The "unpractical" Emag

[Steelrat]

The trick is never let your 9 volt run down to that point where it might go belly-up in the middle of a game.

And its not like the emag is immune from breakdowns. The majority of marker failures I see on the field are mechanical in nature, not electronic. Electronics tend to be one of the most stable and reliable parts of the marker, unless you get water in it or something.

[Evil Bob]

I've had my emag battery die on me... in game. Switched to manual, continued playing.

It only has to happen to you once to appreciate the manual mode. Nothing more embarrassing then walking off the field with a dead marker knowing full well that you could have made a difference HAD you been able to shoot.

Both my Angel LED's failed on the field...
Both my Angel LCD's failed on the field...
My Emag failed on the fild... until I switched to manual.

When my Angels died an untimely death, it usually involved a trip back to the factory. The LED's were really prone to static discharge damage and both were sent in several times. I also had a few battery failures with them, NiCads have serious memory problems. The LCD's I owned, one had the similar static problem and was repeatedly in the shop, the other was fairly reliable most of the time. When they failed on the field, I would switch to capt mode or run decoy on a bunker run, get the guy to shoot at me instead of my teammate who could still shoot. With my Emag, I was down for the mere 10 seconds it took me to realize my battery was toast and switch over to manual, I was still able to shoot, that's something that you cannot do with any other electro.

How many people have had their cell phone batteries die on them when they appeared to be fully charged? Pagers? Laptops? BoomBoxes? That's life with batteries, they will fail eventually, it's just a matter of time.

Manual mode is like an insurance policy, 99% of the users wont ever need it, but that 1% is sure damn happy it's an option when the inevitable happens and they're out of power.

-Evil Bob

[JT2002]

ditto ^^^^^

[Meph]

Originally posted by Star_Base_CGI
AGD doesnt care about making cheap guns. If they wanted to make them cheap theyed have them milled in CHina.

Way to misunderstand!


Not cheap quality. Cheaper price.