[NWcityguy2]

I've been looking around at different markers/hoppers and reading about electronic markers and something that keeps comming up is the bps count. Initially I would of thought of 5-6 bps as being more than fast enough, but then looking around I keep seeing different setups giving 14+ etc.

Is this mainly just for suppresive fire, or are there other good uses for having a higher count? Also is this mainly for burst or rock-n-roll mode, or do people actually get a use out of it on semi?

Adam

[spydershutter68]

Originally Posted by NWcityguy2

I've been looking around at different markers/hoppers and reading about electronic markers and something that keeps comming up is the bps count. Initially I would of thought of 5-6 bps as being more than fast enough, but then looking around I keep seeing different setups giving 14+ etc.

Is this mainly just for suppresive fire, or are there other good uses for having a higher count? Also is this mainly for burst or rock-n-roll mode, or do people actually get a use out of it on semi?

Adam

yeah bps are very important i have to get a new trigger because my gun is not shooting fast enough for me. It is important because if u are shooting at someone and he is shooting 14 bps and your shooting 5 there is a chance that if u miss all of thoses shots your toast but if u have 14 and he has 5 see the advantage. But it if mainly for suppressive fire.

[Alpha]

If your shooting 10bps, your balls are about 30 feet apart. Shoot 20 bps and your balls are 15 feet apart, MUCH harder to smapshoot through.

You only need a fast amrker if youre playing speedball. In the woods it doesn't really matter.

[SunTzu]

easier to sweetspot too.
fire a lane at 15 bps and the runner won't get trough as opposed to 5

[FOXTROT]

bps are only important in what kind of syle of game your in if you plays woodsball mainly then bps dont really matter. you play speedball bps comes into play very often. inn speedball you need bps to keep a player pinned down and to be able to play your lanes well.

[dhill0413]

bps helps in different situations. and when you are snap shooting its nice to have a mouseclick pull and pull off an extra shot or 2 when snapping.

[Cocker16]

bps is as important as your fingers what ever that means.

Its important if u have crappy aiming 100bps and a blind person can hit you. sarcasm.

Its also good for bloating and making yourself feel better whens some1 with a better gun can only get so many and u do twice fold what they do.

[MP11]

Rate of fire isn't extremely important as of now, because some tournament leagues have rules that you cannot exceed 15BPS.

Also, you will notice a suprising amount of people play stock class (pump). People find playing stock class to improve your skill. You put yourself against the odds and work with what you got, and once you got a nice marker in your hands you feel unstoppable. It is like when basketball players shoot hoops with medicine balls, and then when they pick up a basketball they feel as if they can shoot a basket from half court.

It has also been proven that even an Olympic gold metal trackstar could not run through a constant string of 12BPS, making that the high rate of fires back players put out to lane people is mostly overkill.

The average pair of fingers will get around 16-17BPS (with paint), 90% of the people who tell you they got 18+BPS with no bouncing or without ramping are lieing.

So now you are wondering why people pay for hoppers that can feed 20+BPS. They do this because of reinsurrance. The insurrance that they have a paintball ready to fire when needed is what they pay for. These fast hoppers also elimanate the need for eyes, which can be expensive to buy.

Also, Timmies cannot do 18+BPS with paint. This has been proven on the Nation not long ago. Yet you still see many players using Timmies. Even though many of them do not know that fact, the ones that do do not care about rate of fire, or else they would of picked up a faster marker.

So, a high rate of fire can be helpful in some situations, but not as in as many as people might believe.

-Mike

[100%Wooddog]

nicely put mike, why must it be explained more

[NWcityguy2]

That more than answers my question, thanks guys.

Adam