Eclipse Geo 5 released tomorrow

[iamthelazerviking]

10am EST they're doing a Facebook stream. Leaks say this will be the "Geo R5"

[Hobbes]

I was just thinking the world needs another Geo.

[Trbo323]

OMG I'm so!!!!!!.......... not excited

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[BrickHaus]

If they dropped a mech piloted geo, I'd be inclined to take a peek

[imped4now]

Won't happen.

[BrickHaus]

Well, I wont be buying a new PE gun either.

[vijil]

"Innovation" in paintball these days is limited to extremely minor drivetrain tweaks that make no real difference to the end user. So unless they release something drastic, I'll pass.

Like... I wouldn't say no to an EMFGEO. Like a higher end EMF100 with electro guts (so you could have triple burst, auto, etc.)

Odds of that happening are somewhere close to zero.

[drewkroeker]

I already have enough magfed markers, but if they came out with a magfed geo I feel like the compulsion would be too strong and I would buy one.

[ChuckLove]

I'd be more excited for an Etek6.

[martix_agent]

"Innovation" in paintball these days is limited to extremely minor drivetrain tweaks that make no real difference to the end user. So unless they release something drastic, I'll pass.

Like... I wouldn't say no to an EMFGEO. Like a higher end EMF100 with electro guts (so you could have triple burst, auto, etc.)

Odds of that happening are somewhere close to zero.

The EMF100 is basically an emek with magfed capabilities so it's already built on a strong platform.
I suspect that if they included burst fire and other electronic firing modes, it could cause feed issues with the magazine feed.. But... I bet it wouldn't be impossible to DIY it. I've got a solenoid, board and frame from a OG gtec. that I'm never going to use again.

[vijil]

One benefit of an electro is eyes. The DAM made a basic design error by relying on speedball style low breech eyes to handle the feed from the boxrotor, so it wasn't surprising to see the issues that arose. Balls were registering as ready when they're only halfway in.

So long as the eyes on a magfed are either upper breech (if it's magfed only) or mid breech or (best) both upper and lower, you should be able to get good reliability.

[zinger565]

I'd be more excited for an Etek6.

Unfortunately Jack has commented many times that another Etek is extremely unlikely. They didn't sell nearly as well as they had expected.

[ChuckLove]

I know but a man can dream.

[ford]

I thought they sold pretty well... Until you compare them with the gamma core markers that came after.

The Etek line requires more parts than a Gamma core marker, requires maintenance to shoot right and if someone doesn't know what they're doing can get noodled with too much.

Along with the LCD upgrade I wonder if they had other upgrades planned for the platform that never made it...

[Ecapnation]

Poppits in general have died off

[martix_agent]

Jack is live right now revealing it
https://www.facebook.com/planeteclipsetv

[iamthelazerviking]

It looks like a CS3 but the eyes are hidden under the front rubber foregrip.

Cool that the IV core is getting more love but everything looks the same lol

[ketzer7]

Came here to say the same thing about it looking just like the CS3 after I got the marketing email about it earlier this morning

[martix_agent]

the geo and the CS platform look very similar, but they do operate differently when you get into the guts of it.

[iamthelazerviking]

Yes yes true, but every modern high end is starting to look too much alike

[imped4now]

The consequences of part sharing/commonality and approaching the "ideal state" architecture = similar aesthetics. This isn't an isolated case.

[iamthelazerviking]

$1649...ssheeesssh

[Ecapnation]

That's about the normal for new high ends

[imped4now]

Yep. It's 2024, folks. You have the choice to buy used or not buy at all.

[Sdawg]

Wowwwwwwwww 💸😱

[ford]

They need to release a special edition of that test marker they had which gave cyber truck vibes....

[iamthelazerviking]

that looked really cool

[vijil]

Yawn.

The only significant change is the eye covers. Whoop de doo.

[tyronejk]

Can you elaborate? As far as I can tell, they've moved a bumper and increased the shot chamber volume. It also looks like they left some potential efficiency on the table by not filling more of the volume behind the bolt with the tip of the propshaft, although maybe they were trying to minimize the weight and maximize the response speed of said propshaft.

[vijil]

@iamthelazerviking

How much difference will this make to the end user?

What numbers are we talking % wise for efficiency gains, maintenance cycles etc?

Because "redesigned the whole system" is like "ten times more widgetty doodads" - it means jack all unless there's tangible improvements to the actual end user experience.

[imped4now]

The revised and relocated solenoid, the DSR-esque bolt and valve tweaks....what other changes would you expect if the marker is retaining the IV Core fundamentals? This is a solid package.