Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-15509089-20130815070305/@comment-14053725-20130817183152

King Starscream wrote: (I've tried posting here 3 times already, they keep getting deleted)

A range of 30 feet is abysmal for an N-Strike ELITE blaster. Most of the Elite blasters advertise a range of 75 feet. That's less than half the distance. Simple math dictates that it not good. When the Firestrike has better range, there's a problem. Never mind that range is with Elite darts, which have better range than most other types of darts. Using Streamline darts would likely result in a minimum range of 20 or even 15 feet.

All that said, I've had much better range with it than advertised. It's still a shorter distance than my Stryfe or Rayven. Personally, I've never been in a situation where being 75 feet away from a target gave me a realistic chance of hitting it. But 40 or 50 feet is definitely a common likelihood. Elite blasters reach 75 feet ONLY if fired at an angle. If not in angle, they reach 50-60 feet.