance the have...

[Umbra Solis]

I agree with removing FA, but I strongly disagree with the cap. Why should players who have trained themselves to fire at insane rates be limited? And if they're going to put down a cap, they should stop advertising how fast a marker can fire without the cap! I find that to be quite tourturos. It's like saying "Your gun can fire at x bps, but you'll never get to see it."

[Blazingace]

Amen Umbra. The E-Mag with Emagnum board will shoot 30+. 1stDeadeye said his X-mag was capped at 20,but the rest of us are only 16. Remove the cap and eliminate full auto.

[Little Matt]

ok, question. I thought emags can shoot 20 bps. Atleast thats the way they are advertised. So theres a "cap" or limitation that keeps a person from shooting more than 16 bps? Can this be changed to higher your rate of fire in semi-auto? Or is the a permanent setting?

Later,

[cockermatt]

Originally posted by LaW
And what are the chances of someone being able to hold down 16bps at a constant rate? Yeah pretty slim.....

I beg to differ. :)

[1stdeadeye]

New Software

AGD V2.37 allows 20 BPS. I'll post a picture of mine tonight showing this.

[Dayspring]

Re: New Software

2.37? Is that the newest version for the X-Mags? I thought they were 2.1. Could be way wrong though.

Originally posted by 1stdeadeye
AGD V2.37 allows 20 BPS. I'll post a picture of mine tonight showing this.

[Kevmaster]

Originally posted by cockermatt


I beg to differ. :)

So you say that you know someone who can fire 32 shots in 2 seconds? An average of 16bps for 2 seconds?

[cockermatt]

How about...34 in one second.




Here is my personal best. 23, 1 second.

http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=174111&perpage=21&pagenumber=1

[1stdeadeye]

Re: Re: New Software

Originally posted by Dayspring
2.37? Is that the newest version for the X-Mags? I thought they were 2.1. Could be way wrong though.

My bad. It is version 2.21. I checked my X-Mag a few minutes ago. 20 BPS is the cap though!

[minimag187]

My ir3 has a 20bps cap also. So do the 03 LCD's.