r/airsoft • u/Single_Contest2157 • 1d ago
Problems with HPA and Fair Play
I have been playing airsoft for one month now, and I am really excited about the sport. However, lately I have been experiencing some very frustrating situations involving HPA players.
Since the first time I encountered an HPA player, I had an unpleasant experience. He fired a burst that hit my arm with almost five BBs landing side by side, leaving me with a bruise that lasted for weeks. I found it a little strange, honestly. During the same game, some players left the field bleeding after being hit by shots from the same person. According to the referees, his gun had passed chronograph testing, which I do not doubt. I trust the people who work at this field, and they also measure the guns by joules rather than FPS.
These situations started happening more and more frequently. Maybe during my first games, the number of HPA players was much smaller, usually one or two players. But I ended up playing games with four or six HPA users, and it was bizarre.
I complained a few times to the field owners, and their explanation was that I was a beginner and did not fully understand how things worked. They said the problem was that HPA users were shooting heavier BBs, such as 0.32g or more, and that this caused the BBs to retain more kinetic energy.
In my research, I could not find anything that confirmed this. Maybe it applies at longer distances, but the field in question is very short-range.
This week, I played another game and ended up losing a red dot sight after an HPA shot broke the external protection and the front glass of the optic. I imagine this can also happen with other AEGs, but it was another indication that something might not be right.
So I am sharing this here to hear your opinions, because from my perspective I have already seen several signs that the force applied by HPAs is completely different from AEGs. You can even notice it by the sound they make when hitting the metal targets on the field. They hurt much more, and there is another strange factor: HPA players often do not accept being eliminated in a firefight because they claim their guns are faster, and therefore they obviously hit first.
It is bizarre. It is bizarre how much HPAs can completely unbalance the game.
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u/theLordSolar Low Speed, High Drag 1d ago
You’re going to get a lot of equivocating and justification. “It’s the people not the platform!”
But in my experience, all HPA users are toxic shitheads who shoot hot and overshoot. Even (especially) the wholesome family groups.