RT for a backplayer

[PEIJoker]

Hey Everybody,
I am looking for some info concerning using a RT mag and playing back. Is a RT mag a good choice for someone who is playing back/mid? If I was to get an RT mag what sort of upgrades should I put on it? Any advice would be great.

Thanks

[teufelhunden]

No. Not for a tourney-bound backman. Too slow.

[Flow_Tech]

i would say yes,i played back with my RT..never had a problem,and i was never really outgunned,i could hold about 13 on my RT without super bounce.

[Syx80]

On mine I can shoot about 16 bps with RT. Level 10 upgrade bolt, good reg., good barrel like a freak or evil pipe, and drop forward and a body. And make sure you at least an egg or halo depending on who does the RT.

[Syx80]

Or you can go with eathier Bob long, Cocker( make sure that you either have tweeked trigger or Eblade), or Shocker or matrix or dm4

[Flow_Tech]

On mine I can shoot about 16 bps with RT. Level 10 upgrade bolt, good reg., good barrel like a freak or evil pipe, and drop forward and a body. And make sure you at least an egg or halo depending on who does the RT.

your not suppose to/shouldnt put a reg on a mag,it starves the valve,and not all people like drop forwards,and all RT triggers do the same thing,it does not matter who sets them up,unless you mess with the sear pin,which i would highly reccomend NOT doing.

[Creative Mayhem]

No. Not for a tourney-bound backman. Too slow.

Not entirely true... If you are a good snapshooter, and have a decent ROF, you can use ant RT for back no problem. I love how everyone thinks you need to shoot 50bps in order to play back. I'm not going to say that a high ROF is bad but, all you need to do is place your shots where needed.

This past year at IAO my team played in the Owner's Group Div and I am back/mid, my xmag battery decided to drain itself somehow, and left me hanging with no power, so I played in manual all day and got a fair number of elims. Now, would a higher ROF helped? Sure it would, but its not the end all be all.

[skipdogg]

I play the majority of back position in local tourny's with a stock RT pro plus a Z-Grip. I have never had a problem or felt outgunned. National tourny's may be a different story, but I play against all types of electros.

[PEIJoker]

All good points and I am leaning towards to RT. I would definately want the Lvl 10 and a ULT, probaly the ULE also so I could use cocker barrels. I played back/mid last season with a vision impulse and the only time I would shoot a string of paint was off the break anyway. then I would mostly snap shoot from my bunker. any other opinons are more then welcome, and thanks for all the quick replies.

[teufelhunden]

Not entirely true... If you are a good snapshooter, and have a decent ROF, you can use ant RT for back no problem. I love how everyone thinks you need to shoot 50bps in order to play back. I'm not going to say that a high ROF is bad but, all you need to do is place your shots where needed.

This past year at IAO my team played in the Owner's Group Div and I am back/mid, my xmag battery decided to drain itself somehow, and left me hanging with no power, so I played in manual all day and got a fair number of elims. Now, would a higher ROF helped? Sure it would, but its not the end all be all.

Unless paintball is rediculously different outside of the East Coast [we'll forget DVDs and such..], backmen aren't doing too much snapping. As a backman myself, I lane.. and lane.. and lane. Elims don't mean anything to me, that's not my job. My job is to suppress the other team so I can tell my fronts where/who to shoot, and let them put paint on bodies.

[teufelhunden]

On mine I can shoot about 16 bps with RT. Level 10 upgrade bolt, good reg., good barrel like a freak or evil pipe, and drop forward and a body. And make sure you at least an egg or halo depending on who does the RT.

Chances are, you're not legally doing 16. Reg, barrel, drop forward [I won't even comment here..], body.. none of those affect your ROF at all.

And before you come back and say "YEAH I DO 16 BPS ON MY RT ALL THE TIME NO BOUNCE OR NOTHING," I say "prove it."

[Automaggot68]

Chances are, you're not legally doing 16. Reg, barrel, drop forward [I won't even comment here..], body.. none of those affect your ROF at all.

And before you come back and say "YEAH I DO 16 BPS ON MY RT ALL THE TIME NO BOUNCE OR NOTHING," I say "prove it."

Yeah, I ws thinking the same thing.

Speaking of...Which reg do you use..I've been having FSDO problems, and shootodown issues....

[Chronobreak]

i used my rt as well as aclassic rt for a backman gun.

laying paint is fun and all but some of us dont have $ to do that. so we use what skills we have to place good shots where they should be.

if my backman cant get anyone out roisnt trying to i DONT want him as my backman

we all ahve diff ways of playing and an rt mag is easily capabale of ahnging with w/e is out there. albeit(spl) its not as fast a as timmy or dm4

[Carbon Blue]

Not entirely true... If you are a good snapshooter, and have a decent ROF, you can use ant RT for back no problem. I love how everyone thinks you need to shoot 50bps in order to play back. I'm not going to say that a high ROF is bad but, all you need to do is place your shots where needed.

This past year at IAO my team played in the Owner's Group Div and I am back/mid, my xmag battery decided to drain itself somehow, and left me hanging with no power, so I played in manual all day and got a fair number of elims. Now, would a higher ROF helped? Sure it would, but its not the end all be all.

what he said.

[FSU_Paintball]

I would get an electro. Using an RT gives you no advantage, and in fact puts you at a bit of a disadvantage, considering everyone in the tourney world shoots an electro these days. And speed is especially important for a back player.