Board Thread:Rumor discussion/@comment-405038-20131210072203/@comment-23891957-20131213003048

I myself see some ways that an Elite Deploy could work- it'd take a bunch of reengineering to make it more reliable but...

-Having the stock fold down instead of out would make folding easier and faster, as well as taking up less space internally.

-Flashlight, well, nothing can be done about that. Mods can fix a weak flashlight anyway.

- Using torsion springs for the folding parts instead of the old bracket and bent spring system will require less parts and therefore be more reliable.

-Direct plungers using the Retaliator or AT mold would mean better reliability and more consistent ranges. Having the breech lock into place would also prevent misalignment problems when using drums.

-Make the clip deploy to the left instead of the right. In the old one turning it upside down seemed to allow the blaster to work better.

While I don't know how we would fix the stuck pump handle problem (since noone really knows how it is caused), that's pretty much all of the main problems with the Deploy solved. The other thing would be the marketing strategy- I think that if they advertised it as a compact blaster useful for close-quarters rather than a stealth blaster, they'd make their lives a lot easier.