How much can we really improve now?

[68magOwner]

guns will always get lighter/smaller, improvements will come in reliability, consistency, and efficency next. Im shure someone will make other nifty features when all that is tanke care of. Saying markers have hit a plateau is like saying that a new computer cant be improved on. I think new developments in loaders and air systems or other propellants are comming up too (i know that there is new kind of tank comeing from korea or something that is suppossed to be 1lb lighter than any current tank (68/45 to 68/45 comparison)).

[AKBAR]

a marker that teleports shots behind whatever cover the other guy is crouching behind.

No, better yet, AGD making another gun. And seriously, players and refs both need improving. You hear too many stories of wipes or players going bezerk for getting hit. Reality check time. Definately have to agree, refs need to start enforcing the rules more. A more friendly environment for the newbies would help pball to go more mainstream than it already is. Also, the next evolution: price drops on paint. And AGD making another gun...hint hint Tom...

[behemoth]

What do we need?

Well, the US patent office wanted to close in 1900 because "Everything that can possibly be invented, has been invented"

-- We dont know it now, but something will come along, and we'll wonder how we ever lived without it.

[Jazkal]

a marker that teleports shots behind whatever cover the other guy is crouching behind.

Thats here already, well almost. It's called the Apex Barrel, and it isn't Hype. This barrel will change the way paintball is played.

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Unless they ban it outright, people are really afraid of change. I hear it in arguments all the time, paintball needs to evolve, get with the program, RAMPING is where paintball is headed. etc

Personally, I don't use ramping, never will. But the Apex, I own one and love it. Better start either planning how to deal with it on the field, or whine to the Tourney leaders to ban it.
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[AKBAR]

Oh, and I just had some more deep thoughts...smaller paintballs.

Now, I'm not just talking about a few mm smaller, I'm talking like making them much smaller, perhaps half or a 3/4 of what they are now. You could shoot them further, pack more in your hopper, pods, etc. It would also be nice to double what you bought in the past...2000 balls for 40-80 bucks, now boxed 4000 for the same price. Though there is just something about the size of paintballs that is impressive, I'm sure if you raised the fps of guns the smaller ones would hurt just the same or even worse, but they could become dangerous at very high speeds...

[Skoad]

color lcd screens and mp3 players in grips w/ headphone jack

[NewMagMan21]

Honestly Guns have hit somewhat of a plateau...I mean I cant see (not that there wont be) any major advances in gun development I mean all the basics that everyones listed, efficiency, consistency, weight ...and all that stuff. So I think that as opposed to only thinking on guns I think technology should be more focused on feild/ sport development. I think we need to turn this sport more mainstream (more than it is) by:

-Putting paintball on tv more often (people wont cheat as much if they world is watching them)
-Harsher punishments (in any other sport you get in a fight you're suspended, and maybe in this worse cases losing a tourney)
-Electronically monitered paintball guns (Helps regulate gun cheats velocity, bps ect.)
-Commercials and advertisement for games/ products (more the merrier right?)
-Apply ninjas as refs
-Overall regulation of tempers, and cheating just everthing that makes other sports like baseball, football, soccer ect. the commonly watched sports that we all know and love...

[kman]

Yea things have leveled off. The industry is still in its infancy though.

[VFX_Fenix]

Lexan is your friend, someothing like this is already around, they wear them in basketball.

[ultralight]

Lexan is your friend, someothing like this is already around, they wear them in basketball.

they already used something similar on a British TV show called X-fire.

the players and actors had full head helmets with one-piece wrap around lexan face shields.

really nice stuff. a company could just make it more compact and ventilate it properly i think it could be a good thing.

ok, so they aren't as nice as i remebered but i still think they have potential.

here's the link, there are various pictures of it on the site, on the bottom of the first page, and the first pic in the "x-fire photos" section.

[TheTramp]

Someone mentioned it briefly already but I think that the tankless gun Manike premeired a while ago could be the start of something big. If they can improve that tech to the point that it could shoot 15bps and have a battery that lasted all day or even half a day then I'd jump all over it.

[deadbox101]

I dont want electronic guns because then it reminds me too much of playing airsoft. A tank is another way to customize your gun. And besides you will still need a stock in place of the tank.


But fully electric guns wont be around for awhile because batteries have leveled off.

[SpitFire1299]

I say people drops down to pump guns, and guns that are single trigger.. if the "platue" is seen by those with the $1,500 setups.

[Gatorade]

-Apply ninjas as refs

I am a ninja ref ... (OK, I'm not really a ninja, but I like to pretend sometimes)

[kman]

I agree with this for fields. In addition I would like to see the sport become more mainstream with alot more people and big outside sponsors. We are now on TV, so hopefully more and more people than ever will get into the sport. Technology now is pretty advanced, so i would just like to see the sport itself explode.