How much can we really improve now?

[Will Wood]

Is it just more, or does it seem Paintball is coming to a platue pretty soon, if it isn't already on it? Any improvements are minor in new generations. Pretty much all the high end markers are going to perform the same. It all comes down to preferences.

So now isn't it all about who's got to size and weight. Which is pretty much the developements we've been seing.
So performance is basically topped off IMO, it's going to be harder to get any lighter. What's next for paintball?
Looks and Price is all I can say..
/Randomness.
Whatcha all think? Am I tottaly wrong and things are going to improve, or is the technology going nowhere (minus the possibility of changing over to electro instead of air)

[SlartyBartFast]

What more do we need?

When was the last time real sports changed the technology of their equipment?

[Carbon]

People need to change.

[Will Wood]

Not saying we need more Slarty, I would have said we could have stoped years ago..

I'm just saying really, where do think the next big innovations will be made in paintball I guess.

[dahoeb]

i agree homeland.
with the current technology we use, i don't know if we can physically be any better. maybe the "perfect" paintball, with perfect roundness and conformity. but as far as guns go, maybe more efficiency.

until some really crazy new technology is explored, i don't think it'll move too much from where we are right now.

[magman007]

What more do we need?

When was the last time real sports changed the technology of their equipment?

All the time. How about lacrosse? The off set head? more flexible golves? more protective and lighter helmets?

Hockey? new equipment, new sticks, etc etc that are leaps and bounds over their predecessors just 2 years ago.

how about football? pads? lighter, stronger, etc.

baseball? bats, they may be planks of wood, but they do change, cleats? gloves? yea.

[zorrotmm]

Technology has caught up to paintball. But I think that has created some different problems. The next step needs to be standardization of equipment and players. If we don't harness the technology, paintball is going to remain an extreme sport and will never be able to make its way into the maintstream.

[quik]

CARBON FIBER GUNS.

You heard it from me first folks.

[SCpoloRicker]

CARBON FIBER

OMGWTFBBQ!!1TWO!


/DMC?

[etjoyride]

double the amount of paintballs in a loader half the size, and even more shots from smaller tank

[deadbox101]

double the amount of paintballs in a loader half the size, and even more shots from smaller tank

Kinda like this? 10,000 shots per tank, and they look a hell of alot smaller.

http://www.pbreview.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=335935

[Richter]

[Teamslayer76]

Kinda like this? 10,000 shots per tank, and they look a hell of alot smaller.

http://www.pbreview.com/forums/showt...hreadid=335935

Wow, thats amazing. I look foward to this.

But as for advancing. We've beaten this subject..to death! We've reached a plateau in my opinion. But you gota think who needs to shoot 41bps? No one.

[onedude36]

Super light, durrable force feed loaders capable of at least 15.

Hip, Hip, Hazah

[Scott Hudnall]

Less expensive better quality paint.

And don't flame this post with the "well...back in the day I paid $125 a case blah blah blah"...I played then, too, and was a field owner selling it for less.

production costs vs. consumer costs for paint has been upside down for years.