Because usually you'll find a good chunk of users treating it as pay to win, which generally reduces the hit taking and increases the overkill as they csnt understand that they are not instantly invincible gods gifts of airsoft
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Cannonfodder
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It's because hpa is the easiest platform to build a wanker gun from. Also I've come across a few who really do believe all the hpa master race bullshit, fortunately they're the minority but it does give me a warm fuzzy feeling when I slot them with my below £100 AEG
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they can, but the skill required to put together a 40rps aeg that can run reliably all day is very different to dropping in an engine, dialling up one setting in a menu and calling it good.
so unfortunately it's the path of least resistance for those who have fallen for the trap of thinking that the solution to people not calling hits is to apply more hits rather than finding a better quality target to shoot at.
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Valid points, but still my point remains. It isn't the replica, it's the person on the end of it and if they decide to be a dick or not. You don't suddenly run a HPA bottle and hate everybody that isn't a speedsofter and mag dump rentals in the face lmao
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Agree, but there's got to be percentage of players that go over to hpa just because it gives them "options" that aeg or gas doesn't.
Obviously by "options" im referring to the ability to go full wanker, wether its rps or fps, probably both, & for all the wrong reasons.
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Cringe is having a spare room wall covered in awesome toys that you've lovingly tweaked and messed with so that they actually do what you want them to, only to work shifts and not get anywhere near a bloody game for at least 4 months... 
LOL.
Anyway, back to work...
LOL.
Anyway, back to work...
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Oi...!Cringe is having a spare room wall covered in awesome toys that you've lovingly tweaked and messed with so that they actually do what you want them to, only to work shifts and not get anywhere near a bloody game for at least 4 months...
LOL.
Anyway, back to work...
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May also be that the amount of HPA at general site days is a small minority, local sites all have 3 or 4 players with it in my experience. Which adds to the view that HPA players are
due to the small numbers being tarred. Especially if it's just one of those said wankers.
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Sorry boss....
Its about the only website my poxy firewall thingy doesnt block.
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I dont disagree, having an hpa gat does not a douchebag make no more than driving an audi does a tailgater make.
Its just the venn diagram of people who are both users of the equipment and assholes is more circular than usual.
Seconded. Never played against an HPA player who's mentality is 2 shots in the air will do the job so I'll put 15 in the air.
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Same here although only hpa gun is a pump action so I can't finger the trigger like a lesbian on a second date to get a high rof
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Mine are two DMRs and a bolt action, though only one of the DMRs is not packed away in boxes. Since one of my pet peeves is DMR trigger spam, I'll die before I start trying to imitate the "that's not full auto" clip
Hate to tell you this but that the TM shotguns can be slam fired. Had to pull a prick out of game who's party trick was to jump out of cover and double tap people at point blank with an HPA'd breacher running a high cap adaptor.
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i wouldn't go that far, there are definitely decent hpa players about, hell one of the best airsoft days i've had was on a field were only a couple of people weren't running air yet the sportmanship, hit taking, general cameraderie and lack of douchebag behaviour was as close to perfect as you could ask for.
but i will acknowledge that there's enough people to make the stereotype a valid one, hell i even fell into that pit myself only to learn the hard way that no amount of dakka can penetrate plot armour and the only way to solve the problem of targets failing to acknowledge hits is to find a better quality target. meanwhile you realize that you've become the asshole when the shortest burst your gat can deliver is 5 rounds.
there are definite advantages to hpa, the trigger response on basically any solenoid system is nice, and even a good aeg struggles to get anywhere close. do you need that fast a response? no it absolutely does not make the difference between winning and losing but it sure feels nice.
with the right engine and supporting hardware the accuracy potential is as good as you're going to get on a smoothbore musket, but it isn't a magic bullet and the wrong setup can and will fail to hit the broadside of a barn from inside aforementioned barn. wether or not such accuracy is necessary is basically down to your playstyle, and imo the game works well when the "just get closer crowd" keeps the other guys at bay so the "stand and plink" crowd can cover from afar, so both playstyles are equally vallid.
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