Difference between tourny and woodsball markers.

[>humantarget<]

Im fairly new to the sport, been playing for nearly a year. But im still unsure of the differences between woodsball and tourny style markers. I know that tourny's are lighter, mobile and have a faster rate of fire. Are these markers just as suitable in the woods and in big scenarios games as the dedicated markers?

 

[Canon Fodder]

Yes they work better than most dedicated woods markers.

 

[Niall W]

I may be biased, but ...

They all shoot at the same fps and shoot them with the same trajectory (apex etc barrels excluded).

In my opinion, tournament style markers show much more preference toward the scenario game than scenario markers themselves.
You're lugging them about for a long time so lighter = better, no? With generally relatively bad efficiency with scenario mech markers, a more efficient tournament marker such as the ego will = less times heading back to the staging areas to refill.

As far as I see, apart from some legendary reliability (which is also echoed by many tournamnet guns anyway), scenario markers are purely more attractive because of the realism look of them.

... Lot's of what I just said is generalised but you get the main ideas. Before anyone shoots me down and takes the words for gospel.

 

[Kevin Winter]

If you want to have a marker that looks like a firearm - go with a "woodsball"

If you want the best possible marker, tourny style every time. Lighter, better ROF, efficient, more compact - the list is endless. Admittedly, you can't put a fake magazine or a scope on one, but they're useless anyway!

 

[Tom]

Exactly what they said

Paintball is paintball and any marker can be used to play any style of paintball

However - in a speedball / tournament environment you are in an enclosed area, in sight of everyone else if they keep their eyes on you and protected only by some inflatables
You want anything that gives you an advantage: ergonomics, lightness, the ability to put out a line of paint

In the woods the area is bigger, you have long grass, trees etc. These take away some of the speedball factors. But the design features of a speedball marker can be put to use in the woods. There is less need to have a high rof to lay down a line of paint. But you can slow your fingers
(A line of paint in an open speedball field can deny an area, in the woods you just flank the player)


Go into a different scenario environment such as CQB and all the speedball design factors (other than high fire rates) meet the needs of the scenario CQB player

Tournament markers are not 'tactical' though - they don't have rails to mount everything
But what do you need? In scenario the only truely useful mountable items are a torch and a camera.
You use a torch with it turned off 99% of the time for night or dark indoor games

Ps if you don't know then im a scenario player who's contribution to big game tactics with speedballers is to suggest flooding sennybridge with balloons so the longballng speedballers advance.
We jest in the forums but we are just into different styles of playing the same game. Many people play both

 

[>humantarget<]

So they all fire the paint the same distance then, For some strange reason I thought that the woodballs shot further as the playing areas were bigger. I know that the apex barrels can add distance due to the backspin but do different length barrels alter much to the distance/trajectory?

 

[Canon Fodder]

Yep they all shoot the same distance

 

[Niall W]

No, length of barrel makes no difference at all.

Unless you were to maybe find a 4" barrel or something! All standard (12" - 16") barrels shoot the same distance and length is just personal preference.

 

[>humantarget<]

Been watching some scenario style games on youtube and loving them. Tempted to go over to the mayhem weekender in essex to immerse my self in it all, but was a little worried my old second hand gear wouldn't cut it. lol.
Is it just the case of aiming higher and letting the balls drop down on the targets for the long range shots?

 

[Tom]

You can aim high and longball, you could also do this in speedball from back to back
The alternate is to get closer

Woods all is in bigger fields to allow you to spread out, sneak around, have other features such as buildings, bridges, static vehicles. To go hunting for objects

Scenarios differ from ordinary paintball such as speedball which is played as a sport, woodsball which has common goals as the rest of paintball such as capture an item or objective, hold an area, protect or attack a VIP
In scenario there is a storyline. The game could be detailed around that, or just be a loose story and have standard types of objectives, or can have complex objectives, items to be found, gadgets to be assembled, things to blow up.
You can just go out and shoot people but the core of the scenario and be way to win is to play there objectives of the scenario

You can get guns that shoot further. But unless you are using a flatline or an apex or are shooting first strike or any other 'wonder paintball' with fins etc then the deciding factor is your muzzle velocity and efficiency in the barrel with regard to paint match etc. this is the same for the woods or tournaments