What are you looking for in future advancements...

[duby]

i would love to see a standardizing of all markers out there. same barrel threads, same feedneck threads, one allen wrench to take apart and adjust every marker on the market.

[Jackel411]

I would like to see cheap low end electros go away..


Its like giving a dodge viper to a first time driver. Most people dont know how to maintain them let alone use them in the right way. I spend 90% of my day as a field air tech up to my elbows in Ions that need things soldered on , or full cleaning or lubing or in some cases total and major over hauls.

Other than that...

Id like to see the tech come back into the game.. it used to be different tuning guns , Like cockers and mags, you can spend some time tweaking things and it would be a sweet gun.. now everything is just skill in a box to a degree.. half of the things dont work as they are said to or just over complicate things

Case in point..... bearing triggers, This can be achived by polishing the insides of triggers and all metal it contacts.. Ive done with with my timmy and it works great..

Other than that.... and this is my last one...

When did guns get so damned ugly? In my shopping for a new high end marker I couldnt find anything asetically pleasing to my eye.. DM6 looks like some space gun , PM6 same thing , private label shockers that are out now are just uggo and after seeing a Naughty Dogs in person my opinion dropped more , New timmys bleh.. I ended up going with an ego because the lines are plain enough for me not to get sick over the design

[SlartyBartFast]

I would like to see field improvments.

Field and store improvement will only happen once the wholesale and distributor side of the paintball busines gets its act together.

Then ,we might eventually see the pinnalce of improved service and fields, nationwide paintball field franchises.

Note that there are companies attempting to start this strategy.

[robnix]

soon as you say 'Admission is 10, and paint is 60 for 2000' they say 'Nevermind.'

I have a friend that goes skiing almost every weekend of the winter. He complains that paintball is too expensive, go figure. $500.00 for a decent ION setup plus, the $50.00 a day it costs to play is less than what he pays to ski through the winter.

[nate2k191]

production customization.

MAGS!

they range from pump to scenario to rec to tourney and everywhere in between - and they are quality products.

paintball's future... like most said, cheaper paint, better fields. There are plenty of guns to choose from.

propane... we can wait and see.

reball... i'd rather paintball.

[RogueFactor]

as far as i see it. paintball feilds them selves could vastly be improved

Agreed. Fields would need to make more money to do that. With everyone wanting lower prices, I dont see that happening without a vast increase in volume(more people playing).

Fields and shops are closing all the time.

I think Slarty hit the nail on the head--->

Field and store improvement will only happen once the wholesale and distributor side of the paintball busines gets its act together.

Then ,we might eventually see the pinnalce of improved service and fields, nationwide paintball field franchises.

Note that there are companies attempting to start this strategy.

[RogueFactor]

I have a friend that goes skiing almost every weekend of the winter. He complains that paintball is too expensive, go figure. $500.00 for a decent ION setup plus, the $50.00 a day it costs to play is less than what he pays to ski through the winter.

Yeah, but you dont get bonus-balled skiing

A bad day of pump play only cost $20. A bad of ramping play costs $100+. Makes it realy easy to quit playing ramp-style when having a bad day costs so much.

A bad day of skiing/snowboarding is still enjoyable. And if it isnt, at least you know when you show up what the conditions of the snow will be like. Not quite true at the field....crappy attitudes are always lurking

[robnix]

Yeah, but you dont get bonus-balled skiing

A bad day of pump play only cost $20. A bad of ramping play costs $100+. Makes it realy easy to quit playing ramp-style when having a bad day costs so much.

A bad day of skiing/snowboarding is still enjoyable. And if it isnt, at least you know when you show up what the conditions of the snow will be like. Not quite true at the field....crappy attitudes are always lurking

True, it's all how you play(ski), and the value you percieve in the activity. Dollar for dollar though, there's just not that much difference in actual cost.

[Troen]

personally, i'd like a flamethrower on my paintball marker, nothing fancy, just something to roast someone who bonus balled me

[Toll]

I'd like to see the price of paint drop and standardized threadings.


Maybe a marker that is infact the pinacle.

-Mechanical
-Easy to walk (15+ bps)
-Durable
-Light
-Can be fit with a 12gram adapater and a pump arm
-Efficient
-Runs on co2


Something that will never break, is quick enough to be a speedball marker if you wanted it to be and will fit your means/playstyle.

Why?

-If you are new to paintball you probably don't have the connections to get stuff cheap..so you have to rely on stores. Pick up an Ion/halo/tank package you're looking at 600$ Cdn and if something goes wrong, you have no idea how to fix it.

Co2 means you get plenty of shots, even if you're just getting your 9oz filled to go play in the woods with your buddies

Want to play pump? Doable
Want to lay paint down? Doable


Ofcourse, you can do all of this with an automag, so I think we may have a winner ^^

[hgp3fat]

Who knows what the future holds for the various forms of paintball play. The one thing I want to see is a general change in the players attitudes.

The players are the ambassadors of the game. Sadly alot of our ambassadors are punks, bullies, and bad sportsmen... and they attract the same.

I used to love NBA basketball, but over the past few years have lost all interest in it. Their ambassadors are to blame. I hope my new game doesn't join the NBA in my mind.

[jsdatjsd]

Unless some crazy propane disaster kills the movement.

Even propane has a life limit. Propane costs are going up, with gas. Not a consideration now, or even in 10 yeears. But in 20 years, where will the petrol industry be?


Also, I think there is an obvious place that paintball will go, and it will take time, but it will probably go there.

1) Body armor, thicker lexan, or whatever they use for the goggles (1/4" or more), and 600 fps shots. Fast enough to knock someone down, if they got hit with a short string.

2) Move away from spherical projectiles. You get less ammo since it has to be fed via a magazine rather than a hopper, but think of the distance inprovements.

600fps, body armor, oblong paintballs, ranges out to 500 feet.

Im there when that happens!

THen your anodizing can extend to your body armor.

ANyone for aluminium plate mail?

[Toll]

*searches for the picture of the guy in the Master Chief suit with a tippmann*

[jsdatjsd]

*searches for the picture of the guy in the Master Chief suit with a tippmann*

Yeah, but master chief has that yucky green ano.

I wwant gold pinstripes on hot pink!

[ttink]

I would like to see simpler markers on the whole. Granted, many markers are fairly simple today, but getting rid of electronics would help with alot of problems (this is jsut my experience though). A few companies putting out fast-firing mechs would be cool IMO.