I have to completely agree with you there, I had a go at my teammate's Axe(mine now ) at the YPC walkon, found it way more efficient on air compare to the ego, shoot smoother and suprisingly quieter as well. I thought the stock board would be a huge issue for me, but I can cope for now. It isn't that hard to change the firing mode just like you described although bit annoying as the stock board doesn't save your setting which annoys me quite a bit when I had to take the battery out when not using the Axe. But overall I absolutely love this beast I must thank you for everyone's input as well, really great help, now I can't wait to take the Axe out for next seasonI have to say that I made the exact change that you were thinking about, Ego 07 to Axe, and I do personally think that the Axe is a nicer marker. I found it shot smoother than my 07, was a bit softer on paint, way more efficient with air and for me it felt nicer in the hand however despite all of that there was nothing at all bad about the Ego, it still shot easily well enough to do whatever was needed and right now unless you feel strongly that you want to shoot something different (which is why I changed, I was simply a bit bored of Planet Eclipse markers) there is no need to change.
The one last thing I would add is that the standard LED board isn't bad at all. Let's be honest, once you've got your marker set up properly how often do you change anything on the board? I know that the only things I ever change once my marker is set up as I like it is the fire mode if I'm going from airball to woodsball when I'll switch from ramping to semi and even with the LED board that could be done in about 10 seconds without the need to a manual.
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