FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

How to choose an AEG

How do I choose an AEG?

Okay, this how section is dedicated to helping someone learn how to choose an AEG appropriately. There are a lot of factors in the choice, and the two most important are Company, and looks. Most guns will come in at the same prices if they are any good, but you have to be satisfied with the looks, and the gun has to be bought from a quality company. Companies that would be considered quality would be Tokyo Marui, Airsoft Elite, and Classic Army. Tokyo Marui being of the highest quality.

Scroll down through the other sections to find out about what to look for in a gun, and tips on how you can limit it down to a gun you like.

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What Gun is good for my role?

The first question you should ask yourself is what gun fits your role. If you plan to be a quick recon guy, in the outdoors, you would be looking for a medium sized gun such as the M4a1. The reason being that you can move quickly with it, but it's long enough to give you some decent range. That's just an example for you. Here are some better explanations:

CQB Role

If you are going to be playing CQB, and that's what you want, and will do the majority of the time, you want to get a small gun. Period, hands down, no exceptions. In order to be at the top of your game in a CQB arena, you will need a smaller sized AEG. This is to be able to move quicker, and since your close to your opponent, you don't need the longer barrel length, since all AEG's have acceptable range for CQB play. There are times in CQB where you can use a long range gun, but for the most part, you'll need the small gun for rounding corners and such.

Woodland

Now CQB is pretty straight forward in terms of which gun you should get for that role. Woodland on the other hand, has many more variables to consider, and many more situations that can occur. There also are many different types of " Woodland " playing fields. So from all this, there are obviously more roles a player can choose when playing, and you can still put yourself in CQB situations in woodland battles.

Plain Assault

Plain assault is the most common airsoft role, which nearly all players will take. Most skirmishes that are public, and more leisurely, will mostly have plain assaulters, and maybe a sniper or two. But when you get to more serious players, and team play, you will have more strict roles, and positions on the team. You will have a more specific job, and way to do your job. If you plan on joining such a team, it may be in your best interest to find out exactly which role you may want to take, and choose your gun depending on that. But plain assault is always present.

Plain assault is where you are just plain skirmishing, and shooting back and forth. You are trying to get more kills for your team, or complete the team's objective. You choose your range depending on your guns range or your personal preference, and just use your regular assault tactics. Nothing special, or out of the ordinary. You'll have an objective in the game, and you'll just be going for that objective, and doing what you can for your team.

Recon

Recon is a role that most teams will have, and also any kind of organized large game will usually have a recon group to help scout out the area, and help develop a plan for attack, or a plan to complete the objective. The recon role is very interesting since it requires a bit of stealth and sniping tactics, the capacity to assault, but with the goal never to fire a shot in most cases. This role's weapon of choice should be personal preference only, and it would be a good idea to have a variety of different guns in a recon group. You see, if you want to be a sniper recon guy, you can... No problem, you just have to stay a good distance away from your targets, so that you have an advantage over your enemy. You can scope out the enemy positions with your scope, and recon that way if you wish. You can recon with a CQB gun, you can move quickly and quietly towards the enemy, and get in close to find out exactly what the enemy is doing. If things go down, you'll have a nice small gun to fight them off with, and move to a better location. Then you can have your basic Assault rifle... an AEG that is full size, so that you have a little more range, and a little more fire power. You can hold off better from long distances, and still be in range to do well in your recon objective. It is basically in between sniping and CQB.

Sniper/Sharpshooter

If you want to shoot people from a long distance like a sniper or a sharpshooter, then your options are narrowed down pretty quickly. You need a gun with a long inner barrel, in order to get the range and accuracy needed to shoot accurate at long distances. The main options are M16a2/a1/VN, G3a3, G3sg1, PSG-1, AUG mil, AUG civ, and more. Those are just popular choices. So basically you take your long barreled AEG, and maybe upgrade it, and then you can take it and use it at long distances to sharpshooter/sniper.

These aren't all the roles, but I'm sure you can get the idea of which will be good for other roles, just by looking at these. The main thing to consider in this is size of gun, and how well you can move with it, and what kind of ranges you can fight from.

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What is the BEST gun?

There is no such thing as the BEST gun for everyone out there, because if there was, everyone would have it, everyone would sell it, and so that would be the only gun you would know of. But there is not such a thing, each gun has its purpose, and everyone has their preferences and style. If you ever ask this question in the forums, be prepared, you are open game to being flamed.

Since you are looking for the BEST gun, I will help you find the best gun for you. There are a number of things to consider and I will help you narrow it down.

Budget

Everyone has some sort of budget, and if it is $50 or below you are looking at a spring weapon. So now you have it narrowed down. If you want a rifle, then you have it narrowed down to two guns... The STTI G3a3 and the UHC MP5. The UHC MP5 sells for as low as $40 and is one of the best spring rifles out there, and I think you should go with that. The G3a3 is very poorly made, and performs poorly, but if you want to save the $10 go ahead, but be warned. So if you don't want a rifle, then you only have pistols... There is a ton of options for spring pistols, ranging from $15 to $50. The best company is by far Tokyo Marui, which sells spring pistols for $35-50, and they are of the highest quality. There are other companies such as KWC, HFC, UHC, Y&P, and more and with these there is no guarantee how long your gun will last, it could break the second day or the second year. My favorite company out of those is KWC. They sell from $15 and up...

If you want to spend between $50 and $175 you have the option for a higher quality spring rifle, and gas guns. If you want a rifle you can have limited options... There are the HFC rifles: M16a2, M16a1, XM-177, and L85a1. UHC sells the popular Super 9, and Tokyo Marui takes the cake with the best spring rifles, with their XM-177, MP5, G3a3, and M16a1. Make your choice, the HFC guns, and Super 9 are not the best, and could break quickly on you. Tokyo Marui is definitely the higher quality choice. You also have the gas rifle option, which is mainly held by KWC, and JAC. If you want one, go for it, just ask around to make sure it's a quality brand. Now for Gas pistols. There are two options here, semi automatic pistols, and machine pistols. Make your choice, they range in price. Just make sure to ask to see if it is a quality gun before buying.

Now for $175 plus... Your looking at sniper rifles, AEG's, and the highest quality of GBB's. Sniper rifles and gas pistols are all different and separate, so you have to ask around about them. AEG's by Tokyo Marui are pretty much all the same. The only thing you should consider when buying is where you'll be playing (CQB, outdoors, both), what size barrel you want (longer the better), what size battery (if not large you'll need a spare), you must like the looks, and possible magazine size. When buying Airsoft Elite or Classic Army make sure to ask and see if you're getting a good version, or a bad one. The newer versions are good, while the older are bad. Any other companies are not worth buying from, so don't bother. Deals that are too good to be true are...

Where you are playing?

If you plan on playing outdoors, in woods, and there only, it would be a good idea to get a gun with a longer barrel. This is because it will add more range, and accuracy, to make those long shots. This can be very useful. It is not required to get a huge barrel, but anything below the M4a1's barrel is probably too small. Using an MP5 in the woods, is probably not a great idea, unless you upgrade it, or are playing against guns that are smaller or not too much bigger then yours.

If you are playing in CQB then you definitely want a small gun. The smallest AEG would be the Uzi, then the MP5k. You also could use a gas machine pistol such as the TMP, or Glock 18c, or micro Uzi. Anything bigger then the M4a1 would probably not be a good idea to use in CQB, but you could manage. Getting a big gun such as the PSG-1, M16, G3a3, G3-sg1, etc. would not be good for CQB. Of course you could manage, and you would be able to play, but it would be nearly impossible to turn around in a hallway, and maneuver quickly around corners. So if you're going to play mainly CQB get a small gun.