Ego, Karnivor, Timmy

[magsRus]

Shocker!

[Xenocide]

I would go with the karni, but as a back up tinkerin gun :)

Really you should go with the ego based on your nees description. The one I messed with was easier to maintain, smaller, and lighter kick than the karni or the timmy.

fast, light, prety reliable. ego

[Evil1]

I have owned an alias for 1.5 years now and I have no plans on getting rid of it. Maintenance is a breeze. Problems are almost non existent. And the triggers on the newer style timmies can be set up great. I had a critical trigger on my alias, but sold it and went back to the stock. The triggers are flat out awesome on timmies and they are pretty efficient as well. I used to buy at least 1 new paintball gun per year(sometimes two) I would always buy the new things. I owned an angel in 97, quit until early 2001 and picked up an emag, had an imp in early 02, 2 shockers in 03(almost 3) and my alias in summer 04 and I have been playing with it ever since. I used to kind of be a gun whore, but I no longer have a reason to be.

[UTDragun]

fs7 is the only icd gun id buy, m6 proto would be a good choice, 06 speed would be a good choice. My personal experiances with timmys have been dissapointing. I cant comment on Vikings since ive never held or owned one, but I've heard good things about them. Ego would also be a good choice although it is a little more expensive compared to the others. What it all comes down to is personal preference. All of these guns are fast, light, reliable, and efficient. Reflective eyes are not bad like some play them up to be. Sure break beam is a surperior technology, but its not that much of an improvement. I can still shoot 25 bps in my karni with dark paint and not chop.

My personal line up would be

m6
fs7
06 speed
ego
karni
abomb

[phantomhitman]

If you have to choose between a karni and ego go with ego. If it looks like a cocker, shoots like a cocker, and smells like a cocker, then it breaks like a cocker.
I love my eblade, but I have to do a ritual dance and sacrifice a goat to make it work right all day. I am cursed with cockers though, so take my opinion with a truck load of salt.

[FSU_Paintball]

I'd forget the Karni off the bat, and that's coming from someone extremely knowledgeable with cockers.

Between the Ego and the Abomb, I like the Ego because I think they're made better... but I also love Abombs. And I've heard (because there's not many Egos around here) that Egos actually have problems... teammates have told me how they often see Egos working fine at the beginning of the day and then develop problems. The timmies I've seen on the alias/A-bomb platform have been much improved over the 2k2s in terms of reliability and ease of use.

Take your pick...

[HurleyHero67]

ok so now that being say it like a dead lock with a karny and a ego....if anyone can tilt the scale speak up

Judging from that post, it seems like you're just taking what people say as they're personal opinions, ie "I just don't like them, no particular reason" and going off that. Don't rule out a timmy just because some guy told you over the internet he didn't like how they shot.

Cockers are dead. Forget the karni.

Go to a proshop. Shoot the timmy. Shoot the ego. Decide. Period.

[arrudaisking]

well i own a karni and i have to say its light, fast, and extreemly efficient. i have no complaints becides the stock reg is a piece of crap i colapesed the spring in it in like 3 weeks of moderate play. But as soon as i put the gladi on it i havnt had a problem since. I say go for the karni, not to mention they come with a kanor.

[FallNAngel]

If I had to keep them stock, I'd actually get the ABomb (and I'm not a fan of Intimidators). The only reason I'd do so is I hate having to deal with opto switches and Planet Eclipses odd filters. If getting a new board were an option, I'd get the Ego and drop in a new board.

[professor_chaos]

I can only speak from experience about the karni but mine was fast, very effiecent, and reliable. With cockers once you get them set up right just leave them alone dont do any tinkering or you will be kicking yourself later. As far as the eyes go, no, reflective are not the best but they worked good for me. If I'm not mistaken the new karni boards (zero b) are compatible with break beam eyes. With that being said I just traded my karni for my buddies dm4 with alot of ups and like the dm4 more. Just my 2 cents.