Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-36287036-20190508130850/@comment-27306930-20190518052954

Back to the original topic, I don't really "hate" any Nerf blasters, but there are several I was incredibly disappointed with. For the sake of brevity, I'll stick with currently available products.

Recon MKII - an ugly Retaliator repaint, except without any of the cool attachments, and a super uncomfortable priming handle. Plus 6 measly darts. Boooo. Just boooo.

IonFire - an unergonomic pistol with a horn sticking out the top, and a completely unnecessary 2 inch barrel extension. Be careful when smushing your darts into the breech.

Regulator - an unupgradable electronic blaster that sometimes allows you to fire it. It has three modes: Fire-two-seconds-too-late mode, Fire-three-darts-in-a-row-at-the-ceiling mode, and Fire-full-auto-way-too-slow-to-hit-anything mode. You won't actually hit anything, but it comes with 15 barrel attachments that make it look like you can.

DoubleBreach - ugh, where do I begin. It's not a shotgun, it isn't a shotgun, and it's definitely not a shotgun. Plus it's a pain to smoosh darts into, it's WAY too big, and it's NOT a shotgun. By comparison, the CycloneShock holds three times as many darts, loads faster, and has better stock range.

TerraDrone - a slow, fragile, $150 dollar, 12-shot blaster that is engineered to be incapable of hitting any Nerf combatants. Ever. It is easily stepped on at any time, accidentally or overtly, rendering it completely incapacitated. Seriously, just throw the TerraDrone at your opponent and send them back to the respawn point.

Tri-Strike - the ultimate culmination of three terrible Nerf blaster designs. First, shrink a LongShot. But make it clunky and really hard to swap the clip. Then take the worst smart-AR from a Persuader, MEGA size it, and make it a barrel attachment. Finally, add a toned-down ThunderBlast missile launcher. But not a good one. A crummy one that relies solely on the upper body strength of the Nerfer. Look, just say no to Tri-Strikes.

Look, I could go on, but it's late and my sarcasm level is waning. There are many other hated Nerf guns. Let's agree to love to hate them, okay ?