Question about velocity rule

[kodiak]

(Experienced players that have left an officially recognized NCAO team to either go independent or form their own team, may be permitted to continue to use a weapon firing above the standard 400fps (w/.25g bb) limit with the approval of the Team Leader Council.) What exactly does this rule mean? What determines an experienced player in the NCAO? does this mean that normal players would not be allowed to use a gun that shoots over 400fps?

[Mitch Reece]

Yes I would love to know the answer to this as well. I'm shooting 415 with .25's and I was about to get a stiffer spring to get closer to 450 fps. I thought that you just couldn't have a dmr class weapon if you weren't on a team.

[Mitch Reece]

Well. I just went a read the rules again, and apparently I should not be shooting that hot. I'll go down to an M125 asap, but how do I become approved for 400-450 fps without being on a team?

[kodiak]

Well if you are interpreting this rule correctly then that would make the rule kind of bias against individual player which doesn't seem right. It's strange to think that just because you may not be on a team that you would not be aloud to shoot your own gun as is. However I understand a restraint on players with no experience but not on player because they aren't on a team. This also brings me to one of my other questions about what determines If a player is experienced.

[Hut]

Alright guys, here's how to resolve this issue. ..

Ask the field owners!

The NCAO hasn't really existed to enforce these guidelines in some time now... So rather than arguing between yourselves, leave it up to the fields to decide how they want to interpret them, and go from there.

Case closed...

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[Mitch Reece]

Thats what I had been doing. I never had issues in chrono even though I'm not on a team. They did give me a look at Xtreme Kombat and told me no face shots. I guess I don't come across as someone thats going to make it into an issue.

So anyway, back to my plan of going to an M140 with spacers or an M150. I'll just bring my m125 and swap it if they make me. Shooting for 440 fps @ 45 rps

[kodiak]

That's actually something else I had been thinking because it didn't seem like the NCAO was an official guideline to fields. especially considering most fields seem to be privately owned. Meaning that as Hut is saying that despite the NCAO rules a player can just have it cleared by the offhand at the particular field.