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Pictured: 126 Darts worth of CS-18, 105 Darts worth CS-35. |
Today we are talking about magazines, N-strike magazines in particular. What I carry, why I carry it, and why I don't carry something else.
My standard loadout includes five CS-18 magazines, one in the blaster, four in my rig. This totals up to right at 90 darts for my Stampede, ready to use. I could carry a great deal more by adding pouches onto the PALS space on my rig, but I find that five mags was plenty at the church we used to play at. And so far the same has held true in the little yard wars we hold in our community, even with the higher hit count.
Back at the church wars however, I ran a CS-35 drum and three CS-18 mags. It didn't make much difference, but I've had time to tinker and refine my loadout since then. And I have found that drums are horribly inefficient, and unreliable due to the nature of the spring used in them. They are also both heavy and bulky for the amount of darts that they make available to the player using them.

CS-18's are quite simply the better bet. Drums are big impressive and intimidating, but until somehting better comes along the CS-18 mag is king of the battlefield.