return to the game

[marlin]

After a 20 year break i played again, and have got the bug along with a few of the lads who i took out on a stag do,most of the kit has not changed only the guns and the prices.What i want to know what would be the best marker to start with,i have been looking at the Tippman A5 any advice welcome

 

[Canon Fodder]

Where are you planning to play? some sites won't let you take your own equipment so you might want to check with them first. A5 is a good solid starter marker for playing in the woods, the built in hopper works well and saves you buying and expensive hopper. They aren't very efficent on air but they are fairly bullet proof.

If you do buy buy secondhand, once you start buying markers you constantly lust after others and you often take a bit hit if you buy new then sell.

 

[marlin]

Where are you planning to play? some sites won't let you take your own equipment so you might want to check with them first. A5 is a good solid starter marker for playing in the woods, the built in hopper works well and saves you buying and expensive hopper. They aren't very efficent on air but they are fairly bullet proof.

If you do buy buy secondhand, once you start buying markers you constantly lust after others and you often take a bit hit if you buy new then sell.

Thanks will spend a little more time to check out the guns before any impulse buying.

 

[Tact]

I guess you could say I`m between newbie and intermediate as I have a few games under my belt and I went for the Etek 2.
Damn fine marker and as I discovered mid-way through a game the battery is easy to change
As stated on another thread go to an event like the Tippmann challenge and have a go with a few markers and get a feel for them.
I bought all my kit including the marker second hand and I have bought them from well established team members so you know you wont get conned.
Happy shopping

 

[Snipey]

As Cannon Fodder has said, it depends on what you are looking to do in the sport, whether it's standard gaming in the woods/scenario based games or if you are looking for more tournament based activities.

With Scenario based games, after 15 years of playing them, I have found the easiest marker to use and maintain are the Tippmanns and the BT models. Very straight forward and very adaptable. You can pretty much alter the whole look to how you want and there are plenty of options out there to assist you when it comes to these markers. Prices of these, new, vary between £100 to £350 but also like Cannon said, it might be worth buying second hand at this stage and then determining what you really want from your marker.

For the tournament side of gaming, I've only just got into it myself so I will leave the advice to more veteraned gamers around here but I know the team I hang around with use EGO's and Eteks. Slightly more pricey but hell of a marker. For myself having only just got into this side of the PB gaming, I've headed in the direction of Proto and am using a Proto Rail 2011 although this is a get you buy marker for something a little more substantial down the line. There are a lot of nice markers out there and I'm sure the people around here will be very happy to assist you in making your decision