Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-3362895-20180217123736

I held my first ever Nerf war just last night, as a birthday party for my youngest son. Seven kids tearing raucously around a church basement, using cardboard boxes cover, tables as forts, and hats as flags etc. etc. All using my own gear, and yes, I brought Nerf protective eyewear. I'd estimate we had around 200 Nerf Rival rounds, 200 Adventure Force clone rounds, maybe 400 Elite darts including Nerf Suction darts, waffleheads and Accuclones. And 100 Vortex discs. I did bring around two dozen blasters of various kinds, hoping to accommodate various body types and personal tastes, but the single shot muzzleloaders all got ignored. The most popular was the Nemesis MXVII-10K, although its Rechargeable Battery Pack died on it toward the end. Also popular were the X-Shot Turbo Advance, the Apollo, its clone the Adventure Force Tactical Strike, the Zeus MXV-1200, the Sweet Revenges, and the modded Retaliator (Sonic ICE).

Lessons learned:

- Nerfing is fun! But of course y'all knew that.

- Nerf is not a gateway to real steel. I have no urge to buy or own Airsoft either.

- The shield play was interesting. I’ll give some thought to using Mega Darts and Elite Missiles next time. According to some rule sets, Mega Darts are allowed to pierce through shields to disable users while letting the shield stay functional. Elite missiles can permanently take out both shield and user... The thing is, Mega Darts are cheap but Elite Missiles are both rare and increasingly expensive.

- That much ammo is a real pain in the butt to clean up. I should have tried to blackmail the guests by withholding the ice cream cake until the mess was gone.

- More power is always better. This means yet more money spent on modding all my blasters, particularly the Nemesis and Zeus. My experience with these two last night is a very strong motivation to start delving into LiPo batteries. More mAh for duration, more voltage for FPS and range, and more current for quicker spoolup!

- I was glad to dump most of my Vortex blasters as party favors, but strangely enough, the most powerful of this series - namely, the Pyragon and Revonix360 - did not get parted out…

@Elliott: the modded Stryfe just up and died on us. The IMR batteries later checked out fine, so my guess is that somebody dropped it, causing a solder connection to break loose somewhere…  