Originally posted by rhino
Tippmanns r more expesive than spyders tippmanns r $150 and Spyder compacts r $99, spyders r dirt cheap stupid. and tippmans do too have way more upgrades, i know because i've been playing with my tippmann for two years now and it hasn't broken yet. unlike the spyder u will probally start seeing problems the third or fourth time u use it, so kiss my ass!
Now, I'm new to these boards, but don't see why you have such a bad case against Spiders. Did you buy one that had problems? Do you know someone who has problems? Every, and I mean EVERY Spider I have seen or played with was great. NONE of them ever had any problems. The players kept good care of them, and they took good care of the players.
Both the 98 and the Spider have a ton of upgrades available. I wouldn't use that as an arguing point.
It would be my personal preference to go with a 98 ONLY if you purchased the flatline at the same time. I don't own one (a 98) but I have played against too many people with them and the flatline and it was tough crawling up the extra 50-100' so that I could start hitting them.